National Progressive Unionist Party

National Progressive Unionist Party
حزب التجمع الوطني التقدمي الوحدوي
President Sayed Abdel Aal[1]
Founder Khaled Mohieddin
Founded 1977 (1977)
Headquarters Cairo
Newspaper Al Ahali
Ideology Left-wing nationalism
Democratic socialism
Populism
Political position Left-wing[2]
National affiliation

National Front Alliance[3]
Reawakening of Egypt[4]

Leftist Alliance[5]
International affiliation None
Colours          Red, black (official)
     Green (costumary)
House of Representatives
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The National Progressive Unionist Party (Arabic: حزب التجمع الوطني التقدمي الوحدوي, translit. Ḥizb al-Tagammu' al-Watani al-Taqadomi al-Wahdawi, commonly referred to as Tagammu) is a socialist political party in Egypt.

The party is considered to be a defender of the principles of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. It calls for standing against attempts to reverse the revolution's social gains for labourers, the poor, and other low-income groups. In late 2014, the party withdrew from the Egyptian Front.[6]

History and profile

The party was established in 1977[2] and its founder was Khaled Mohieddin, who was a former free officer.[7]

The party boycotted the first presidential elections in 2005. The party won 5 out of 518 seats during the 2010 legislative elections.

In the 2011-2012 Egyptian parliamentary election, the party ran in the Egyptian Bloc electoral alliance.

Platform

Prominent Party figures

References

  1. Tagammu Party elects new chief by one vote, Egypt Independent, 27 February 2013, retrieved 16 December 2013
  2. 1 2 "Profiles of Egypt's political parties". BBC. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  3. "محمد غنيم يدشن تحالف «الجبهة الوطنية» بالدقهلية". Shorouk News. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  4. "اجتماع الجبهة الوطنية يقرر رسميا الانضمام لقائمة "صحوة مصر"". Youm7. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  5. "Candidates ‘swinging’ between unstable electoral alliances". Daily News Egypt. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  6. "رسميا.. انسحاب "المؤتمر و"التجمع" و"الغد" من "الجبهةالمصرية"". Youm7. 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  7. Roberto Aliboni (3 January 2013). Egypt's Economic Potential. Routledge. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-135-08688-6. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

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