Leftist Parties of Mauritania

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION Parl. '01	OTHER
African Liberation Forces of Mauritania	Forces de Libération Africaines de Mauritanie	FLAM	Le Flambeau	e-mail	black nat.		no part.	f. 1983, led by Samba Thiam
Arabic-African Salvation Front	Front Arabo-Africain de Salut	FAAS	Le Refus
Democratic Socialist Union	Union Socialiste Démocratique	USD			arab nat.	Syrian Ba'th	no part.
Mauritanian Party for the Defense of the Environment	Parti Mauritanien pour la Défense de l'Environnement	PMDE		e-mail	green			f. 2001, led by Mohammed Ould Dellahi
Mauritanian Popular Front	Front Populaire Mauritanien / Jabah al-Shabiyah	FPM		e-mail	centre left		0.93%	led by Chbih Ould Cheikh Melainine
National Rebirth Party	Parti de la Renaissance Nationale	PRN			arab nat.	Iraqi Ba'th	illegal	f. 2001
National Vanguard	Parti de l’Avant Garde Nationale / Tali'ah Al-Wataniyah				arab nat.	Iraqi Ba'th	illegal	led by Khattri Ould Jiddou
Opposition Parties Front	Front des Partis d'Opposition							alliance f. 1997
Progressive Popular Alliance	Alliance Populaire Progressiste				nasserite			led by Mohamed Hafed Ould Ismaël
Rally of Democratic Forces	Rassemblement des Forces Démocratiques / Takattul al-Quwa al Dimuqratiyah	RFD		e-mail	soc. dem.	SI obs.	6.85%	f. 2001, replaced Union of Democratic Forces - New Era (UFD/EN) that was outlawed, led by Ahmed Ould Daddah
Union of Progress Forces	Union des Forces de Progrès / Ittihad Quwa al-Taqaddum	UFP		e-mail	ex-mao., left. nat.		3.23%	f. 2000 as split from UFD/EN, led by Mohamed Ould Maouloud
Parties probably disbanded Democractic and Socialist Popular Union (Union Populaire Socialiste et Démocratique, UPSD)