Les Transformateurs
{{infobox political party
|name = The Transformers
|native_name = {{lang|fr|Les Transformateurs}}
{{lang|ar|المحوِّلون}}
|colorcode = {{party color|Les Transformateurs}}
|logo = Logo of the Les Transformateurs.png
|founder = Succès Masra
|founded = 29 April 2018
|ideology = Pan-Africanism
Social democracy
|position = Centre-left
|country = Chad
|website = {{URL|https://app.transformateurstchad.africa/}}
}}
Les Transformateurs ({{langx|en|The Transformers}}; {{Langx|ar|المحوِّلون|al-muḥawwilūn}}) is a political party in Chad.{{Cite web |title=Northern People's Congress (NPC) - Oxford Islamic Studies Online |url=http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1773?_hi=0&_pos=5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603224021/http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1773?_hi=0&_pos=5 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 3, 2015 |access-date=2020-09-06 |website=www.oxfordislamicstudies.com}} It was part of the opposition to the Chadian President Idriss Déby, and the Transitional Military Council that succeeded him after his death in 2021.
History
The party was founded on 29 April 2018 by Succès Masra, to bring together Chadians "from the outside as well as from the inside" and to turn the country into a functioning social democracy.{{Cite news |last=Olivier |first=Mathieu |date=18 May 2018 |title=Succès Masra, de la BAD à la politique : " Il faut mettre fin à l'idée que le Tchad est un butin de guerre " |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/560767/politique/succes-masra-de-la-bad-a-la-politique-il-faut-mettre-fin-a-lidee-que-le-tchad-est-un-butin-de-guerre/ |access-date=14 October 2023 |work=Jeune Afrique |language=fr}}{{Cite web |last=Fall Diagne |first=Hamet |date=20 September 2022 |title=Succès Masra: qui est cet opposant au régime tchadien? |url=https://www.bbc.com/afrique/articles/c727e416k9yo |access-date=14 October 2023 |website=BBC News Afrique |language=fr}}{{Cite web |last=Ehlert |first=Stefan |date=4 August 2016 |title=Chad's Deby unwilling to quit |url=https://www.dw.com/en/chads-authoritarian-deby-unwilling-to-quit/a-19173621 |access-date=14 October 2023 |website=DW |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=3 April 2007 |title=In Pictures: Most Corrupt Nations |url=https://www.forbes.com/2007/04/03/corruption-countries-nations-biz-07caphosp-cx_da_0403corrupt_slide.html |access-date=14 October 2023 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
Masra and his party played a prominent role in the 2022 Chadian protests, condemning security forces for violence against protesters.{{Cite web |title=Several killed in crackdown on anti-government protests in Chad |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/several-killed-in-crackdown-on-anti-government-protests-in-chad/2716774 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=www.aa.com.tr}} Masra fled the country in the aftermath of the protests and lived in exile in the United States for some time.{{Cite web |date=11 August 2023 |title=Tchad: l'opposant Succès Masra a annoncé son retour d'exil |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20230811-tchad-l-opposant-succ%C3%A8s-masra-a-annonc%C3%A9-son-retour-d-exil |access-date=14 October 2023 |website=RFI |language=fr}}{{Cite web |date=5 October 2023 |title=Tchad: un mandat d'arrêt international émis contre l'opposant Succès Masra |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20231005-tchad-un-mandat-d-arr%C3%AAt-international-%C3%A9mis-contre-succ%C3%A8s-masra |access-date=14 October 2023 |website=RFI |language=fr}} In his absence, the party's registration was temporarily suspended by the Transitional Military Council, but was reinstated in January 2023.{{Cite news |date=21 January 2023 |title=Au Tchad, les partis d'opposition de nouveau autorisés après trois mois de suspension |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2023/01/21/au-tchad-les-partis-d-opposition-de-nouveau-autorises-apres-trois-mois-de-suspension_6158783_3212.html |access-date=14 October 2023 |work=Le Monde |language=fr}}
On 1 January 2024, Masra was appointed Prime Minister of Chad, following an agreement brokered by the Economic Community of Central African States permitting Masra to return to Chad after an amnesty was granted to him.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=1 January 2024 |title=Tchad: l’ex-opposant Succès Masra nouveau Premier ministre |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/en-bref/20240101-tchad-succ%C3%As-masra-nouveau-premier-ministre |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/en-bref/20240101-tchad-succ%C3%A8s-masra-nouveau-premier-ministre |archive-date=1 January 2024 |access-date=1 January 2024 |website=Radio France Internationale |language=fr}}
In the 2024 presidential election, Succès Masra ran for president as a candidate of the Les Transformateurs party. It was the first time in Chad's history that a president and a prime minister faced each other in a presidential election.{{Cite web |title=Chad main opposition figures barred as leaders cleared for election |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/24/chad-main-opposition-figures-barred-as-leaders-cleared-for-election |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}} Masra won only 18.5% of the vote, the 2nd-most voted candidate at the elections, but lost by a significant margin to incumbent president Mahamat Déby.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-09 |title=Chad's interim leader Déby wins presidential vote, says election body |url=https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20240509-chad-interim-leader-d%C3%A9by-wins-presidential-vote-says-election-body |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=France 24 |language=en}}
Election results
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2024
|1,148,245 |18.54% |— |— |Lost {{N}} |
References
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