Ziad Lakhdhar is a

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n politician. He is the secretary-general of the

Democratic Patriots' Movement The Democratic Patriots' Unified Party ( ar, حزب الوطنيين الديمقراطيين الموحد), formerly the Democratic Patriots' Movement, is a communist party in Tunisia. Established in 1981, the movement was only legalised in 2011 a ...

(DPM) and a prominent leader of the

Popular Front A popular front is "any coalition of working-class and middle-class parties", including liberal and social democratic ones, "united for the defense of democratic forms" against "a presumed Fascist assault". More generally, it is "a coalition ...

, a left-wing coalition of opposition parties and movements.The National Congress Against Violence And Terrorism
. ''The Tunis Times''. 2013-06-18. He succeeded

Chokri Belaid Chokri Belaïd ( ar, شكري بلعيد, Shukrī Bil‘īd; 26 November 1964 – 6 February 2013), also transliterated as Shokri Belaïd, was a Tunisian politician and lawyer who was an opposition leader with the left-secular Democratic Pa ...

, who was assassinated on 6 February 2013, as secretary-general of the DPM.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lakhdhar, Ziad Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Popular Front (Tunisia) politicians African democratic socialists Tunisian Arab nationalists