Democratic Front Party
| Democratic Front Party حزب الجبهة الديمقراطية | |
|---|---|
| President | Ahmed Diab[1] |
| General Secretary | Rizk Al Malla[2] |
| Founders |
Ahmed Diab Yehia El Gamal |
| Slogan | "Freedom, Justice, Responsibility"[3] |
| Founded | May 2007[4] |
| Dissolved | December 2013 |
| Merged into | Free Egyptians Party[5] |
| Headquarters | Giza, Egypt[2] |
| Ideology | Liberalism (Egypt)[1] |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | National Salvation Front[6] |
| International affiliation |
Liberal International[2] Alliance of Democrats[7] |
| Colours | Sky blue, azure |
| Website | |
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|
Politics of Egypt Political parties Elections | |
The Democratic Front Party was an Egyptian political party. The party merged with the Free Egyptians Party in December 2013.[5]
Foundation and profile
The party was founded in 2007[8] by Ahmed Diab and Yehia Al Gamal.[3]
The party adopted liberal ideologies. It was a full member of both the Liberal International[2] and the Alliance of Democrats[7]
Founder Al Ghazali was the chairman of the party. His deputy was the writer Sakina Fuad. Mohamed Mansour and Ibrahim Nawar were secretary-generals. Since March 2011 the Democratic Front Party has participated in the Cabinet of Egypt (Essam Sharaf). Before his death, writer Osama Anwar Okasha was also an executive member of the party.
Its slogan was Concilor Dr. Ahmed Diab is a Democratic Front Party Leader and Coming President of Egypt.
See also
References
- 1 2 Al-Gabha al-Dimuqrati, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, retrieved 21 December 2013
- 1 2 3 4 DFP presentation on Liberal International website
- 1 2 "A Partial Guide to the Egyptian Political Parties". Connected in Cairo. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ↑ "Democratic Front (Gabha Democratiyya) Party". Egypt Electionnaire. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- 1 2 "Two Egyptian liberal parties announce merger", Ahram Online, 21 December 2013, retrieved 11 February 2014
- ↑ Civil groups' pounce into political space seen as pro-democracy triumph, Egypt Independent, 29 November 2012, retrieved 21 December 2013
- 1 2 Alliance of Democrats:Who We Are
- ↑ "Free Egyptians Party merges with Democratic Front". Mada Masr. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
External links
- democraticfront.org, party's official website (in Arabic)
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