Refoundation for a Global Action

The Refoundation for a Global Action,[a] formerly known as the Radical Party for a Global Action[b] and commonly referred to by its French acronym RAG (Arabic: الرگ or الرك), is a political party in Mauritania.

Refoundation for a Global Action
حزب إعادة التأسيس من أجل العمل الشامل
Refondation pour une Action Globale
AbbreviationRAG (French)
الرگ (Arabic)
PresidentOumar Ould Yali
Founded28 April 2013
HeadquartersNouakchott
Activist wingInitiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement
IdeologyAnti-slavery
Anti-establishment
Haratine interests
National affiliationSawab–RAG
Parliamentary groupNon-attached
ColoursCurrent:
  Yellow
Former:
  Red
  Black
National Assembly
4 / 176

It has been connected since its inception to the anti-slavery Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) led by Biram Dah Abeid.

History

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The party was founded on 28 April 2013 by members of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) led by Biram Dah Abeid.[1]

The party formed the Democratic Alternation Pole electoral coalition with Sawab on 31 May 2018 after failing to be legally registered as a political party by the Ministry of the Interior, thus not being allowed to field candidates under its own name.[2][3]

Electoral performance

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President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Election year Candidate 1st round 2nd round Result Winning candidate
Votes % Rank Votes % Rank
2014 Biram Dah Abeid 61,218 8.67% 2nd Lost Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
2019 172,649 18.59% 2nd Lost Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
2024 218,427 22.10% 2nd Lost

National Assembly

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National Assembly
Election Party leader National list Seats +/– Government
Votes %
2018 Biram Dah Abeid Part of Sawab–RAG
2 / 157
  2 Opposition
2023
4 / 176
  2 Opposition

Notes

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  1. ^ Arabic: حزب إعادة التأسيس من أجل العمل الشامل, romanizedḥizb iʿādat at-taʾsīs min ajl alʿamal aš-šāmil
    French: Refondation pour une Action Globale
  2. ^ Arabic: الحزب الراديكالي من أجل عمل شامل, romanizedal-ḥizb ar-rādikāli min ajl alʿamal aš-šāmil
    French: Parti Radical pour une Action Globale

References

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  1. ^ "إيرا" تعلن تأسيس حزب سياسي"" [IRA announces the establishment of a political party] (in Arabic). Essirage. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Mauritanie: le mouvement anti-esclavagiste IRA se trouve un parti politique" [Mauritania: the anti-slavery movement IRA finds itself a political party] (in French). Radio France Internationale. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  3. ^ "الصواب والكتلة الداعمة لزعيم "إيرا" يتحالفان لخوض استحقاقات 2018" [Sawab and the bloc supporting the IRA leader ally to compete in the 2018 elections] (in Arabic). Al Akhbar. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2024.