Socialist Democratic Unionist Party
الحزب الوحدوي الاشتراكي الديمقراطي
Parti unioniste démocratique et socialiste
Secretary GeneralMahfouz Weld al-Azizi
Founded20 September 1994 (20 September 1994)
Ideology
ReligionIslam
National affiliationNational Front of Mauritania
International affiliationBa'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction)
Colors      Black, Red, Green
Slogan"Unity, Democracy, Socialism"
National Assembly
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Party flag

The Socialist Democratic Unionist Party (French: Parti unioniste démocratique et socialiste, PUDS) is an Arab nationalist political party in Mauritania. As of 2013, the party is led by Mahfouz Weld al-Azizi.[1]

History

The party was founded on 20 September 1994 by a mixture of Arab nationalists and members of a secret Ba'ath party association in Mauritania. The party name was inspired by the slogan of the Ba'ath party: "Unity, Liberty, Socialism," because Mauritanian electoral law prevents a party's from sharing the name of non-Mauritanian parties. The party's first conference, held in Noukachott on 11 July 2010, was attended by Abdullah al-Ahmar, the Assistant Secretary General of the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.[2]

The party won a seat in the 19 November and 3 December 2006 elections. In the most recent elections in 2018, the party received only 0.31% of the vote.[3]

Ideology

The party has strongly supported the Syrian government throughout the Syrian Civil War,[4] and is a member of the National Front of Mauritania; an association of other Mauritanian parties supportive of the Syrian government. The other parties in the Front include the Socialist Party, the Popular Front movement, the Welfare Party, the Social Democratic Party, and the Reform Party.[5]

The party slogan is "Unity, Democracy, Socialism."[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2013-12-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "السيد محفوظ ولد اعزيز.أمين عام الحزب الوحدوي الديمقراطي الاشتراكي الموريتاني". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  3. ↑ "La Mauritanie dissout 76 partis politiques" [Mauritania dissolves 76 political parties]. Radio France Internationale (in French). 2019-03-07. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2013-12-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Mauritanian parties support the freedom of the Gulf from tyranny". 3 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "انطلاق المؤتمر الأول للحزب الوحدوي الاشتراكي الديمقراطي - أقــــلام حرة". Archived from the original on 2010-07-12. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
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