Coalition for Unity and Democracy

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Coalition for Unity and Democracy ቅንጅት ለአንድነት እና ዴሞክራሲ
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
Politics of Ethiopia Political parties Elections

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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.