Union for Renewal and Democracy
Template:Short description The Union for Renewal and Democracy (Template:Langx) is a political party in Chad. Its current president is Sande Ngaryimbé,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> its first being Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué.<ref name=Rentre>"Tchad: un des principaux opposants Wadal Abdelkader Kamougué rentre à N'Djamena" Template:Webarchive, AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), March 22, 2008 Template:In lang.</ref>
The party, which was founded by Kamougué, was founded in March 1992 and legalized in May 1992.<ref>Political Parties of the World (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 119.</ref> In the 1996 presidential election, Kamougué, as the URD candidate, took second place in the first round on June 2 with 12.39% of the vote; in the second round, held on July 3, he was defeated by incumbent President Idriss Déby, taking 30.91% of the vote compared to Déby's 69.09%.<ref>"Rapport de la Mission d’Observation du 2è tour d’élection Présidentielle du 3 juillet 1996", democratie.francophonie.org Template:In lang.</ref>
In the presidential election of 20 May 2001, Kamougué won 6.0% of the vote, and in the parliamentary election held on 21 April 2002, the URD won according to IPU Parline 3 out of 155 seats.
As of 2008, the URD is a member of the Coordination of Political Parties for the Defence of the Constitution (CPDC) opposition coalition.<ref name=Rentre/>
After Kamougué died in 2011 while campaigning, Sande Ngaryimbé took over as the leader of the URD.