The was a parliamentary group in the French Senate

French Senate

The Senate is the upper house of the Parliament of France, presided over by a president.The Senate enjoys less prominence than the lower house, the directly elected National Assembly; debates in the Senate tend to be less tense and generally enjoy less media coverage.-History:France's first...

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Formed after the 1968 Senate elections, the UCDP succeeded the Popular Republicans and Democratic Centre

Popular Republican Movement

The Popular Republican Movement was a French Christian democratic party of the Fourth Republic...

 (RPCD) group. It was composed quasi-exclusively of members of the Democratic and Social Centre

Democratic and Social Centre

Democratic and Social Centre is a Spanish moderate, social democratic and centrist political party, which was founded in 1982...

 (CDS), the Christian democratic component of the Union for French Democracy

Union for French Democracy

The Union for French Democracy was a French centrist political party. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the right. This name was chosen due to the title of Giscard d'Estaing's...

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Alain Poher

Alain Poher

Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher was a French centrist politician, affiliated first with the Popular Republican Movement and later with the Democratic Centre. He served as a Senator for Val-de-Marne from 1946 to 1995. He was President of the Senate from 3 October 1968 to 1 October 1992 and, in that...

, who served twice as interim President of the Republic and long-time President of the Senate, was a member of the UCDP.

Presidents

• 1968-1971: André Colin
• 1971-1974: Roger Poudonson
• 1974-1976: André Fosset
• 1976-1983: Adolphe Chauvin