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{{short description|Political party in Chad}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism
| native_name      = Action Tchadienne pour l'unité et le socialisme
| logo             = Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism.png
| logo_size        = 150
| colorcode        = {{party color|Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism}}
| secretary_general = [[Fidèle Moungar]]
| foundation       = 1981
| newspaper        = ''Perspectives''
| ideology         = [[Communism]]<br>[[Marxism-Leninism]]<br>[[Stalinism]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Chad.html|title = Chad}}</ref>
| position         = [[Far-left politics|Far-left]]
| country          = Chad
| abbreviation     = ACTUS/prpe
}}
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'''Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism''' ({{langx|fr|Action Tchadienne pour l'unité et le socialisme}}) is a [[communist party]] in [[Chad]], led by [[Fidèle Moungar]]. The party was founded in 1981.

Moungar was chosen as Prime Minister in April 1993 by the Sovereign National Conference, but subsequently lost an October 1993 vote of no-confidence and resigned.<ref name=Lanne>Bernard Lanne, "Chad: Regime Change, Increased Insecurity, and Blockage of Further Reforms", ''Political Reform in Francophone Africa'' (1997), ed. Clark and Gardinier, pages 278&ndash;279.</ref><ref name="World 2005 page 119">''Political Parties of the World'' (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 119.</ref> ACTUS joined the 13-member Coordination of Armed Movements and Political Parties of the Opposition (CMAP) coalition in December 1999.<ref name="World 2005 page 119" /><ref>"Chad: Thirteen rebel movements form alliance against President Deby", Radio France Internationale (nl.newsbank.com), December 22, 1999.</ref>

In the [[Chadian parliamentary election, 2002|parliamentary election]] held on April 21, 2002, the party won 1 out of 155 seats.<ref>[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2061_02.htm IPU-PARLINE page on 2002 parliamentary election].</ref><ref name=Fed>[http://www.yorongar.com/article.php3?id_article=7 List of members of the Federation Parliamentary Group] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808192432/http://www.yorongar.com/article.php3?id_article=7 |date=August 8, 2007 }}, May 2002.</ref> Its sole deputy in the [[National Assembly of Chad|National Assembly]], Nderbé Kemnade, joined the Federation Parliamentary Group, which is primarily composed of the [[Federation, Action for the Republic]] (FAR) party.<ref name=Fed/>

ACTUS publishes the magazine ''Perspectives''.

There is a break-away faction of ACTUS led by Ley-Ngardigal Djimadoum.

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{{Chadian political parties}}

[[Category:1981 establishments in Chad]]
[[Category:Communism in Chad]]
[[Category:Communist parties in Africa]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1981]]
[[Category:Political parties in Chad]]
[[Category:Socialist parties in Chad]]


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