The National Rally for Reform and Development ( ar, التجمع الوطني للإصلاح و التنمية, french: Rassemblement Nationale pour la Réforme et le Développement), often known by its shortened Arabic name Tewassoul ( ar, تواصل) or by the abbreviation of its French name (RNRD), is an Islamist
political party
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in
Mauritania. The party is associated with the Mauritanian branch of the
Muslim Brotherhood.
As a result of the
2013 and
2018 parliamentary election, Tewassoul has become the second largest political party in Mauritania.
History
The roots of Tewassoul go back to the Islamic Movement that began to be organized in Mauritania in 1975, being based on the ideas of the
Muslim Brotherhood, but it remained an unauthorized secret political movement due to the different authoritarian regimes in Mauritania's history.
The Islamists were prevented from licensing any political party even after the introduction of multi-party politics in the 1990s. Nevertheless, the Islamic Movement remained present as a significant force in the local political arena, especially with its rejection of the
diplomatic ties established between Mauritania and Israel between 1999 and 2009.
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After the 2005 coup, and the overthrow of the regime of President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, the Islamists tried to register a political party, but the ]military council
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The term "military council" applied to organisational groupings of senior ranking officers in the European armies of the 19th century during o ...
leading the transitional phase rejected their request, which prompted them to launch the “Initiative of Moderate Reformists” on November 23, 2005, which enabled them to enter parliament and win some municipalities as independents in the 2006 elections.[
The "Centrist Reformists" (successors of the Initiative of Moderate Reformists) endorsed ]Saleh Ould Hanenna Saleh Ould Hanenna (born 1965 or 1966) is a former Mauritanian soldier and political figure.
Ould Hanenna served in the Mauritanian Army and rose to the rank of Major before being dismissed in 2000. In June 2003, he led an attempted coup, aiming ...
in the first round of the 2007 presidential election, with them backing Ahmed Ould Daddah
Ahmed Ould Daddah ( ar, أحمد ولد داده, born 7 August 1942Marwane ben Yahmed"Les vérités d’Ahmed Ould Daddah", '' Jeuneafrique.com'', February 18, 2007 .) is a Mauritanian economist and a politician. He is a half-brother of Mokta ...
in the second round. The winner of the 2007 election, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, finally granted the Mauritanian Islamists a legal political party in 2007.[
]
Leadership
President
* Mohamed Jemil Ould Mansour (2007–25 December 2017)
* Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Seyidi (25 December 2017–25 December 2022)
Election results
Presidential
References
External links
Tewassoul Facebook Account
Tewassoul Youtube Channel
Tewassoul Twitter Account
Political parties in Mauritania
Conservative parties in Africa
Muslim Brotherhood
Islamic political parties
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