Union of Reform Partisans

Summary

The Union of Reform Partisans (French: Union des Partisans de la Réforme), (Arabic: اتحاد الإصلاح المحاربون) is a political party in Djibouti. It was formed in 2005 as an offshoot of the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD). Ibrahim Chehem Daoud is the President of the UPR.

The UPR participated in Djibouti's first regional and communal elections held on 10 and 31 March 2006, winning seats in the regions of Obock and Tadjourah.

In the February 2008 parliamentary election, the UPR was part of the governing Union for the Presidential Majority (Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle, UMP) coalition.[1][2]

At the opening of an extraordinary congress of the ruling RPP on 4 March 2009, UPR President Ibrahim Chehem Daoud called for a constitutional amendment that would allow President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh to run for a third term in 2011.[3]

Electoral history edit

National Assembly elections edit

Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Result
2008 Ibrahim Chehem Daoud 103,463
as part of the UMP
94.06%
65 / 65
    1st UMP coalition government
2013 74,016
as part of the UMP
61.5%
55 / 65
  10   1st UMP coalition government
2018 105,278
as part of the UMP
87.83%
57 / 65
  2   1st UMP coalition government
2023 159,658
as part of the UMP
93.68%
58 / 65
  1   1st UMP coalition government

References edit

  1. ^ "14% de sièges aux femmes" Archived January 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, La Nation, 16 January 2008 (in French)
  2. ^ IPU-PARLINE page for 2008 election Archived December 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Les leaders de l'UMP montent au créneau" Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, La Nation, 6 March 2009 (in French).