The Union for Renewal and Democracy (french: Union pour le renouveau et la démocratie) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

in Chad. Its current president is Sande Ngaryimbé, its first being

Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué (May 20, 1939 – May 9, 2011) was a Chadian politician and army officer. Kamougué was a leading figure in the 1975 coup d'état and subsequently held several positions in the Chadian government and legislature. He was ...

."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 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 ...

, 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

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 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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