National Union for Democracy and Renewal Union nationale pour la démocratie et le renouveau الاتحاد الوطني للديمقراطية والتجديد | |
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| Abbreviation | UNDR |
| President | Saleh Kebzabo |
| Secretary | Bouzabo Patchili |
| Founded | 12 April 1992 |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| Seats in the National Assembly | 10 / 155 |
| Website | |
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The National Union for Democracy and Renewal (French: Union nationale pour la démocratie et le renouveau; abbreviated UNDR) is a political party in Chad, led by Saleh Kebzabo.
In the 1997 parliamentary election, UNDR won 15 out of 125 seats.[1] In the parliamentary election held on 21 April 2002, the party won five out of 155 seats.[2]
Kebzabo was the UNDR's candidate in the June 1996 presidential election, placing third with 8.61% of the vote.[3] He was also the party's candidate in the presidential election held on 20 May 2001, winning 7.0% of the vote.
The UNDR is a member party of the Coordination of Political Parties for the Defense of the Constitution (CPDC), the main opposition coalition opposed to the rule of president Idriss Déby.[4]
References
- ^ IPU PARLINE page on 1997 election.
- ^ IPU PARLINE page on 2002 election.
- ^ "RAPPORT DE LA MISSION D’OBSERVATION DU 2ETOUR DE L’ÉLECTION PRÉSIDENTIELLE LE 3 JUILLET 1996", democratie.francophonie.org (in French).
- ^ "L'opposant Saleh Kepsabo refuse d'entrer au gouvernement", Xinhua (Jeuneafrique.com), April 23, 2008 (in French).