The Democratic Front Party was an Egyptian

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. The party merged with the

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in December 2013.

Foundation and profile

The party was founded in 2007 by Ahmed Diab and

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. The party adopted

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ideologies. It was a full member of both the

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and the Alliance of Democrats. Founder Osama Al Ghazali was the chairman of the party. His deputy was the writer Sakina Fuad. Mohamed Mansour and Ibrahim Nawar were secretaries-general. Since March 2011 the Democratic Front Party has participated in the

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(

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). Before his death, writer

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was also an executive member of the party. Its slogan was "Councilor Dr. Ahmed Diab is a Democratic Front Party Leader and Coming President of Egypt."

References

External links

democraticfront.org
party's official website (in

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