Green Party for Progress
Political party in Tunisia
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Green Party for Progress (Arabic: حزب الخضر للتقدم, French: Parti des verts pour le progrès), often abbreviated to PVP, is a Tunisian green political party.
Green Party for Progress | |
|---|---|
| Arabic name | حزب الخضر للتقدم |
| French name | Parti des verts pour le progrès |
| Abbreviation | PVP |
| Secretary-General | Mongi Khamassi |
| Spokesperson | Faycel Naîmi |
| Treasurer | Fethi Dargachi |
| Women's Chair | Aïcha Khammassi |
| Youth Chair | Hafedh Khaldi |
| Founder | Mongi Khamassi |
| Founded | November 14, 2005 |
| Legalised | March 3, 2006 |
| Split from | PSL |
| Headquarters | 2 Avenue de France, 1000 Tunis |
| Newspaper | Le Tunisien (French) Ettounsi (Arabic) |
| Ideology | Green politics |
Founded in November 2005 by Mongi Khamassi,[1] a former member of PSL,[1] they were legalised four months later as one of the nine political parties that were legalised before the Tunisian revolution.[1] The first party conference was held in December 2008.[1]
Internationally the party has been denounced as not a true green party, particularly by the French[2] and European Green parties.[3]
In the 2009 presidential election, they supported the winning candidate Ben Ali.[4] In the general election, their first contested, which was held simultaneously, they won six seats with 74,185 votes and a 1.67% vote share.[5] They won a single councillor seat in the 2018 municipal elections with 150 votes.[6]
