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The Comorian Union for Progress (UCP) (Udzima (in Shikomor
Comorian language

Comorian is the most widely used language on the Comoros and Mayotte. It is a close relative of Swahili with a very strong Arabic language influence....
), Union Comorienne pour le Progrès (in French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
) is a defunct political party in the Comoros.

In 1978, French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 mercenary
Mercenary

A mercenary is a person who takes part in an armed conflict, who is not a national or a party to the conflict, and is "motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the desire for private gain and, in fact, is promised, by or on behalf of a party to the conflict, material compensation substantially in excess of that promised or p...
 Bob Denard
Bob Denard

"Colonel" Bob Denard , born Robert Denard, was one of the most famous and influential mercenary since World War II. He was known for having done various jobs in Fran?afrique for Jacques Foccart, in charge of French president Charles de Gaulle's policy in Africa....
 staged a coup d'etat
Coup d'état

A coup d??tat , often simply called a coup, is the sudden unconstitutional overthrow of a government by a part of the state establishment – usually the military – to replace the branch of the stricken government, either with another civil government or with a military government....
 against the socialist
Socialism

Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating public or state ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and a society characterized by equality for all individuals, with a fair or Egalitarianism method of compensation....
 government of Ali Soilih
Ali Soilih

Ali Soilih was a Comoros socialism revolutionary and political figure.Soilih was born in Majunga, Madagascar. He lived much of his early life there, and was educated in Madagascar and France....
, bringing Ahmed Abdallah
Ahmed Abdallah

Ahmed Abdallah Abderemane was a Comoros politician. He was President of the Comoros from 25 October, 1978 until his death....
 back to power. In February 1982, Abdallah banned all existing political parties and created the UCP. In subsequent elections a month later, the UCP won 37 of 38 seats in the National Assembly
Assembly of the Union of the Comoros

The unicameral Assembly of the Union of the Comoros is the country's legislative body.The current Assembly of the Union, formed following elections held on 18 April and 25 April 2004, has a total of 33 members....
 between independents and the UCP.






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The Comorian Union for Progress (UCP) (Udzima (in Shikomor
Comorian language

Comorian is the most widely used language on the Comoros and Mayotte. It is a close relative of Swahili with a very strong Arabic language influence....
), Union Comorienne pour le Progrès (in French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
) is a defunct political party in the Comoros.

In 1978, French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 mercenary
Mercenary

A mercenary is a person who takes part in an armed conflict, who is not a national or a party to the conflict, and is "motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the desire for private gain and, in fact, is promised, by or on behalf of a party to the conflict, material compensation substantially in excess of that promised or p...
 Bob Denard
Bob Denard

"Colonel" Bob Denard , born Robert Denard, was one of the most famous and influential mercenary since World War II. He was known for having done various jobs in Fran?afrique for Jacques Foccart, in charge of French president Charles de Gaulle's policy in Africa....
 staged a coup d'etat
Coup d'état

A coup d??tat , often simply called a coup, is the sudden unconstitutional overthrow of a government by a part of the state establishment – usually the military – to replace the branch of the stricken government, either with another civil government or with a military government....
 against the socialist
Socialism

Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating public or state ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and a society characterized by equality for all individuals, with a fair or Egalitarianism method of compensation....
 government of Ali Soilih
Ali Soilih

Ali Soilih was a Comoros socialism revolutionary and political figure.Soilih was born in Majunga, Madagascar. He lived much of his early life there, and was educated in Madagascar and France....
, bringing Ahmed Abdallah
Ahmed Abdallah

Ahmed Abdallah Abderemane was a Comoros politician. He was President of the Comoros from 25 October, 1978 until his death....
 back to power. In February 1982, Abdallah banned all existing political parties and created the UCP. In subsequent elections a month later, the UCP won 37 of 38 seats in the National Assembly
Assembly of the Union of the Comoros

The unicameral Assembly of the Union of the Comoros is the country's legislative body.The current Assembly of the Union, formed following elections held on 18 April and 25 April 2004, has a total of 33 members....
 between independents and the UCP. In elections in 1987, the UCP won all 42 seats in an election generally considered unfair. Another coup by Denard in 1989 brought Said Mohamed Djohar
Said Mohamed Djohar

Said Mohammed Djohar was a Comoros politician who served as List of Presidents of Comoros during the early and mid-90's....
, who was also part of the UCP. The party floundered until 1991 when Djohar renounced the party. With no seats in the National Assembly, the party merged with the Union for Democracy and Decentralization (UNDC) in September 1993.

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