The Democratic Front Party was an Egyptian political party. The party merged with the Free Egyptians Party in December 2013.[4]
Democratic Front Party حزب الجبهة الديمقراطية | |
|---|---|
| President | Ahmed Diab[1] |
| General Secretary | Rizk Al Malla[2] |
| Founders | Ahmed Diab Yehia El Gamal |
| Founded | May 2007[3] |
| Dissolved | December 2013 |
| Merged into | Free Egyptians Party[4] |
| Headquarters | Giza[2] |
| Ideology | Liberalism (Egypt)[1] |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | National Salvation Front[5] |
| International affiliation | Liberal International[2] Alliance of Democrats[6] |
| Colours | Sky blue, azure |
| Slogan | "Freedom, Justice, Responsibility"[7] |
| Website | |
| www.democraticfront.org | |
Foundation and profile
editThe party was founded in 2007[8] by Ahmed Diab and Yehia Al Gamal.[7]
The party adopted liberal ideologies. It was a full member of both the Liberal International[2] and the Alliance of Democrats.[6]
Founder Osama Al Ghazali was the chairman of the party. His deputy was the writer Sakina Fuad. Mohamed Mansour and Ibrahim Nawar were secretaries-general. Since March 2011 the Democratic Front Party has participated in the Cabinet of Egypt (Essam Sharaf). Before his death, writer Osama Anwar Okasha was also an executive member of the party.
Its slogan was "Councilor Dr. Ahmed Diab is a Democratic Front Party Leader and Coming President of Egypt."
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b Al-Gabha al-Dimuqrati, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, archived from the original on 26 January 2014, retrieved 21 December 2013
- ^ a b c d "DFP presentation on Liberal International website". Archived from the original on 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
- ^ "Democratic Front (Gabha Democratiyya) Party". Egypt Electionnaire. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ^ a b "Two Egyptian liberal parties announce merger", Ahram Online, 21 December 2013, retrieved 11 February 2014
- ^ Civil groups' pounce into political space seen as pro-democracy triumph, Egypt Independent, 29 November 2012, retrieved 21 December 2013
- ^ a b Alliance of Democrats:Who We Are Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "A Partial Guide to the Egyptian Political Parties". Connected in Cairo. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ "Free Egyptians Party merges with Democratic Front". Mada Masr. 21 December 2013. Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
External links
edit- democraticfront.org, party's official website (in Arabic)
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