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The URD

Our history

Since its founding in the mid-2000s, the URD has consistently defended the same requirement: free, transparent elections accepted by all.

Milestones

2006

Birth of the URD

Founding

Danièle Boni-Claverie founds the Republican Union for Democracy.

2014

"With, not around"

Alliance

The URD joins the Alliance of Democratic Forces while asserting its autonomy.

2018

Partnership to reform the CEI

Electoral reform

A targeted alliance with EDS for a truly independent electoral commission.

2020

First ordinary congress

Congress

The President is re-elected; Gilbert Éhouman becomes Secretary General.

2025

Founding member of CAP-CI

Coalition

For an inclusive presidential election.

2026

A new electoral institution

Proposal

The URD’s proposal handed to the Minister of the Interior.

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Our emblem

The dove, the blue and the orange

The URD’s blue expresses our attachment to the institutions of the Republic. The orange carries the energy of action. The white dove in flight recalls our first commitment: civil peace, the precondition for any democracy.

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Join us

Write the next chapter with us

Joining the URD means making a republican voice heard, committed to dialogue and peace, and helping to build concrete proposals for Côte d’Ivoire.

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