The Independent Socialist Party of Chad (french: Parti socialiste indépendant du Tchad, PSIT) was a

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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 ...

History

The party emerged from a split of the

Independent Socialist Party of Chad The Independent Socialist Party of Chad (french: Parti socialiste indépendant du Tchad, PSIT), initially called Independent Social Party of Chad, was a political party in Chad. History PSIT was founded on 21 September 1950 at a General Assem ...

in 1955. The new version of PSIT was constituted at a General Assembly held on 27 March 1955. The Assembly adopted statues for the party and a

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was constituted, with

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as general secretary, Chérif Hamid Mahamat as chairman and Mahamat Yakouma and Ali Kamara as vice chairmen. The new PSIT joined the Entente coalition for the 1957 Territorial Assembly elections. The Entente won 57 of the 65 seats, with PSIT taking a single seat.

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1955 establishments in Chad Defunct political parties in Chad Political parties established in 1955 Socialist parties in Chad {{Chad-stub