The Union for Renewal and Democracy () is a

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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 Afric ...

. Its current president is Sande Ngaryimbé, its first being Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué."Tchad: un des principaux opposants Wadal Abdelkader Kamougué rentre à N'Djamena"
, AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), March 22, 2008 . The party, which was founded by Kamougué, was founded in March 1992 and legalized in May 1992. In the 1996 presidential election, Kamougué, as the URD candidate, took second place in the first round on June 2 with 12.39% of the vote; in the second round, held on July 3, he was defeated by incumbent President

Idriss Déby Idriss Déby Itno ( '; 18 June 1952 – 20 April 2021) was a Chadian politician and military officer who was the sixth List of heads of state of Chad, president of Chad from 1991 until his death in 2021 during the 2021 Northern Chad offensive, No ...

, taking 30.91% of the vote compared to Déby's 69.09%."Rapport de la Mission d’Observation du 2è tour d’élection Présidentielle du 3 juillet 1996"
''democratie.francophonie.org'' . In the

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of 20 May 2001, Kamougué won 6.0% of the vote, and in the

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held on 21 April 2002, the URD won according to IPU Parline 3 out of 155 seats. As of 2008, the URD is a member of the Coordination of Political Parties for the Defence of the Constitution (CPDC) opposition coalition. After Kamougué died in 2011 while campaigning, Sande Ngaryimbé took over as the leader of the URD.

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