The Republican People's Union (; ) is a
neo-Bourguibist political party in
Tunisia
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...
.
History
The party was founded by
Lotfi Mraïhi
Amine and Hamza are two Tunisian musician brothers, playing respectively the oud and the qanun, the two major instruments of the classical Arabic music.
Biography
Since a very young age, the M'raihi brothers were raised with classical Arab m ...
after the
Tunisian Revolution.
They won three seats in the
Assembly of the Representatives of the People
The Assembly of the Representatives of the People ( ', ; ARP) is the lower house of the Parliament of Tunisia. The Assembly replaced the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia, Constituent Assembly and was first Tunisian parliamentary election, 2014, e ...
in the
2019 parliamentary election.
In July 2024, Lotfi Mraïhi was arrested on suspicion of money laundering.
References
See also
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List of political parties in Tunisia
This article lists political parties in Tunisia.
Tunisia was a dominant-party state of the Constitutional Democratic Rally ("RCD" from its French language initials) before the Tunisian revolution. In the aftermath of the revolution the RCD was ...
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Political parties in Tunisia
2011 establishments in Tunisia
Political parties established in 2011