# Dahomeyan Unity Party

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Political party in Benin

Dahomeyan Unity Party Parti Dahoméen de l'Unité Founded 13 November 1960 Dissolved 13 November 1963 Merger of Republican Party of Dahomey Dahomeyan Democratic Rally National Liberation Movement Succeeded by Dahomeyan Democratic Party Headquarters Porto-Novo, Dahomey Ideology African nationalism African socialism[1] Republicanism Faction: Welfarism[2] Pro-Foreign investment[3][4][5] Pro-Private ownership[citation needed] Nationalism[6] Anti-Colonialism[7] Politics of Benin Political parties Elections

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The **Dahomeyan Unity Party** ([French](/source/French_language): *Parti Dahoméen de l'Unité*, PDU) was a [political party](/source/Political_party) in the [Republic of Dahomey](/source/Republic_of_Dahomey).

## History

The party was established on 13 November 1960[8] by the merger of the [Republican Party of Dahomey](/source/Republican_Party_of_Dahomey) (PRD) led by [Sourou-Migan Apithy](/source/Sourou-Migan_Apithy), the [Dahomeyan Democratic Rally](/source/Dahomeyan_Democratic_Rally) (RDD) led by [Hubert Maga](/source/Hubert_Maga) and the National Liberation Movement (MLN) led by [Jean Pliya](/source/Jean_Pliya) and [Albert Teveodjré](/source/Albert_Teveodjr%C3%A9).[9] The PRD and the RDD had previously merged in 1958 to form the [Dahomeyan Progressive Party](/source/Dahomeyan_Progressive_Party), but had split the following year. [Chabi Mama](/source/Chabi_Mama) became the new party's secretary general.[10]

Changes to the electoral system made by Maga allowed the PDU to win all 60 seats in the [Dahomeyan parliamentary election, 1960](/source/Dahomeyan_parliamentary_election%2C_1960). The following year, the main opposition party, the [Dahomeyan Democratic Union](/source/Dahomeyan_Democratic_Union), was banned and its leader [Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin](/source/Justin_Ahomad%C3%A9gb%C3%A9-Tom%C3%AAtin) imprisoned.[11] As a result, the PDU became the sole legal party in the country.[12]

The party was dissolved on 13 November 1963[13] by [Christophe Soglo](/source/Christophe_Soglo) after [Hubert Maga](/source/Hubert_Maga) was overthrown in a [coup](/source/1963_Dahomeyan_coup_d'%C3%A9tat), and a new party, the [Dahomeyan Democratic Party](/source/Dahomeyan_Democratic_Party) was formed by Apithy and [Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin](/source/Justin_Ahomad%C3%A9gb%C3%A9-Tom%C3%AAtin).[10]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Maurice A. Glélé, Naissance d'un état noir, l'évolution politique et constitutionnelle du Dahomey : de la colonisation à nos jours, p. 198

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Matthews, Ronald (1966), African Powder Keg: Revolt and Dissent in Six Emergent Nations, London: The Bodley Head, OCLC 246401461

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Hubert Maga (1916-2000)"](https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/hubert-maga-1916-2000/). March 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Matthews, Ronald (1966), African Powder Keg: Revolt and Dissent in Six Emergent Nations, London: The Bodley Head, OCLC 246401461

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [*Presidents of Benin: Hubert Maga, Sourou-Migan Apithy, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, Maurice Kouandété, Mathieu Kérékou, Alphonse Alley*](https://books.google.com/books?id=PhyfSQAACAAJ). General Books. May 2010. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-155-58059-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-155-58059-3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Benin: A Journey Towards Freedom"](https://www.mexicohistorico.com/paginas/benin-a-journey-towards-freedom-880a74ec.html).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Benin: A Journey Towards Freedom"](https://www.mexicohistorico.com/paginas/benin-a-journey-towards-freedom-880a74ec.html).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["President Maga inaugurates PDU congress"](https://books.google.com/books?id=6WyjgxrPHKcC&pg=PA1). *Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts*. No. 171. Central Intelligence Agency. 3 September 1963. p. I1.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-HDB_9-0)** Mathurin C Houngnikpo & Samuel Decalo (2012) *Historical Dictionary of Benin*, Scarecrow Press, p285

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-HDB1_10-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-HDB1_10-1) Houngnikpo & Decalo, p283

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** *Dictionary of African Biography*, Oxford University Press, p139

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Houngnikpo & Decalo, p287

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** [Décret portant dissolution des partis et formations politiques](https://sgg.gouv.bj/doc/ordonnance-1963-12) (Ordonnance 1963-12) (in French). The Presidency of the Republic of Dahomey. 13 November 1963. Retrieved 12 December 2021.

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