National Destourian Initiative ( ar, المبادرة الوطنية الدستورية, french: Initiative nationale destourienne) or El Moubadra was a

centrist Centrism is a political outlook or position involving acceptance or support of a balance of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy while opposing political changes that would result in a significant shift of society strongly to the l ...

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 ...

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that merged into Long Live Tunisia in 2019. Emerging from the

Constitutional Democratic Rally The Democratic Constitutional Rally or Democratic Constitutional Assembly ( ar, التجمع الدستوري الديمقراطي ', french: Rassemblement Constitutionnel Démocratique, sometimes also called Constitutional Democratic Rally in E ...

(RCD) of ousted president Ben Ali, it was formed after the

Tunisian revolution The Tunisian Revolution, also called the Jasmine Revolution, was an intensive 28-day campaign of civil resistance. It included a series of street demonstrations which took place in Tunisia, and led to the ousting of longtime president Zine El ...

on 1 April 2011. The party was led by

Kamel Morjane Kamel Morjane, also spelled Kemal Mourjan, ( ar, كمال مرجان; born 9 May 1948) is a Tunisian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Defense from 2005 to 2010 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2011. After the T ...

, former Defence and

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under Ben Ali. The party assertively supported the representation of former RCD members in post-revolutionary politics. After the Party of Freedom for Justice and Development, the Party of Independence, the Party of Tomorrow's Tunisia and the Party of Third Path merged into The Initiative on 30 July 2014, the party openly presented itself as the National Destourian Initiative.Tunisia Needs Bourguiba's Ideas - National Destourian Initiative
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* (in Arabic) 2011 establishments in Tunisia 2019 disestablishments in Tunisia Centrist parties in Tunisia Defunct political parties in Tunisia Destourian parties Political parties disestablished in 2019 Political parties established in 2011 {{Tunisia-party-stub