Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism (french: link=no, Action Tchadienne pour l'unité et le socialisme) is a

communist party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

, led by

Fidèle Moungar Fidèle Abdelkérim Moungar (born 1948) is a Chadian politician who served as Prime Minister of Chad in 1993. He is currently Secretary-General of Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism (ACTUS), a left-wing opposition party. Life Moungar is an ethn ...

. The party was founded in 1981. Moungar was chosen as Prime Minister in April 1993 by the Sovereign National Conference, but subsequently lost an October 1993 vote of no-confidence and resigned.Bernard Lanne, "Chad: Regime Change, Increased Insecurity, and Blockage of Further Reforms", ''Political Reform in Francophone Africa'' (1997), ed. Clark and Gardinier, pages 278–279.''Political Parties of the World'' (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 119. ACTUS joined the 13-member Coordination of Armed Movements and Political Parties of the Opposition (CMAP) coalition in December 1999. In the

parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

held on April 21, 2002, the party won 1 out of 155 seats.IPU-PARLINE page on 2002 parliamentary election
List of members of the Federation Parliamentary Group
, May 2002. Its sole deputy in the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...

, Nderbé Kemnade, joined the Federation Parliamentary Group, which is primarily composed of the

Federation, Action for the Republic Federation, Action for the Republic (french: Fédération, action pour la république, FAR/Parti Fédération) is a political party in Chad. It is considered a radical opposition party and is led by Ngarlejy Yorongar. The FAR supports federalism.' ...

(FAR) party. ACTUS publishes the magazine ''Perspectives''. There is a break-away faction of ACTUS led by Ley-Ngardigal Djimadoum.

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1981 establishments in Chad Communism in Chad Communist parties in Africa Political parties established in 1981 Political parties in Chad Socialist parties in Chad {{Communist-party-stub