Later, he joined the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS) and was elected as one of the party's vice-presidents in December 2006, at its first extraordinary congress.
Also elected at the congress were a 601-member National Council, a 135-member Political Bureau, and 25 Vice-Presidents; the Vice-Presidents included major figures in the party such as Joseph Kignoumbi Kia Mboungou, Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty, Ange Edouard Poungui, Clément Mouamba, Jean Itadi, and Mireille Lissouba.
Alphonse Daudet | Alphonse Mucha | Alphonse Merrheim | Alphonse de Lamartine | Alphonse Juin | Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr | Alphonse Royer | Alphonse Milne-Edwards | Alphonse Legros | Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou | Louis-Alphonse Boyer | Camille Alphonse Faure | Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty | Alphonse Loubat | Alphonse Le Gastelois | Alphonse James de Rothschild | Alphonse Boudard | Alphonse A. Kolb | Claude Alphonse Delangle | Camille Alphonse Trézel | Alphonse Yanghat | Alphonse Toussenel | Alphonse "Sonny Red" Indelicato | Alphonse Sagebien | Alphonse Roy | Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle | Alphonse Poitevin | Alphonse Picou | Alphonse Kotiga | Alphonse Joseph Glorieux |