The Franco-Guinean Union was a political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Guinea

Guinea

Guinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures...

. The party was founded in February 1947. The organization functioned as a Conakry

Conakry

Conakry is the capital and largest city of Guinea. Conakry is a port city on the Atlantic Ocean and serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea with a 2009 population of 1,548,500...

-based coordination committee of the different ethnic-based interests that supported Yacine Diallo

Yacine Diallo

Yacine Diallo was a politician from Guinea who served in the French National Assembly from 1946-1954 .- references :...

. Its main backers were chiefs from the Futa Jallon. The party was linked to the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO).

UFG was during its entire existence a rival of the African Democratic Rally

African Democratic Rally

The African Democratic Rally was a political party in French West Africa, led by Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Founded in Bamako in 1946, the RDA quickly became one of the most important forces for independence in the region. Initially a Pan-Africanist movement, the RDA ceased to function as a...

 (RDA). Diallo supported French colonial rule in Guinea.

In the 1951 National Assembly election

French legislative election, 1951

Legislative elections were held in France on 17 June 1951 to elect the second National Assembly of the Fourth Republic.After the Second World War, the three parties which took a major part in the French Resistance to the German occupation dominated the political scene and government: the French...

, the UFG (along with SFIO) supported two candidates, Yacine Diallo and Albert Liurette

Albert Liurette

Albert Liurette was a Guinean physician and politician. Liurette studied at the Ecole de medicine in Dakar, obtaining a diploma in African medicine. Ahead of the June 17, 1951 election to the French National Assembly, Liurette was placed on the second place on the list of the French Section of the...

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UFG disintegrated after Diallo's death.