Jordanian Progressive Party (Arabic: الحزب التقدمي الأردني, ''Al-Hizb al-Taqadumiu al-'Urduniyu'') is a

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

ian

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

. The party emerged from a split in the Jordanian People's Democratic Party, parallel to the split in the

Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP; ar, الجبهة الديموقراطية لتحرير فلسطين, ''al-Jabha al-Dīmūqrāṭiyya li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn'') is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist organi ...

over the Oslo Agreements. The founders of the Jordanian Progressive Party sided with

Yasser Abd Rabbo Yasser Abed Rabbo ( ar, ياسر عبد ربه) also known by his '' kunya'', Abu Bashar ( ar, ابو بشار) (born 17 September 1945) is a Palestinian politician and a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive Committee. ...

in the split. The party was registered with Jordanian authorities in 1993. The general secretary of the party is Fawaz Mahmood Muflih Zou′bi, MP. Na′el Emran Barakat is the deputy general secretary. The party publishes ''al-Huriyyah''.

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1993 establishments in Jordan Arab Nationalist Movement breakaway groups Political parties established in 1993 Political parties in Jordan {{Jordan-party-stub

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