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National Union of Popular Forces

National Union of Popular Forces
Union Nationale des Forces Populaires
LeaderAbdallah Ibrahim (last)
FounderMehdi Ben Barka
Founded1959 (1959)
Dissolved2005 (2005)
Split fromIstiqlal Party
HeadquartersRabat, Morocco
IdeologyMoroccan nationalism
Republicanism
Socialism
Political positionLeft-wing

The National Union of Popular Forces (Arabic: الاتحاد الوطني للقوات الشعبية; French: Union Nationale des Forces Populaires, UNFP) was a political party in Morocco founded in 1959 in Morocco by Mehdi Ben Barka and others.[1][2]: 401  It opposed the monarchy and it was closely associated with the labour movement, the student movement (particularly the National Union of the Students of Morocco (UNEM)), and the trade unions.[1]

  1. ^ a b Mouaqit, Mohammed, "Ben Barka, Mehdi", Encyclopaedia of Islam Three Online, Brill, doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_com_25285, retrieved 2024-12-07
  2. ^ Boum, Aomar; Park, Thomas Kerlin (2016). Historical dictionary of Morocco. Historical dictionaries of Africa (3rd ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-6296-6.

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