The Movement for the Independence, Renaissance, and Integration of Africa is a political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Mali

Mali

Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

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The party was founded as a split from the Alliance for Democracy in Mali–Pan-African Party for Liberty, Solidarity and Justice

Alliance for Democracy in Mali

The Alliance for Democracy in Mali-Pan-African Party for Liberty, Solidarity and Justice is a political party in Mali....

 (ADEMA-PASJ) on December 10, 1994, with Mamadou Lamine Traoré

Mamadou Lamine Traoré

Mamadou Lamine Traoré was a Malian politician and President of the Movement for the Independence, Renaissance, and Integration of Africa political party....

, who had been the First Vice-President of ADEMA-PASJ, as its President; Mamadou Kassa Traoré became the new party's First Vice-President, Mohamédoun Dicko its Second Vice-President, and Tiémoko Sangaré its Secretary-General (the latter two eventually returned to ADEMA-PASJ). The party supported Amadou Toumani Touré

Amadou Toumani Touré

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's successful candidacy in the 2002 presidential election

Malian presidential election, 2002

Mali held a presidential election in 2002 to choose the President of Mali. The first round was held on 28 April 2002 and the second round was held on 12 May...

, and afterwards MIRIA President Mamadou Lamine Traoré was named Minister of National Education.

MIRIA's Second National Conference, at which Traoré reiterated the party's support for Touré, opened on December 16, 2006. The party participated in the Alliance for Democracy and Progress

Alliance for Democracy and Progress (Mali)

The Alliance for Democracy and Progress is an alliance of political parties in Mali, that supports president Amadou Toumani Touré. In the 1 July and 22 July 2007 Malian parliamentary elections, the member parties of the alliance won 113 out of 160 seats....

, which backed Touré for re-election in the 2007 presidential election

Malian presidential election, 2007

A presidential election was held in Mali on 29 April 2007. President Amadou Toumani Touré ran for re-election against seven other candidates and won in the first round with about 71% of the vote, according to final results.-Pre-campaign:...

. Traoré died in July 2007. In the 1 July and 22 July 2007 parliamentary election

Malian parliamentary election, 2007

A parliamentary election was held in Mali on 1 July 2007 and 22 July. In the first round, there were about 1,400 candidates for 147 seats in the National Assembly....

, the party won two out of 160 seats.