The Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (French: Front pour la Restauration de l'Unité et de la Démocratie) is a political party in Djibouti. It is aligned with the interests of the Afar people who live in that country, although it has supporters residing outside of Djibouti.
In late 1991, FRUD launched a rebellion against the government. In 1994 the party split into two factions: a moderate wing, led by Ali Mohamed Daoud, signed a peace agreement with the government in December 1994 and was given two ministerial positions in the government, while a radical wing, led by Ahmed Dini Ahmed, denounced this agreement and continued armed resistance. The moderate wing took part in the December 1997 parliamentary election in alliance with the ruling People's Rally for Progress (RPP); the radical wing eventually signed its own peace agreement with the government in 2001.[1]
In the parliamentary election held on 10 January2003, the party was part of the Union for a Presidential Majority (Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle), which won 62.7 % of the popular vote and all seats. It was again part of the UMP for the February 2008 parliamentary election; the UMP again won all seats amidst an opposition boycott.
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^Political Parties of the World (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 180.
