Saad Abdallah Djaballah ( ar, سعد عبدالله جاب الله (born on May 2, 1956) in

Skikda Skikda ( ar, سكيكدة; formerly Philippeville from 1838 to 1962 and Rusicade in ancient times) is a city in northeastern Algeria and a port on the Mediterranean. It is the capital of Skikda Province and Skikda District. History The Phoeni ...

) is an Algerian politician and leader of the

Movement for National Reform The Movement for National Reform (; french: Mouvement pour la réforme nationale) is a moderate Islamist political party in Algeria. It received 9.5% of the vote in the 2002 elections and received 43 members of parliament. The party was created ...

(''Ḥarakat al-Iṣlāḥ al-Waṭaniyy'', also known as the ''MRN'' and ''El-Islah''), an Islamist

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

that he led in a breakout from the Islamic Renaissance Party (al-

Nahda The Nahda ( ar, النهضة, translit=an-nahḍa, meaning "the Awakening"), also referred to as the Arab Awakening or Enlightenment, was a cultural movement that flourished in Arabic-speaking regions of the Ottoman Empire, notably in Egypt, Leb ...

), which he had created but lost control over. Djaballah stood for the

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twice, in 1999 and 2004. In the former contest, he withdrew along with all other opposition candidates just hours before voting commenced. In 2004, he came in third place in the

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, with about 5 percent of the vote. In 2011, Djaballah formed of the

Justice and Development Front The Justice and Development Front, sometimes translated as the Front for Justice and Development (; ), is an Islamist political party in Algeria led by Abdallah Djaballah. Djaballah is the former leader of the Movement for National Reform The ...

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