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Renewed African Socialist Movement
The Renewed African Socialist Movement () is a political party in Chad. It is considered a moderate opposition party allied with the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement The Patriotic Salvation Movement (, MPS; ) is the ruling political party in Chad. History After Idriss Déby, an army commander who participated in an unsuccessful plot against President Hissène Habré in 1989, fled to Sudan, he and his sup ... (MPS), and it participated in the government as of 2007. Brahim Koulamallah was the party's candidate in the May 2006 presidential election, taking fifth (and last) place with 5.31% of the vote.Valery Gottingar"Scrutin présidentiel du 03 mai 2006: le Conseil Constitutionnel proclame le Président Idriss Deby Itno réélu au premier tour avec un score de 64,67%." Chadian government website, May 29, 2006 . References Political parties in Chad Socialist parties in Chad {{Chad-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ideological or policy goals. Political parties have become a major part of the politics of almost every country, as modern party organizations developed and spread around the world over the last few centuries. Although List of countries without political parties, some countries have no political parties, this is extremely rare. Most countries have Multi-party system, several parties while others One-party state, only have one. Parties are important in the politics of autocracies as well as democracies, though usually Democracy, democracies have more political parties than autocracies. Autocracies often have a single party that Government, governs the country, and some political scientists consider competition between two or more parties to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chad
Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central African Republic to Central African Republic–Chad border, the south, Cameroon to Cameroon–Chad border, the southwest, Nigeria to Chad–Nigeria border, the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to Chad–Niger border, the west. Chad has a population of 19 million, of which 1.6 million live in the Capital city, capital and largest city of N'Djamena. With a total area of around , Chad is the fifth-largest country in Africa and the List of countries and dependencies by area, twentieth largest nation by area. Chad has several regions: the Sahara desert in the north, an arid zone in the centre known as the Sahel, and a more fertile Sudanian Savanna zone in the south. Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the second-largest wetl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriotic Salvation Movement
The Patriotic Salvation Movement (, MPS; ) is the ruling political party in Chad. History After Idriss Déby, an army commander who participated in an unsuccessful plot against President Hissène Habré in 1989, fled to Sudan, he and his supporters, known as the 1 April Movement, operated from Sudan with Libyan backing and carried out attacks across the border into Chad. The MPS was founded in Sudan on 11 March 1990 through the merger of the 1 April Movement with other anti-Habre groups in exile. After a successful offensive in November 1990, Déby and the MPS came to power on 2 December 1990, when their forces entered N'Djamena N'Djamena ( ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Chad, largest city of Chad. It is also a Provinces of Chad, special statute region, divided into 10 districts or ''arrondissements'', similar to the city of Paris. Originally calle ..., the Chadian capital. Idriss Déby was the MPS candidate in the 1996 presidential election and won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brahim Koulamallah
Brahim Ahmed Koulamallah is a Chadian politician. He was the candidate of the Renewed African Socialist Movement The Renewed African Socialist Movement () is a political party in Chad. It is considered a moderate opposition party allied with the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement The Patriotic Salvation Movement (, MPS; ) is the ruling political party ... in the May 2006 presidential election, taking fifth (and last) place with 5.31% of the vote. In the government named on August 15, 2006, he was appointed Minister of Tourism Development. He was replaced in this post by Ahmat Barkai Animi in the government announced on April 23, 2008. African Press Agency, April 24, 2008 . References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chadian Presidential Election, 2006
Presidential elections were held in Chad on 3 May 2006. A referendum in 2005 had led to changes to the constitution that made it possible for President Idriss Déby to run for a third term; having come to power in December 1990, he had previously won elections in 1996 and 2001. Despite a serious rebellion based in the east of the country, the elections were held on schedule; Déby was re-elected with about 65% of the vote, according to official results. The main opposition parties boycotted the election. Background At the time of the elections the country faced increasing tensions with Sudan, high unemployment, and a growing insurgency fueled by deserting members of the Chadian military and the United Front for Democratic Change rebel group. An attempted coup was made on 14 March 2006, but was put down by members of the army loyal to Déby. Chadian journalist Sy Koumbo Singa Gali claimed the election would "be a non-event. It's Déby against Déby." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Parties In Chad
This article lists political party, political parties in Chad. Chad is a dominant-party state, with the Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS) having been in power since the 1990 Chadian coup d'état. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. Parties Parliamentary parties *Patriotic Salvation Movement (''Mouvement patriotique de salut'') *Rally for Democracy and Progress (Chad), Rally for Democracy and Progress (''Rassemblement pour la démocratie et le progrès'') *Federation, Action for the Republic (''Fédération, action pour la république'') *National Rally for Development and Progress (''VIVA-Rassemblement national pour le développement et le progrès'') *National Union for Democracy and Renewal (''Union nationale pour la démocratie et le renouveau'') *Union for Renewal and Democracy (''Union pour le Rénouveau et la démocratie'') *Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism (''Action Tchadienne pour l'unité et le sociali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
