Democratic Union Party (Egypt)
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Democratic Unionist Party حزب الاتحاد الديمقراطي | |
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| Chairman | Ibrahim Mohamed Tork |
| Founded | April 1990 |
| Headquarters | Cairo |
| Ideology | Secularism Liberalism |
| National affiliation | Social Justice coalition[1] |
| House of Representatives | 0 / 568
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The Democratic Unionist Party (Arabic: حزب الاتحاد الديمقراطي, romanized: Hizb al-Itahadi al-democrati) is an Egyptian political party, with a membership of around 215 members. The party presses for achieving unity between Egypt and Sudan and separation between church and state.
The party nominated its head, Ibrahim Tork, to run for Egypt's first contested presidential elections. [2]
Platform
[edit]The party platform calls for:
- Guaranteeing citizens' basic freedoms and political rights.
- Achieving comprehensive economic development.
- Upgrading public utilities and services.
- Protecting Egypt's status on regional and international arenas.
References
[edit]- ^ "12 حزبا تدشن ائتلاف "الأحزاب المصرية" لخوض الانتخابات وتحقيق أهداف الثورة". Ahram. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
- ^ "The 2005 Egyptian Elections: How Free? How Important?". Ikhwan Web. 17 August 2005. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
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