The National Union for Democracy and Renewal (french: Union nationale pour la démocratie et le renouveau;

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UNDR) is 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 ...

, led by

Saleh Kebzabo Saleh Kebzabo ( ar, صالح كبزابو, born 27 March 1947 in Léré, Chad) is a Chadian politician. He is the President of the National Union for Democracy and Renewal (UNDR) and a Deputy in the National Assembly of Chad."Saleh Kebzabo: "A voi ...

. In the 1997 parliamentary election, UNDR won 15 out of 125 seats. In the

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held on 21 April 2002, the party won five out of 155 seats. Kebzabo was the UNDR's candidate in the June 1996 presidential election, placing third with 8.61% of the vote. He was also the party's candidate in the

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held on 20 May 2001, winning 7.0% of the vote. The UNDR is a member party of the Coordination of Political Parties for the Defense of the Constitution (CPDC), the main opposition coalition opposed to the rule of president

Idriss Déby Idriss Déby Itno ' (18 June 1952 – 20 April 2021) was a Chadian politician and military officer who was the president of Chad from 1990 until his death in 2021. Déby was a member of the Bidayat clan of the Zaghawa ethnic group. A high-ranki ...

."L'opposant Saleh Kepsabo refuse d'entrer au gouvernement"
Xinhua (Jeuneafrique.com), April 23, 2008 .

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