for the Guinean party see Union for the New Republic (Guinea)

The Union for the New Republic , was a French political party founded on 1 October 1958 that supported Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....

 in the French presidential election, 1958

French presidential election, 1958

The French presidential election of 1958, the first of the French Fifth Republic, took place on December 21, 1958. This was the only French presidential election by the electoral college .-First round:To win, a candidate...

History

The UNR won 206 of 579 seats in the November 1958 elections

French legislative election, 1958

- National Assembly by Parliamentary Group:...

.

In 1962

French legislative election, 1962

- National Assembly by Parliamentary Group:...

, the UNR grouped with the Gaullist Democratic Union of Labour (French: Union démocratique du travail, UDT) to form the UNR-UDT. They won 233 seats out of 482, slightly less than an absolute majority. 35 Independent Republicans

Independent Republicans

The Independent Republicans were a French liberal-conservative political group founded in 1962, which became a political party in 1966 . The leader was Valéry Giscard d'Estaing....

 boosted their support.

In 1967

French legislative election, 1967

French legislative elections took place on 5 and 12 March 1967 to elect the 3rd National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.In December 1965, Charles de Gaulle was re-elected President of France in the first Presidential election by universal suffrage. However, contrary to predictions, there had been a...

, UNR candidates ran under the title Democratic Union of the Fifth Republic (Union démocratique pour la Ve République, UD-V^e), winning 200 out of 486 seats.

The UNR was renamed Union for the Defense of the Republic in 1968, and later Union of Democrats for the Republic in 1971.

Secretaries General of the UNR

• Roger Frey
  Roger Frey
  Roger Frey was a French politician. He was Minister of the Interior and president of the Constitutional Council of France.-Monokini prosecution:...
  
   : 1958-1959
• Albin Chalandon
  Albin Chalandon
  Albin Chalandon is a French politician and a former minister.Between 1968 and 1972, he was Minister of Public Works...
  
   : 1959
• Jacques Richard : 1959-1961
• Roger Dusseaulx : 1961-1962
• Louis Terrenoire : 1962
• Jacques Baumel : 1962-1967
• Robert Poujade
  Robert Poujade
  Robert Poujade is a former French politician. He was mayor of Dijon from 1971 to 2001.-References:...
  
  : 1967-1969