El-Ghad Party
Political party in Egypt
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The el-Ghad Party (Arabic: حزب الغد Ḥizb el-Ghad, IPA: [ˈħezb elˈɣæd]; "The Tomorrow Party") is a political party in Egypt that was granted license in October 2004. El-Ghad is a centrist liberal secular political party pressing for widening the scope of political participation and for a peaceful rotation of power.
(2004–2011
Moussa Mostafa Moussa
(2011–present)
el-Ghad Party Hizb el-Ghad حزب الغد | |
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| Leader | Ayman Nour (2004–2011 Moussa Mostafa Moussa (2011–present) |
| Chairperson | Moussa Mostafa Moussa |
| Founders | Ayman Nour and Wael Nawara |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Cairo |
| Newspaper | El-Ghad |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Egyptian Front[1] National Unified List for Egypt (since 2020) |
| Colors | Orange (Historically) |
| Slogan | Hand in Hand, we build tomorrow |
| House of Representatives | 0 / 568 |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| www | |
Background
Ayman Nour left the New Wafd Party in 2001. He was named the first secretary of the party in October that year.[2] The party was legalized in 2004. After facing president Hosni Mubarak in the 2005 Egyptian presidential election, Nour was sentenced to five years in jail on forgery charges.[3]
In 2005, just before Nour being sentenced, the El-Ghad party split in two factions. One was headed by Moussa Moustafa Moussa, the other by Nour's (now former) wife Gameela Ismail.[3] Legal battle ensued between both factions, both claiming legitimacy and simultaneously using the party name and insignia. The final court ruling in May 2011 was in favor of Moussa.[4] Ayman Nour hence filed for a new party, Ghad El-Thawra Party or "Revolution's Tomorrow Party", which was approved on 9 October 2011.[3]
The removal of Nour from the party leadership by Moussa, and the latter's election to the Egyptian Upper House, have been seen as compliance with the Hosni Mubarak regime.[3]
History
The official El-Ghad Party, headed by Moussa Moustafa Moussa, ran in the 2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election as an independent list. The split faction Ghad El-Thawra Party, headed by Ayman Nour, was part of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party-led Democratic Alliance for Egypt.[3]
The party joined the Egyptian Front in August 2014.[5]
It contested the 2020 Egyptian Senate election as part of the National Unified List for Egypt.[6]
Platform
The party platform calls for:
- Political and economic reform.
- Paying a special care for the handicapped.
- Combating drug addiction.
- Solving the water crisis.
Name confusion
Ayman Nour has been tightly associated with both the El-Ghad name and party, even being accused of internal monopoly by other party members.[3] Since both Nour and Moussa factions were using (and still are) the same name and insignia (ex: Ghad El-Thawra website[7]), it was often difficult to tell them apart. For instance, Liberal International listed El-Ghad, specifying its leader as Ayman Nour, as an observer member.[8] Many poll and media outlets used the term "El-Ghad" without specifying which party or faction they are referring to,[9] although they often meant the Ayman Nour Ghad El-Thawra faction.[10][11]
