National Union of Independents for Democratic Renewal
| National Union of Independents for Democratic Renewal UNIRD |
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|---|---|
| Party leader | Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara |
| founding | 1996 |
| resolution | August 1997 |
| Headquarters | Niger |
The National Union of Independents for Democratic Renewal ( French : Union Nationale des Indépendants pour le Renouveau Démocratique , abbreviation: UNIRD ) was a political party in Niger that existed from 1996 to 1997.
history
On January 27, 1996 Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposed the Nigerien President Mahamane Ousmane in a coup d'état . He formed a support committee ( Comité de Soutien à Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara , COSIMBA for short ), from which the National Union of Independents for Democratic Renewal emerged in the same year. Contrary to his original announcement, Maïnassara ran as a candidate for UNIRD in the 1996 presidential election , which he won. In the parliamentary elections of 1996 , which were boycotted by the major opposition parties, UNIRD received 58 out of 83 seats in the National Assembly . Maïnassara was accused of massive electoral fraud in both elections. In August 1997 UNIRD became the party Alliance for Democracy and Progress (RDP-Jama'a).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Abdourahmane Idrissa and Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th ed., Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , p. 376.
- ↑ Niger: Parliamentary elections Assemblée nationale, 1996 . Inter-Parliamentary Union website , accessed September 25, 2012.