Ettajdid Movement

Ettajdid Movement حركة التجديد
French name	Mouvement Ettajdid
First Secretary	Ahmed Ibrahim
Founded	April 23, 1993 (1993-04-23)
Preceded by	Tunisian Communist Party
Headquarters	6 rue de Métouia Tunis
Ideology	Secularism[1] Democratic socialism[2] Social liberalism[2]
Political position	Centre-left[3][4][5]
National affiliation	Democratic Modernist Pole
Official colours	Blue
Website
ettajdid.org

The Ettajdid Movement (Movement for Renewal ; Arabic: حركة التجديد‎, Ḥarakat at-Tajdīd ; French: Mouvement Ettajdid), also referred to simply as Ettajdid, is a centre-left secularist political party in Tunisia. Ettajdid evolved out of the old Tunisian Communist Party in 1993. During the Ben Ali rule it was one of the legal, although oppressed opposition parties. It is led by its First Secretary Ahmed Ibrahim.

The party evolved out of the Tunisian Communist Party. Adopting its new name and abandoning communism in April 1993, the party adopted a social economic programme, and it was legalised in November 1993. In the 1994 election, the party won four seats. This increased to five in 1999, before falling to three in the 2004 election and to two in 2009, making it the smallest of the seven parties represented in the Tunisian parliament.

After massive protests in January 2011, Ettajdid gained a post for Ahmed Ibrahim as Minister of Higher Education.^[6] For the Constituent assembly election, Ettajdid has formed a strongly secularist alliance called Democratic Modernist Pole (PDM), of which it is the mainstay.^[7][8]

Ettajdid publishes at-Tariq al-Jadid (New Path).

Footnotes

1. ^ Marks, Monica (26 October 2011), "Can Islamism and Feminism Mix?", New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/opinion/can-islamism-and-feminism-mix.html, retrieved 28 October 2011 
2. ^ ^{a b} Fisher, Max (27 October 2011), "Tunisian Election Results Guide: The Fate of a Revolution", The Atlantic, http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/tunisian-election-results-guide-the-fate-of-a-revolution/247384/, retrieved 28 October 2011 
3. ^ Ryan, Yasmine (14 January 2011). "Tunisia president not to run again". Al-Jazeera English. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/01/2011113192110570350.html. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 
4. ^ Chebbi, Najib (18 January 2011). "Tunisia: who are the opposition leaders?". Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/tunisia/8265285/Tunisia-who-are-the-opposition-leaders.html. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 
5. ^ "Tunisia seeks to form unity cabinet after Ben Ali fall". BBC News. 16 January 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12201042. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 
6. ^ "BBC News - Tunisia forms national unity government amid unrest". 17 January 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12209621. Retrieved 2011-01-18. 
7. ^ Chrisafis, Angelique (19 October 2011), "Tunisian elections: the key parties", The Guardian, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/19/tunisia-elections-the-key-parties, retrieved 24 October 2011 
8. ^ Bollier, Sam (9 Oct 2011), Who are Tunisia's political parties?, Al Jazeera English, http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/10/201110614579390256.html, retrieved 21 Oct 2011 

External links

Official website