United National Independence Party

The United National Independence Party ( UNIP ) is the oldest political party in Zambia and ruled under its chairman Kenneth Kaunda, the country from independence in 1964 until 1991.

Foundation

The UNIP evolved from the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress, of which initially contains the Zambian African National Congress split off, after its ban in 1959, the UNIP was founded. The UNIP and the independence of Zambia are inextricably linked, as well as the names of Kenneth Kaunda, Mainza Chona, Simon Kapwepwe and Sikota Wina.

One-party rule

The UNIP was cut after independence in 1964, entirely on their charismatic leader Kenneth Kaunda, which culminated in the constitutional amendment of 25 August 1973 the Zambia for " Einparteienpartizipationsdemokratie " made ​​a Zambian word creation. The national policy was formulated in the Central Committee of UNIP and the government was engaged in the implementation of its decisions. There was the one-man candidacy in presidential elections and the Congress of the UNIP certain this man. The second man in Zambia at this time was the Secretary General of UNIP. The first man was Kenneth Kaunda, who was nominated to and including 1991 and continuously confirmed up to that every time with more than 80 percent of the yes-no votes. The end of the Cold War ended this quickly, for not more stable governments, but stable economic growth rates were requested. However, the UNIP was the context of declining copper prices on the world market and the crippling monostructure the Zambian economy never show.

After the Cold War

With the 1991 election marked the end of the UNIP. She lost, ran quickly to the edge and politically maneuvered himself with the boycott of the 1996 election completely off. In the 2001 election could Tilyenji Kaunda, son of Kenneth Kaunda, not win more than ten percent of the vote and the UNIP in the National Assembly of Zambia win 13 seats, but its long-lasting legal and sometimes physical confrontations with his uncle Francis Nkhoma, who briefly the UNIP led, had damaged the reputation of the UNIP. In the election in 2006, the UNIP Zambia joined the alliance United Democratic Alliance and Tilyenji Kaunda left it Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development, to run as presidential candidate of this alliance.

• Party in Zambia