The Social Liberal Party ( ar, الحزب الاجتماعي التحرري ; french: Parti social-libéral), abbreviated to PSL, is an
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liberal
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in
Tunisia
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. The party is a member of the
Liberal International
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and the
Africa Liberal Network
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.
The party was founded in September 1988 under the name "Social Party for Progress" (french: Parti social pour le progrès), but was renamed in October 1993 to reflect its liberal ideology. At the
1999 election, it won election for the first time, winning its first two seats in the Chamber of Deputies.
They retained these two seats at the
2004, when its candidate
Mohamed Mouni Béji also won 0.8% at the
presidential elections. In 2005,
Mongi Khamassi, one of the party's founders, split to form the
Green Party for Progress
Green Party for Progress ( ar, حزب الخضر للتقدم, french: Parti des verts pour le progrès), often abbreviated to PVP, is a Tunisian green political party.
Founded in November 2005 by Mongi Khamassi, a former member of PSL, they we ...
. Despite this, the PSL quadrupled its seats to eight in the
2009 election, making it the fifth-largest party.
As well as liberal social and political reforms, the PSL advocates
economic liberalisation
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, including the
privatisation
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of state-owned firms.
See also
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Liberalism
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Social liberalism
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Liberalism worldwide
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List of liberal parties
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Liberal democracy
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Notes
External links
Social Liberal Partyarchived official site
1988 establishments in Tunisia
Liberal International
Liberal parties in Tunisia
Political parties established in 1988
Political parties in Tunisia
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