List of political parties in Chad
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This article lists political parties
in Chad
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Chad is a one party dominant state with the Patriotic Salvation Movement
in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Chad
Chad
Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...
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Chad is a one party dominant state with the Patriotic Salvation Movement
Patriotic Salvation Movement
The Patriotic Salvation Movement is the ruling political party in Chad.After Idriss Déby, an army commander who participated in an unsuccessful plot against President Hissène Habré in 1989, fled to Sudan, he and his supporters, known as the April 1 Movement, operated from Sudan with Libyan backing...
in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
Parliamentary parties
- Patriotic Salvation MovementPatriotic Salvation MovementThe Patriotic Salvation Movement is the ruling political party in Chad.After Idriss Déby, an army commander who participated in an unsuccessful plot against President Hissène Habré in 1989, fled to Sudan, he and his supporters, known as the April 1 Movement, operated from Sudan with Libyan backing...
(Mouvement patriotique de salut) - Rally for Democracy and ProgressRally for Democracy and Progress (Chad)The Rally for Democracy and Progress is a political party in Chad, led by Lol Mahamat Choua.The party was founded by Choua in December 1991 and was among the first batch of political parties to be legalized in March 1992....
(Rassemblement pour la démocratie et le progrès) - Federation, Action for the Republic (Fédération, action pour la république)
- National Rally for Development and ProgressNational Rally for Development and ProgressThe National Rally for Development and Progress is a political party in Chad, led by Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye. It was founded in early 1992, with Koumakoye as its President....
(VIVA-Rassemblement national pour le développement et le progrès) - National Union for Democracy and RenewalNational Union for Democracy and RenewalThe National Union for Democracy and Renewal is a political party in Chad, led by Saleh Kebzabo.In the 1997 parliamentary election, the UNDR won 15 out of 125 seats. In the parliamentary election held on 21 April 2002, the party won five out of 155 seats....
(Union nationale pour la démocratie et le renouveau) - Union for Renewal and DemocracyUnion for Renewal and DemocracyThe Union for Renewal and Democracy is a political party in Chad. Its President is Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué.The party, which has always been based around Kamougué, was founded in March 1992 and legalized in May 1992...
(Union pour le Rénouveau et la démocratie) - Chadian Action for Unity and SocialismChadian Action for Unity and SocialismChadian Action for Unity and Socialism is a communist political party in Chad, led by Fidèle Moungar. 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...
(Action Tchadienne pour l'unité et le socialisme) - Action for Renewal of ChadAction for Renewal of ChadThe Action for Renewal of Chad is a political party in Chad.At the last legislative elections, 21 April 2002, the party won according to IPU Parline 1 out of 155 seats....
(Action pour le renouveau du Tchad) - People's Movement for Democracy in ChadPeople's Movement for Democracy in ChadThe People's Movement for Democracy in Chad is a political party in Chad.In the parliamentary election held on 21 April 2002, the party won five out of 155 seats. In the May 2006 presidential election, its candidate, Mahamat Abdoulaye, won 7.07 % of the vote....
(Mouvement populaire pour la démocratie au Tchad) - National Democratic and Federal ConventionNational Democratic and Federal ConventionThe National Democratic and Federal Convention is a political party in Chad.At the last legislative elections, 21 April 2002, the party won according to IPU Parline 1 out of 155 seats. The party leader is Ali Golhor....
(Convention nationale démocratique et fédérale) - National Democratic and Social ConventionNational Democratic and Social ConventionThe National Democratic and Social Convention is a political party in Chad.At the last legislative elections, 21 April 2002, the party won according to IPU Parline 1 out of 155 seats....
(Convention national démocratique et sociale) - Rally for the Republic - LinguiRally for the Republic - LinguiThe Rally for the Republic – Lingui is a political party in Chad.At the last legislative elections, 21 April 2002, the party won according to IPU Parline 1 out of 155 seats....
(Rassemblement pour la République - Lingui) - National Rally for Democracy in ChadNational Rally for Democracy in ChadThe National Rally for Democracy in Chad is a political party in Chad. It is considered a moderate opposition party allied with the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement , and it participates in the government....
(Rassemblement national pour la démocratie au Tchad - le Réveil) - National UnionNational Union (Chad)The National Union is a political party in Chad.At the last legislative elections, 21 April 2002, the party won according to IPU Parline 1 out of 155 seats....
(Union nationale) - Rally of Democratic Forces in ChadRally of Democratic Forces in ChadThe Rally of Democratic Forces in Chad is a political party in Chad.At the last legislative elections, 21 April 2002, the party won according to IPU Parline 1 out of 155 seats....
(Rassemblement des forces démocratiques au Tchad)
Other party participating in the 2006 presidential election
- Renewed African Socialist MovementRenewed African Socialist MovementThe Renewed African Socialist Movement is a political party in Chad. It is considered a moderate opposition party allied with the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement , and it participates in the government as of 2007....
Defunct parties
- Chadian Democratic UnionChadian Democratic UnionThe Chadian Democratic Union is the second African political party ever created in Chad. It's ancestor can be traced in the Mutuelle Amicale Tchadienne , created in 1945 under the impulse of Joseph Brahim Seid by Mahamat Yakouma, Mustapha Batran, Abdoulaye Touré, Souleymane Naye, Adoum Tchéré and...
(Union Démocratique Tchadienne) - Chadian National UnionChadian National UnionThe Chadian National Union was a radical Muslim political party founded in 1958 in Chad by Issa Dana, Mahamut Outman and Abba Siddick. Created to lobby the NO-vote to the referendum on Chad's entry in the French Community, the party advocated drastic political reforms, to be achieved if necessary...
(Union Nationale Tchadienne) - Chadian Progressive PartyChadian Progressive PartyThe Chadian Progressive Party was the first African political party created in Chad, active from 1947 to 1973...
(Parti Progressiste Tchadienne) - Chadian Social ActionChadian Social ActionThe Chadian Social Action was an African political party founded in 1953 in Colonial Chad. It was born as an offshoot of the Chadian Democratic Union , and like the mother party it represented French commercial interest and Muslim and African traditional chiefs...
(Action Sociale Tchadienne) - National Movement for the Cultural and Social RevolutionNational Movement for the Cultural and Social RevolutionThe National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution was a political party in Chad. It was the successor to the Chadian Progressive Party and existed from 1973 to 1975 as the country's sole legal party, under the strict control of the President Ngarta Tombalbaye...
(Mouvement National pour la Révolution Culturelle et Sociale)