Democratic Union for Social Renewal
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The Democratic Union for Social Renewal (French: Union Démocratique pour le Renouveau Social, UDRS) was a political party in Benin.
History
[edit]In the 1991 parliamentary elections the party ran in an alliance with the Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ADP). The alliance received 4% of the vote, winning two seats.[1] At the time, the party was led by Bio Gado Seko N'Goye. By 1994 he had been replaced as leader by Dénis Amoussou-Yéyé, who merged the party into the Benin Rebirth Party that year.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Elections in Benin African Elections Database
- ^ Entretien avec le Professeur Dénis Amoussou-Yéyé, enseignant de psychologie à l’Université d’Abomey-Calavi (UAC):« La RB a fait un bon choix en rejoignant la mouvance présidentielle» L'Evenement Precis, February 2006