The United Ghana Movement is a political party in Ghana. The founder is Charles Wereko-Brobby

Charles Wereko-Brobby

Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby is a politician, diplomat and businessman in Ghana. He is currently the chief executive of the Ghana@50 secretariat, responsible for planning Ghana's 50th Jubilee in 2007. Werek-Brobby ran for President of Ghana in 2000 as leader of the United Ghana Movement...

, formerly a leading member of the New Patriotic Party

New Patriotic Party

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Registration

The party was officially registered with the Electoral Commission of Ghana

Electoral Commission of Ghana

The Electoral Commission of Ghana is the official body in Ghana responsible for all public elections. Made up of seven members, its independence is guaranteed by the 1992 Ghana constitution. The current commission was established by the Electoral Commission Act of 1993.-Members:The Commission is...

 as a political party in Ghana on 10 January 1997.

2000 elections

The first general elections the party contested were the presidential and parliamentary elections of December 2000. Charles Wereko-Brobby stood for president on the party's ticket in December 2000

Ghanaian presidential election, 2000

The Ghanaian presidential elections were held on 7 December 2000 with a second ballot on 28 December 2000.Parliamentary elections were held on 7 December 2000.There were seven candidates in the first round of elections on 7 December 2000...

and came seventh with 0.3% of the popular vote. The party also contested the parliamentary elections in the same year but won no seats.

Party on vacation

In 2002, the leader of the party, Wereko-Brobby announced that the party is on vacation.

Symbols

The party symbols are as follows:

• Motto - Growing people for Ghana’s development.
• Symbol - A clenched fist of the hand with the index and middle fingers raised together.
• Colours - Blue, White and Green

External links

• UGM information on Ghana Review International