Jordanian Progressive Party (Arabic: الحزب التقدمي الأردني, ''Al-Hizb al-Taqadumiu al-'Urduniyu'') is a

Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...

ian

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

. The party emerged from a split in the Jordanian People's Democratic Party, parallel to the split in the

Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP; ) is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist and Maoist organization. It is also frequently referred to as the Democratic Front, or al-Jabha al-Dīmūqrāṭiyya (). It is a member ...

over the Oslo Agreements. The founders of the Jordanian Progressive Party sided with

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in the split. The party was registered with Jordanian authorities in 1993. The general secretary of the party is Fawaz Mahmood Muflih Zou′bi, MP. Na′el Emran Barakat is the deputy general secretary. The party publishes ''al-Huriyyah''.

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1993 establishments in Jordan Offshoots of the Arab Nationalist Movement Political parties established in 1993 Political parties in Jordan {{Jordan-party-stub

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