The People's Progressive Alliance (Alliance populaire progressiste, APP) is a political party in Mauritania. The President of the APP is Messoud Ould Boulkheir,[1] who was a candidate in the November 2003 presidential election, which was won by President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya. After Taya's ouster in 2005, Boulkheir stood as the APP candidate again in the March 2007 presidential election.[1] In the election, held on March 11, he came in fourth place, receiving about 9.8% of the vote;[2] he subsequently backed Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi for the second round,[3] despite the participation of the APP in the Coalition of the Forces for Democratic Change along with the other second round candidate, Ahmed Ould Daddah.[4] Abdallahi won the election, and in April 2007, Boulkheir was elected president of the National Assembly.[5] The APP won 5 seats in the National Assembly of Mauritania in the 2006 parliamentary election, along with another two seats won jointly with the Mauritanian Party for Union and Change (HATEM).[6] In the government of Prime Minister Zeine Ould Zeidane, named in April 2007, three members of the APP were appointed as ministers.[7] in the 21 January and 4 February 2007 Senate elections 1 out of 56 seats. In the 11 March and 25 march 2007 presidential elections, its candidate Messaoud Ould Boulkheir won 9.79%.
On September 2 2007, Boulkheir said that the APP would not join a new party being formed to support Abdallahi.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Messoud Ould Boulkheir, candidat à la présidentielle mauritanienne de mars", African Press Agency (lemauritanien.com), January 20, 2007 (French).
- ^ "No clear winner after elections in Mauritania", Reuters (IOL), March 13, 2007.
- ^ "Debate between Mauritanian presidential candidates to be held on Friday", Maghrebia.com, March 20, 2007.
- ^ "How Sidi Ould Abdellahi won the Mauritanian presidential election", African Press Agency, March 27, 2007.
- ^ "Mauritanie: un ex-opposant élu président de l'Assemblée nationale", AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), April 26, 2007.
- ^ IPU page on 2006 parliamentary election (French)
- ^ "Mauritanie: formation d'un nouveau gouvernement", AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), April 28, 2007 (French).
- ^ "Ould Belkheir refuse d'intégrer le nouveau parti présidentiel", Panapress (afriquenligne.fr), September 3, 2007 (French).
