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{{short description|Political party in Guinea}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Union for Progress and Renewal
| native_name = Union pour le Progrès et le Renouveau
| native_name_lang = fr
| logo = Union for Progress and Renewal (Guinea).png
| leader = Bah Ousmane
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1998|09}}
| country = Guinea
| merger = {{Plainlist|
* Renewal and Progress Party (PRP)
* Union for the New Republic (UNR)
}}
| abbreviation = UPR
| colorcode = {{party color|Union for Progress and Renewal (Guinea)}}
| website = {{url|https://upr-guinee.org/}}
}}
The '''Union for Progress and Renewal''' ({{langx|fr|Union pour le Progrès et le Renouveau}}, UPR) is an opposition [[political party]] in [[Guinea]], founded in September 1998 through the merger of [[Siradiou Diallo|Siradio Diallo]]'s Renewal and Progress Party and [[:fr:Bâ Mamadou|Ba Mamadou's]] Union for the New Republic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://guineeactu.info/debats-discussions/points-de-vue/3765-union-pour-le-progres-et-le-renouveau-lhistoire-de-la-decadence-dune-grande-formation-politique.html|title=Union pour le progrès et le renouveau : l’histoire de la décadence d’une grande formation politique|last=Diallo|first=Thierno Moussa|date=2013-10-22|website=GuineeActu|language=fr-fr|access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref> In the [[Guinean parliamentary election, 2002|parliamentary election]] held on 30 June 2002, the party won 26.63% of the popular vote and 20 out of 114 seats.<ref name="African Elections Database">{{cite web|url=http://africanelections.tripod.com/gn.html|title=Elections in Guinea|website=AFRICAN ELECTIONS DATABASE|access-date=2007-02-24}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2018}} A section of the party boycotted the 2002 election, and it later joined the [[Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea]].<ref>''Africa South of the Sahara 2004'', p.508</ref>
The UPR is led by Bah Ousmane.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guinee24.com/lire/detail/crise-politique-en-guinee-le-president-de-lupr-bah-ousmane-sinsurge-contre-les-manifestations-de-lopposition-republicaine/|title=Crise politique en Guinée : le président de l’UPR, Bah Ousmane s’insurge contre les manifestations de l’opposition républicaine|last=Malick|first=Abdoul|date=2018-03-25|website=www.guinee24.com|language=fr-FR|access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref> It joined the government of Prime Minister [[Ahmed Tidiane Souaré]], which was formed on June 19, 2008, receiving one post, that of Minister of Livestock and Animal Protection.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.africaguinee.com/~archives/index.php?monAction=detailNews&id=1947|title=Entrée timide de l'opposition dans le nouveau gouvernement|date=2008-06-20|access-date=2018-03-27|agency=AFP|language=fr|website=africaguinee.com}}</ref>
==References==
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{{Guinean political parties}}
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