The Green Party of Egypt (''Hizb Al-khodr'') is a

Green political party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

. The party presses for protection and promotion of the ecological system and optimal use of resources. It also calls for drawing up solutions to the problems of poverty, underdevelopment, and challenges the disadvantages of globalism and capitalism.

History

It was founded by former diplomat Hassan Ragab in 1990, experienced a hiatus in 1995, and was revived in 1998. In the internal party elections in 2000 Dr. Abdel Munem Ali Ali Al Aasar was elected president of the Green Party.Egypt \ Political Parties \ Egyptian Green Party
Arab Decision, 26 April 2006 He was later appointed to the

Shura Council In Arab culture, a Majlis-ash-Shura ( ar, مجلس الشورى; Shura Council in English) is an advisory council or consultative council. In Islamic context, the Majlis-ash-Shura is one of two ways that a Caliph, khalifa (Islamic leader) may be s ...

(the upper House of Egypt's parliament). However, political activities became increasingly difficult in the final years of the Mubarak regime and the party remained ineffective. There was a revival in the aftermath of the

Arab Spring The Arab Spring ( ar, الربيع العربي) was a series of Nonviolent resistance, anti-government protests, Rebellion, uprisings and Insurgency, armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. It began in T ...

in 2011, and the party fielded candidates in the 2012 elections. The party is currently a member of the

Global Greens The Global Greens (GG) is an international network of political parties and movements which work to implement the Global Greens Charter. It consists of various national Green political parties, partner networks, and other organizations associated ...

and the African Greens.

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* Egyptian democracy movements Ecosocialist parties Liberal parties in Egypt Green parties in Africa Political parties established in 1990 Global Greens member parties 1990 establishments in Egypt Socialist parties in Egypt {{Egypt-party-stub