Chadian National Union

Not to be confused with National Union (Chad).

The Chadian National Union (French: Union nationale tchadienne, UNT) was a radical Muslim political party in Chad.

Chadian National Union Union nationale tchadienne
Leader	Issa Dana Mahamut Outman Abba Siddick
Founded	1958
Dissolved	1966
Succeeded by	FROLINAT
Ideology	Islamic socialism Chadian nationalism Left-wing nationalism Anti-imperialism Anti-colonialism
Political position	Far-left
Religion	Islam
Politics of Chad Political parties Elections

History

The party was founded in 1958 by Issa Dana, Mahamut Outman and Abba Siddick. Created to lobby the "no" vote to the referendum on Chad's entry in the French Community, the party advocated drastic political reforms, to be achieved if necessary through violence. The party was banned in 1962 when President François Tombalbaye proclaimed the Chadian Progressive Party the sole legal party. It survived as a clandestine organization under the leadership of Ibrahim Abatcha.

In 1966 the party merged with the General Union of the Children of Chad to form the National Liberation Front of Chad (FROLINAT).^[1]

References

1. Chad: Defunct parties April 9, 2015, at the Wayback Machine EISA