Union for the New Republic
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Union for the New Republic
Union pour la nouvelle république |
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| President | Charles de Gaulle |
| General Secretary | Robert Poujade (last) |
| Founded | October 1, 1958 |
| Dissolved | 1967 |
| Preceded by | National Centre of Social Republicans |
| Succeeded by | Union for the Defense of the Republic |
| Headquarters | Paris |
| Newspaper | La Lettre de la nation Magazine |
| Trade union | Union démocratique du travail |
| Ideology |
Gaullism Dirigisme Conservatism Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| European affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group |
Liberal and Allies Group(1958-65) European Democratic Union (1965-67) |
| Colours | Blue and red |
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The Union for the New Republic (French: L'Union pour la nouvelle République, UNR), was a French political party founded on 1 October 1958 that supported Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle in the 1958 elections.
The UNR won 206 of 579 seats in the November 1958 elections.
In 1962, the UNR grouped with the Gaullist Democratic Union of Labour (French: Union démocratique du travail, UDT) to form the UNR-UDT. They won 233 seats out of 482, slightly less than an absolute majority. 35 Independent Republicans boosted their support.
In 1967, UNR candidates ran under the title Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic (Union des démocrates pour la Ve République, UD-Ve), winning 200 out of 486 seats.
The UNR was renamed Union for the Defense of the Republic in 1968, and later Union of Democrats for the Republic in 1971.
Under the Fifth Republic, 39 senators were affiliated to the UNR Group and 11 of them were Muslims or with Muslim origins.
Maurice Bayrou was the leader of the group in the Senate from October 1962 to October 1965.
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