The Republican Party ( ar, الحزب الجمهوري ', french: Parti républicain) is a
centrist
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liberal
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party in Tunisia. It was formed on 9 April 2012 as a merger of the
Progressive Democratic Party (PDP),
Afek Tounes
Afek Tounes ( ar, آفاق تونس, "Tunisian Aspiration(s)" or "Horizons of Tunisia") is a centre-right political party in Tunisia. Its program is liberal, focusing on secularism and civil liberties. The party mainly appealed to intellectuals a ...
and the Tunisian Republican Party, several minor parties and independents. The party is led by
Maya Jribi who was previously the secretary-general of the PDP. The party held 11 out of 217 seats and was the largest oppositional party in the National
Constituent Assembly of Tunisia
The Constituent Assembly of Tunisia, or National Constituent Assembly (NCA) was the body in charge of devising a new Tunisian constitution for the era after the fall of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his Constitutional Democratic Rally ( ...
. The party withdrew from the
Union for Tunisia coalition, though it is still part of the
National Salvation Front.
After the founding congress, nine assemblymen elected for the PDP contested the leadership vote and temporarily suspended their party membership. Those 9 members became part of the
Democratic Alliance Party.
After the
2019 parliamentary election the party had no seats.
References
2012 establishments in Tunisia
Political parties established in 2012
Liberal parties in Tunisia
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