Editing Union for National Progress (section)

{{Short description|Political party in Burundi}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = Union for National Progress
| native_name      = Union pour le Progrès national
| logo             = Logo of the Union for National Progress.png
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| president        = [[Abel Gashatsi]]
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| founder          = [[Louis Rwagasore]]
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| founded          = January 1960
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| ideology         = [[Burundi]]an [[nationalism]]<br />[[Tutsi]] interests
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'''Under François Ngeze:'''<br />[[Pacifism]]<ref>https://www.iwacu-burundi.org/au-coin-du-feu-avec-francois-ngeze/</ref><br />Pro-[[Louis Rwagasore]] views<ref>https://www.iwacu-burundi.org/au-coin-du-feu-avec-francois-ngeze/</ref><br />Pro-[[Pierre Ngendandumwe]] views<ref>https://www.iwacu-burundi.org/au-coin-du-feu-avec-francois-ngeze/</ref><br />'''Under Pierre Buyoya:'''<br />[[Economic liberalization]]<ref>https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/2001/04/18/biographie-de-pierre-buyoya_174487_1819218.html</ref><br />'''Under Jean-Baptiste Bagaza:'''<br />[[Mixed economy]]<ref>https://www.iwacu-burundi.org/grand-debat-les-annees-bagaza-reflexion-critique-sur-un-homme-et-son-oeuvre/</ref><br />Anti-[[ethnicism]]<ref>https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofaf0000unse_f0z7/page/n5/mode/1up?q=Bagaza</ref><br />Pro-[[Smallholding|small-scale capitalist agriculture]]<ref>Young, Eric (2010). "Jean-Baptiste Bagaza". In Appiah, Kwame Anthony; Gates, Henry Louis (eds.). Encyclopedia of Africa. Vol. i. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 146. ISBN 9780195337709.</ref><br />Pro-[[German model]]<ref>https://www.iwacu-burundi.org/grand-debat-les-annees-bagaza-reflexion-critique-sur-un-homme-et-son-oeuvre/</ref><br />'''Under Michel Micombero:'''<br />[[Democratic centralism]]<ref>https://oxfordaasc.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195301731.001.0001/acref-9780195301731-e-49441</ref><br />[[Ujamma]]<ref>https://oxfordaasc.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195301731.001.0001/acref-9780195301731-e-49441</ref><br />[[Mobutism]]<ref>https://oxfordaasc.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195301731.001.0001/acref-9780195301731-e-49441</ref><br />'''Under Louis Rwagasore:'''<br />[[Anti-colonialism]]<br />[[Constitutional monarchy]]<ref>Lemarchand, René (1970). Rwanda and Burundi. New York: Praeger Publishers. OCLC 254366212.</ref>
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| anthem           = "UPRONA Ni wewe duhanze Amaso"
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| colors           = {{Color box|red|border=darkgray}} Red and {{Color box|#FFFFFF|border=darkgray}} white
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| flag             = [[File:Flag of the UPRONA.svg|200px|border]]
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| state            = Burundi
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| seats1_title     = [[Senate (Burundi)|Senate]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|1|43|hex={{party color|Union for National Progress}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[National Assembly (Burundi)|National Assembly]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|2|123|hex={{party color|Union for National Progress}}}}
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The '''Union for National Progress''' ({{langx|fr|Union pour le Progrès national}}, '''UPRONA''') is a [[African nationalism|nationalist]] [[political party]] in [[Burundi]]. Initially it emerged as a nationalist [[united front]] in opposition to [[Ruanda-Urundi|Belgian colonial rule]] but subsequently became an integral part of the [[one-party state]] established by [[Michel Micombero]] after 1966. Dominated by members of the [[Tutsi|Tutsi ethnic group]] and increasingly intolerant to their [[Hutu]] counterparts, UPRONA remained the dominant force in Burundian politics until the latter stages of the [[Burundian Civil War]] in 2003. It is currently a [[Opposition (politics)|minor opposition party]].