The National Progressive Unionist Party ( ar-at, حزب التجمع الوطني التقدمي الوحدوي, Ḥizb al-Tagammu' al-Watani al-Taqadomi al-Wahdawi, commonly referred to as Tagammu) is a
socialist
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political party
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in
Egypt
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. Originally known as the National Progressive Unionist Organization, it was established as the
left-wing
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faction of the governing
Arab Socialist Union (ASU) and became an independent party after ASU's dissolution.
The party considers itself a defender of the principles of the
Egyptian Revolution of 1952. It calls for standing against attempts to reverse the revolution's social gains for labourers, the poor, and other low-income groups.
History and profile
The party was established in 1977.
The founders were two former
Free Officers members,
Khaled Mohieddin
Khaled Mohieddine ( arz, خالد محيى الدين, ; August 17, 1922 – May 6, 2018) was an Egyptian revolutionary, politician, and military officer. As a member of the Free Officers Movement (Egypt), Free Officers Movement, he participated ...
and Kamal Rifaat. Its membership consisted of mainly of
Marxists
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and
Nasserists.
Since 1978 the party has published a newspaper, ''
Al Ahali''.
The party boycotted the
first presidential elections in 2005. It won 5 out of 518 seats during the
2010 legislative elections.
In the
2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt from 28 November 2011 to 11 January 2012, following the revolution that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, after which the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) dissolved Parliament. However the dis ...
, the party ran in the
Egyptian Bloc
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electoral alliance
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. However, in late 2014 it withdrew from the
Egyptian Front
The Egyptian Front ( ar-at, الجبهة المصرية, al-Gabha al-Masreya) is an alliance of political parties contesting the 2015 Egyptian parliamentary election in a joint list with the Independent Current Coalition, called Egypt.
The allian ...
.
Platform
*Rejection of religious extremism.
*Building the character of the Egyptian citizens.
*Ending the state monopoly over the media.
*Raising awareness of environmental issues.
*Developing the Egyptian industries.
Prominent Party figures
* Khaled Mohieddin – Party founder, former chairman, and a member of the Egyptian Revolutionary Command Council
* Kamal Rifaat – Party founder
* Sayed Abdel Aal- New Party Chairman
Electoral history
People's Assembly of Egypt elections
Shura Council elections
References
External links
''Al Ahali'', official paper of Tagammu
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1977 establishments in Egypt
Arab nationalism in Egypt
Democratic socialist parties in Africa
Left-wing nationalist parties
Nasserist political parties
Nationalist parties in Egypt
Political parties established in 1977
Secularism in Egypt
Socialist parties in Egypt