Movement for Democratic Renewal and Development
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Movement for Democratic Renewal and Development Mouvement pour le Renouveau Démocratique et le Développement | |
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| President | Daher Ahmed Farah |
| Founder | Mohamed Djame Elabe |
| Founded | September 27, 1992 |
| Headquarters | Djibouti City |
| Ideology | Conservatism |
| National affiliation | Union for National Salvation |
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| mrd-djibouti.com | |
The Movement for Democratic Renewal and Development (
Arabic: لحركة التجديد الديموقراطي والتنمية) is a political party in Djibouti. It was originally known as the Party for Democratic Renewal. The PRD of Djibouti was created with the purpose of forming a national democratic party. The PRD gained popularity at the collapse of the communist bloc and the end of the Cold War. It used its military power gained through its coalition with the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD) and the Movement for Peace and Reconciliation (MPR). The current leader of PRD is Abdillani Hamariteha
.
The PRD was founded by
National Assembly;[1] no other opposition party participated in the election, and all seats were won by the ruling People's Rally for Progress (RPP).[2]
Standing as the PRD presidential candidate in the
May 1993 presidential election, Djame placed second behind President Hassan Gouled Aptidon and received about 22% of the vote.[2] Djame died on 26 November 1996, and the PRD held a congress on 23 May 1997, electing Hamariteha as PRD President, Maki Houmed Gaba as First Vice-President, and Carton Dibeth Oblik as Second Vice-President.[1]
In the
parliamentary election held on 10 January 2003, the PRD was part of the Union for a Democratic Change
(Union pour l'Alternance Démocratique), which won 37.3% of the popular vote but no seats in the National Assembly.
References
- ^ a b c d "Djibouti: Political opposition parties (This Response replaces an earlier version dated 13 January 1999). Archived 20 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine", Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (UNHCR Refworld), DJI31018.FE, 1 February 1999.
- ^ a b c Political Parties of the World (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 181.
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