The Party for National Rebirth (French

French language

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 Le Parti pour la renaissance nationale, PARENA) is a Mali

Mali

Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

an political party

Political party

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, created in 1995 by activists from the National Congress for Democratic Initiative

National Congress for Democratic Initiative

The National Congress for Democratic Initiative is a political party in Mali, founded in 1990 and led by Mountaga Tall.In the first presidential election following the transition to democracy , Mountaga Tali received 11.41% of votes and placed third.In 1995, a group of militants led by Tiébilé...

 (CNID). The Party for National Rebirth is headed by Tiébilé Dramé

Tiébilé Dramé

Tiébilé Dramé is a Malian politician.Dramé was born in Nioro du Sahel. He studied at the Ecole normale supérieure in Bamako before obtaining his Advanced studies diploma in African history from the University of Paris...

, who ran for the presidency in 2002, gaining 4 % of the votes, coming in fourth place. In February 2007, he was again nominated as the party's presidential candidate for the April 2007 presidential election

Malian presidential election, 2007

A presidential election was held in Mali on 29 April 2007. President Amadou Toumani Touré ran for re-election against seven other candidates and won in the first round with about 71% of the vote, according to final results.-Pre-campaign:...

, receiving third place and 3.04% of the vote.

In the communal elections on 30 May 2004, the Party for National Rebirth came in fourth, gaining around 700 councilers.

PARENA won four seats in National Assembly

National Assembly of Mali

The unicameral National Assembly of Mali is the country's legislative body.The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 14 and 28 July 2002, has a total of 160 members. 147 members are directly elected in single or multi-member constituencies using the Two-Round system...

 in the July 2007 parliamentary election

Malian parliamentary election, 2007

A parliamentary election was held in Mali on 1 July 2007 and 22 July. In the first round, there were about 1,400 candidates for 147 seats in the National Assembly....

. Following the election, PARENA formed a parliamentary group with the African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence

African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence

The African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence is a left-wing political party in Mali. It was founded by Cheick Oumar Sissoko and Oumar Mariko in 1996; Sissoko is the party's President and Mariko is its Secretary-General, the top post in the party...

 (SADI).

The party's symbol is a white ram.