What is United National Independence Party?
{{Infobox political party | name = United National<br/>Independence Party | logo = [[File:Unip-logo-torch-white-bg.png|200px]] | colorcode = {{party color|United National Independence Party}} | party_logo = | abbreviation = UNIP | leader = [[Trevor Mwamba]] | predecessor = [[Zambian African National Congress]] | foundation = {{start date|October 1959}} | founder = [[Mainza Chona]] | ideology = [[African socialism]]<br>[[African nationalism]] | position = [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]] | international = | colours = | headquarters = [[Lusaka]] | seats1_title = [[National Assembly (Zambia)|National Assembly]] | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|157|hex={{party color|United National Independence Party}}}} | seats2_title = [[Pan African Parliament]] | seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|5|hex={{party color|United National Independence Party}}}} | website = [http://unipzambia.org/ unipzambia.org] | flag = [[File:Unip Zambia Flag.png|200px]] | country = Zambia }} The '''United National Independence Party''' ('''UNIP''') is a [[political party]] in [[Zambia]]. It governed the country from 1964 to 1991. This was under President [[Kenneth Kaunda]]. It was the [[One-party state|only party]] allowed to exist in Zambia between 1973 and 1991. The party was founded in October 1959 after the [[Zambian African National Congress (1958–59)|Zambian African National Congress]] (ZANC) was banned. It was first led by [[Mainza Chona]], because Kaunda, who was leader of the ZANC, had been imprisoned. Kaunda became the party's leader when he was released in January 1960.<ref>[http://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/zambia/history Zambia : History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209161452/http://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/zambia/history |date=2016-02-09 }} The Commonwealth</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{politics-stub}} [[Category:1959 estab