The Democratic Patriots' Unified Party (), formerly the Democratic Patriots' Movement, is a communist party in

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

. Established in 1981, the movement was only legalised in 2011 after the Tunisian Revolution. The movement primarily advocates a

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, the balanced development of the

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ry and

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, and campaigns against the exploitation of the

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es of Tunisia. In the 2011 elections, they won one seat in the

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, Mongi Rahoui from Jendouba Constituency. In October 2012, the party formed a leftist

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, the Popular Front, with the

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, the Tunisian Green Party, the

Movement of Socialist Democrats The Movement of Socialist Democrats (, '; , MDS, also translated as "Socialist Democrats Movement") is a political party in Tunisia. The MDS was founded by defectors from the then ruling Socialist Destourian Party (PSD) and liberal-minded expatr ...

, the Tunisian Ba'ath Movement (an Iraqi-led branch of the Ba'ath Party), and other Progressive parties. The Movement is strongly

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. Its secretary-general,

Chokri Belaid Chokri Belaïd (; 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 Patriots' Movement. Belaïd was a vocal crit ...

, was shot dead on 6 February 2013.

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