Red Moors ( it, Rossomori, RM) is a regionalist (

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political party in Sardinia. The party was founded in 2009 as a left-wing split from the

Sardinian Action Party The Sardinian Action Party ( sc, Partidu Sardu, it, Partito Sardo d'Azione, PSd'Az or PSdA) is a Sardinian nationalist, regionalist and separatist political party in Sardinia. While being traditionally part of the Sardinian centre-left, the p ...

(Psd'Az), after the Psd'Az had signed an

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with

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, the main centre-right party in

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. In the 2009 regional election the RM won 2.5% of the vote, despite not being on the ballot in three provincial constituencies out of eight, and one regional councillor,

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. The list did better in the

province of Sassari The province of Sassari ( it, provincia di Sassari, sc, provìntzia de Tàtari, sdc, prubìnzia di Sàssari, ca, província de Sàsser, french: province de Sassari, co, pruvincia di Sassari) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the autonomous ...

(4.2%) and the

province of Nuoro The province of Nuoro ( it, provincia di Nuoro; sc, provìntzia de Nùgoro) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy. Its capital is the city of Nuoro. It has an area of , and, , a total population of 210,972. The provin ...

(3.3%). In the 2010 provincial elections the Red Moors improved their share of vote and were particularly strong in

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(7.1%), the province of Nuoro (4.2%) and the

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(3.1%). In January 2011 Zuncheddu left the party in order to join Independence Republic of Sardinia. This caused a major upheaval within the party, which was left without representation in the Regional Council. However the party pushed back and, in the 2014 regional election, it won 2.6% of the vote and two regional councillors.Sardegna - Elezioni Regionali del 16 febbraio 2014 - la Repubblica.it
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Leadership

*Secretary: Gesuino Muledda (2009–2012), Salvatore Melis (2012–2014), Marco Pau (2014–present) *President: Paola Zunchedda (2009–2011), Gesuino Muledda (2012–2018)

References

External links

Official website
{{Political parties in Italy Political parties in Sardinia Sardinian nationalist parties Political parties established in 2009 2009 establishments in Italy Social democratic parties in Italy