Unified Progressive Party
2011–2014 political party in South Korea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Unified Progressive Party (UPP; Korean: 통합진보당, RR: Tonghap Jinbo-dang, Hanja: 統合進步黨) is a banned political party in South Korea. It was founded on 5 December 2011 as a merger of the Democratic Labor Party, the People's Participation Party of Rhyu Si-min, and a faction of the New Progressive Party.[2][10] Until 12 May 2012 it was jointly chaired by Rhyu Si-min, Lee Jung-hee, and Sim Sang-jung.[4][11]
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Unified Progressive Party 통합진보당 | |
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Leader | Lee Jung-hee[1] |
Founded | 5 December 2011 (2011-12-05) |
Banned | 19 December 2014 (2014-12-19) |
Merger of | |
Succeeded by | Minjung Party (de facto) |
Headquarters | Noryangjin-ro 12, Solbom Building 12th floor, Dongjak-gu, Seoul |
Ideology | Progressivism (South Korean)[2] |
Political position | 2011–2012:[a] Centre-left[3] to left-wing[4] 2012–2014: Left-wing[5][6] to far-left[7][8] |
Colours | Purple |
^ a: By September 2012, Minjungminju-wing (People's Democracy faction) within the UPP left in large quantities, and the Minjokhaebang-wing (National Liberation faction) (anti-American/pro-North Korean or left-wing nationalists) became the main players.[9] |
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Unified Progressive Party | |
Hangul | 통합진보당 |
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Hanja | 統合進步黨 |
Revised Romanization | Tonghap Jinbodang |
McCune–Reischauer | T'onghap Chinbodang |
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