The Union of Reform Partisans (french: Union des Partisans de la Réforme), ( ar, اتحاد الإصلاح المحاربون) 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 ...

Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...

. It was formed in 2005 as an offshoot of the

Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy The Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (french: Front pour la Restauration de l'Unité et de la Démocratie, ar, الجبهة من أجل استعادة الوحدة والديمقراطية) is a political party in Djibouti. It is ...

(FRUD). Ibrahim Chehem Daoud is the President of the UPR. The UPR participated in Djibouti's first regional and communal elections held on 10 and 31 March 2006, winning seats in the

regions In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

Obock Obock (also Obok, aa, Hayyú) is a small port town in Djibouti. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Tadjoura, where it opens out into the Gulf of Aden. The town is home to an airstrip and has ferries to Djibouti City. The Frenc ...

and Tadjourah. In the February 2008 parliamentary election, the UPR was part of the governing Union for the Presidential Majority (''Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle'', UMP) coalition. At the opening of an extraordinary congress of the ruling RPP on 4 March 2009, UPR President Ibrahim Chehem Daoud called for a constitutional amendment that would allow President

Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Ismaïl Omar Guelleh ( so, Ismaaciil Cumar Geelle ar, إسماعيل عمر جليه) (born 27 November 1947) is the current President of Djibouti. He has been in office since 1999, making him one of the longest-serving rulers in Africa. He is ...

to run for a third term in 2011."Les leaders de l'UMP montent au créneau"
, ''La Nation'', 6 March 2009 .

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Political parties in Djibouti 2005 establishments in Djibouti Political parties established in 2005 {{Djibouti-stub