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The Unity and Progress Party (French: Parti de l'Unité et du Progrès, PUP) is a political party in Guinea. In the parliamentary election held on 30 June, 2002, the party won 61.57 % of the popular vote and 85 out of 114 seats. Its candidate in the 21 December, 2003 presidential election, Lansana Conté, won 95.25% of the vote; this election was, however, generally boycotted by the opposition.^{[1 ]}

Following Conté's death on December 22, 2008, his replacement Aboubacar Somparé has served as the de jure acting president of Guinea. However, since the coup d'état in the hours following the death of Conté, Guinea has been in the hands of the national military.

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Political parties in Guinea Unity and Progress Party - Union for Progress and Renewal - Union for Progress of Guinea - Democratic Party of Guinea-African Democratic Rally - National Alliance for Progress - Union for Development Party - Rally of the Guinean People Portal:Politics - List of political parties - Politics of Guinea