The UC was formed by Ahmadou Ahidjo in 1958 when he broke from André-Marie Mbida and the Bloc Démocratique Camerounaise.[1] Under Ahidjo, the UC was prepared to work with the French in order to achieve its goals of a united, independent Cameroon.[2]
Formed from an alliance in the legislature between political figures from the centre and south of the country and magnates from the IslamicFula people the UC emerged as the main party post-independence.[3] The party had initially only won a slim majority in the election immediately after independence and was forced to govern by coalition. However, by 1963 the UC had absorbed its coalition partners and was very much the dominant party.[4] Indeed, in the 1964 parliamentary elections the UC captured 98% of the vote in East Cameroon whilst in the 1965 Presidential election Ahidjo captured 99.95% of the vote as a joint UC-Kamerun National Democratic Party (KNDP) candidate.[5] The party dominated politics in Francophone Cameroon until in 1966 when it merged with the KNDP to become the Cameroonian National Union, the single party of government.[1]
cameroonian, union, french, union, camérounaise, cameroonian, independence, party, active, french, territory, cameroun, union, camérounaisefounderahmadou, ahidjofounded1958dissolved1966headquartersyaoundé, cameroonideologyafrican, nationalismcolorsgreenpolitic. The Cameroonian Union French Union camerounaise or UC was a Cameroonian pro independence party active in the French territory of Cameroun Cameroonian Union Union camerounaiseFounderAhmadou AhidjoFounded1958Dissolved1966HeadquartersYaounde CameroonIdeologyAfrican nationalismColorsGreenPolitics of CameroonPolitical partiesElections The UC was formed by Ahmadou Ahidjo in 1958 when he broke from Andre Marie Mbida and the Bloc Democratique Camerounaise 1 Under Ahidjo the UC was prepared to work with the French in order to achieve its goals of a united independent Cameroon 2 Formed from an alliance in the legislature between political figures from the centre and south of the country and magnates from the Islamic Fula people the UC emerged as the main party post independence 3 The party had initially only won a slim majority in the election immediately after independence and was forced to govern by coalition However by 1963 the UC had absorbed its coalition partners and was very much the dominant party 4 Indeed in the 1964 parliamentary elections the UC captured 98 of the vote in East Cameroon whilst in the 1965 Presidential election Ahidjo captured 99 95 of the vote as a joint UC Kamerun National Democratic Party KNDP candidate 5 The party dominated politics in Francophone Cameroon until in 1966 when it merged with the KNDP to become the Cameroonian National Union the single party of government 1 References edit a b Ahmadou Ahidjo AFRICAN HISTORY TIMELINE Independent Cameroon Archived from the original on 2009 05 08 Retrieved 2008 06 16 Victor T Le Vine Politics in Francophone Africa 2004 p 214 H Pick amp B Bloom Cameroon C Legum Africa Handbook Penguin 1969 p 347 Pick amp Bloom Cameroon p 349 nbsp This article about an African political party is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Cameroon related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cameroonian Union amp oldid 1074401930, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
