title: Union for Democracy and Progress group
text: # Union for Democracy and Progress group
  
  The Union for Democracy and Progress group (Arabic: فريق الاتحاد من أجل الديمقراطية والتقدم, French: Groupe de l'Union pour la démocratie et le progrès, UDP) is a Mauritanian parliamentary group in the National Assembly. It was created after the Union for Democracy and Progress (UDP) secured ten seats in the 2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election, three more than the required to form a parliamentary group.
  
  ## List of presidents
  
  | Name | Term start | Term end |
  | - | - | - |
  | Naha Hamdi Mouknass | 26 June 2023 | present |
  
  ## Historical membership
  
  | Year | Seats | Change | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2023 | 10 / 176 | | |
  