The Social Liberal Party ( ar, الحزب الاجتماعي التحرري ; french: Parti social-libéral), abbreviated to PSL, is an

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. The party is a member of the

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and the

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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

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, including the

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of state-owned firms.

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