National Progressive Unionist Party
| National Progressive Unionist Party Hizb al Tagammu' al Watani al Taqadomi al Wahdawi حزب التجمع الوطني التقدمي الوحدوي |
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| Chairman | Sayed Abdel Aal[1] |
| Founder | Khaled Mohieddin |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Headquarters | Cairo |
| Newspaper | Al-Ahali |
| Ideology | Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing[2] |
| National affiliation | Revolutionary Democratic Coalition[3] National Front for Salvation of the Revolution[4] |
| House of Representatives |
4 / 498
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| Shura Council |
8 / 270
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| Website | |
| www.al-ahaly.com/ | |
The National Progressive Unionist Party (in Arabic: Hizb al Tagammu' al Watani al Taqadomi al Wahdawi حزب التجمع الوطني التقدمي الوحدوي, commonly referred to as Tagammu) is a socialist political party in Egypt. The party is considered to be the defender of the principles of the 1952 Revolution. It calls for standing against attempts to reverse the 1952 Revolution's social gains for laborers, the poor, and other low-income groups.
The party boycotted the first presidential elections in 2005. At the last legislative elections, November 2010, the party won 5 out of 518 seats.
In the 2011-2012 Egyptian parliamentary election, the party ran in the Egyptian Bloc electoral alliance.
The Egyptian Social Democratic Party and the Tagammu Party ran in the 2012 Shura council election as part of the Egyptian Bloc. The division of seats between the two parties in the Shura Council is unclear.[5][6]
Platform
- Rejection of religious extremism.
- Building the character of the Egyptian citizens.
- Ending the State monopoly over the media.
- Raising awareness of environmental issues.
- Developing the Egyptian industries.
Prominent Party figures
- Khaled Mohieddin – Party founder, former chairman, and a member of the Egyptian Revolutionary Command Council.
Sayed Abdel Aal- New Party Chairman
References
- ^ Tagammu Party elects new chief by one vote, Egypt Independent, 2013-02-27, retrieved 2013-02-07
- ^ "Tagammu Party", Bikya Masr, retrieved 29 November 2011
- ^ Revolutionary Democratic Coalition: A new voice on Egypt's Left, Ahram Online, 2012-09-19, retrieved 2012-09-09
- ^ Civil groups' pounce into political space seen as pro-democracy triumph, Egypt Independent, 2012-11-29, retrieved 2012-11-29
- ^ "Results of Shura Council Elections". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 29 September 2012.
- ^ "Egyptian Bloc divided over boycotting Shura Council elections". Egypt Independent. 1 October 2012.
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