Renewed African Socialist Movement
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The Renewed African Socialist Movement is a political party
in Chad
. It is considered a moderate opposition party allied with the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement
(MPS), and it participates in the government as of 2007.
Brahim Koulamallah
was the party's candidate in the May 2006 presidential election
, taking fifth (and last) place with 5.31 % of the vote.
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...
. It is considered a moderate opposition party allied with the ruling 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...
(MPS), and it participates in the government as of 2007.
Brahim Koulamallah
Brahim Koulamallah
Brahim Ahmed Koulamallah is a Chadian politician. He was the candidate of the Renewed African Socialist Movement in the May 2006 presidential election, taking fifth place with 5.31% of the vote. In the government named on August 15, 2006, he was appointed Minister of Tourism Development...
was the party's candidate in the May 2006 presidential election
Chadian presidential election, 2006
A presidential election took place in Chad on May 3, 2006. A 2005 constitutional referendum made it possible for President Idriss Déby to run for a third term; having come to power in December 1990, he previously won elections in 1996 and 2001...
, taking fifth (and last) place with 5.31 % of the vote.