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Coalition for Unity and Democracy ቅንጅት ለአንድነት እና ዴሞክራሲ | |
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| President | Hailu Shawul |
| Spokesperson | Lidetu Ayalew |
| First Vice-President | Birtukan Mideksa |
| Vice-president | Berhanu Nega |
| Foreign Relations Head | Yacob Haile-Mariam |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Dissolved | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Addis Ababa |
| Youth wing | CUD Youth League |
| Membership (2004) | 4.6 million[1] |
| Ideology | Ethiopian nationalism Civic nationalism Liberalism Federalism Populism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | UDJ Ginbot 7 AEUP SP |
| Website | |
| kinijitethiopia.org | |
The Coalition for Unity and Democracy (Ge'ez : ቅንጅት ለአንድነት እና ዴሞክራሲ), commonly referred to by its English abbreviation CUD, or occasionally CDU (its Amharic abbreviation, used in Ethiopia, is Qinijit; in English writing often referred to as Kinijit),[2] was a coalition of four existing political parties of Ethiopia which combined to compete for seats in the Ethiopian General Elections held on May 15, 2005, and around the end of that year, became a full-fledged political party (the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party). Its leader was Hailu Shawul and the political party was dissolved in 2007.
- ^ [1], Coalition's for Unity and Democracy website (accessed 2 November 2009)
- ^ The Ethiopian consonants Q and K are often confused by foreigners, who mostly cannot pronounce Q correctly; consequently, the Q is often written as K in English context, even if both consonants would never be confused in the original Amharic script and in Amharic pronunciation