Union for People's Democracy

Union for People's Democracy (French: Union pour la Démocratie Populaire) was an underground Hoxhaist political movement in Senegal that emerged in the 1970s, formed as a continuation of the Movement of Young Marxist-Leninists. Hamédine Racine Guissé was the general secretary of the organization. UDP published Voix du Peuple. On July 20, 1981 UDP was legalized. In 1983, UDP supported Mamadou Dia's presidential campaign.^[1] The party recognized the Albanian Party of Labor as the leader of the international communist movement.^[2]

Union for People's Democracy
General Secretary	Hamédine Racine Guissé
Founded	1970s
Dissolved	1991
Merged into	And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism
Ideology	Communism Marxism-Leninism Hoxhaism
Politics of Senegal Political parties Elections

In 1991 UDP merged into And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism.