Action and Renewal Movement

The Action and Renewal Movement (French: Mouvement Action et Renouveau, MAR) is a political party in the Republic of the Congo. It was founded by Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, who was the party's president until his death in 2009. He was succeeded by incumbent leader Roland Bouiti-Viaudo, who formerly served as Mayor of Pointe-Noire and Minister of State for Hydrocarbons. The party supports the presidency of Denis Sassou Nguesso.^[1]

Action and Renewal Movement Mouvement Action et Renouveau
Abbreviation	MAR
President	Roland Bouiti-Viaudo
Founder	Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard
Founded	2006 (2006)
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Orange
Senate	2 / 72
National Assembly	4 / 151
Website
Official website
Politics of the Republic of the Congo Political parties Elections

MAR held its constitutive congress in late December 2006, marking its transformation into a political party; 342 delegates attended the congress.^[1] In the parliamentary election held on 24 June and 5 August 2007, the party won five out of 137 seats.^[2] The party has since been part of Sassou Nguesso's governing coalition.

Electoral history

National Assembly elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Result
2007	Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard			5 / 137	New	4th	Coalition (PCT–MCDDI–MAR–MSD-Club 2002–AGIR–UPDP)
2012	Roland Bouiti-Viaudo			4 / 139	1	5th	Coalition (PCT-MCDDI-RDPS-MAR-RC-UFD-UR-Club 2002
2017				4 / 151	0	4th	Coalition (PCT-MAR-RDSP-RC-PRL-UFD-Club 2002)
2022				4 / 151	0	4th	Coalition (PCT-MAR-Club 2002-RDSP)