The Action and Renewal Movement (french: Mouvement Action et Renouveau, MAR) is a political party in the

Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...

. It was founded by

Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard (15 December 1938 – 4 July 2009) was a Congolese politician and poet. Having previously served as Minister of Higher Education and Minister of Arts and Culture, he was Minister of Hydrocarbons in the government of Co ...

, who was the party's president until his death in 2009. He was succeeded by incumbent leader

Roland Bouiti-Viaudo Roland Bouiti-Viaudo is a Republic of the Congo, Congolese politician who was Mayor of Pointe-Noire, the second-largest city in Congo-Brazzaville, from 2003 to 2017. He has served as Second Vice-President of the National Assembly of the Republic of ...

, who formerly served as Mayor of

Pointe-Noire Pointe-Noire (; kg, Njinji, french: Ndjindji with the letter d following French spelling standards) is the second largest city in the Republic of the Congo, following the capital of Brazzaville, and an autonomous department since 2004. Before t ...

and Minister of State for Hydrocarbons. The party supports the presidency of

Denis Sassou Nguesso Denis Sassou Nguesso (born 23 November 1943) is a Congolese politician and former military officer. He became president of the Republic of the Congo in 1997. He served a previous term as president from 1979 to 1992. During his first period as p ...

.Daniel Lobé Diboto
"Congrès constitutif du Mouvement Action Renouveau (M.A.R)"
Congopage.com, 5 January 2007 . MAR held its constitutive congress in late December 2006, marking its transformation into a political party; 342 delegates attended the congress. In the parliamentary election held on 24 June and 5 August 2007, the party won five out of 137 seats.For detailed results see

Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, 2007 Parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of the Congo on 24 June 2007, with a second round initially planned for 22 July 2007, but then postponed to 5 August 2007. According to the National Commission of the Organization of the Elections ...

an
"L'alliance présidentielle occupe 125 des 137 sièges parlementaires"
Xinhua (Jeuneafrique.com), 25 August 2007 . The party has been since part of

Electoral history

National Assembly elections

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