United Progressive Party
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There have been several political parties named the United Progressive Party.
- For the main governing party in Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda is a twin-island nation lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of two major inhabited islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and a number of smaller islands...
, see United Progressive Party (Antigua and Barbuda)United Progressive Party (Antigua and Barbuda)The United Progressive Party is a political party in Antigua and Barbuda. It is led by Baldwin Spencer, the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, and has the majority of seats in the Antiguan House of Representatives.-Foundation:...
. - For the historic party in BangladeshBangladeshBangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
, see United Progressive Party (Bangladesh). - For the short-lived party in New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
that was reconstituted as the Christian Democrats, see Christian Democrat Party (New Zealand)Christian Democrat Party (New Zealand)The Christian Democrat Party of New Zealand was a Christian political party established in 1995. It contested the 1996 general election as part of the Christian Coalition with the Christian Heritage Party....
. - For the also short-lived party in ZambiaZambiaZambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
, see United Progressive Party (Zambia)United Progressive Party (Zambia)The United Progressive Party was created in Zambia by Simon Kapwepwe and others, all from the ruling United National Independence Party in about August 1971. This provoked a big crisis in the cabinet, with five ministers expelled by Kenneth Kaunda, chief of the government and of the UNIP...