Reform and Renaissance Party
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Reform and Renaissance Party حزب الإصلاح والنهضة al-Eslah we al-Nahda[1] | |
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| Leader | Hesham Mustafa Abdel Aziz |
| Founded | 18 July 2011 |
| Ideology | Islamism[2] |
| House of Representatives | 0 / 568
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The Reform and Renaissance Party (Arabic: حزب الإصلاح والنهضة, romanized: al-Eslah we al-Nahda) is an Islamist political party in Egypt.[2]
The party was established on 18 July 2011.[1] Hesham Mustafa Abdel Aziz is the leader of the party.[3] The party describes itself as a socially liberal party that emerged after the January 25 Revolution in 2011. It focuses on promoting political inclusiveness and supporting youth in political and social arenas. It is a party for all Egyptians, without discrimination, based on the principles of citizenship and equality, regardless of religion, color, ethnicity, or gender.[citation needed]
It joined the Democratic Alliance for Egypt ahead of the 2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election.[1]
The party accepted the protests that started on 30 June 2013.[4] The following April, the Reform and Renaissance Party said that it would form a shadow government.[5]
The party met with the Justice Party and the Egyptian Communist Party in June 2014 to discuss potential alliances for the 2015 Egyptian parliamentary election.[6] The party announced on 4 July 2014 that it met with the Reform and Development Party to discuss coordination.[7] Members of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party met with party members to discuss cooperation between the parties during the 2015 parliamentary elections.[8] The party was in talks to merge with the Justice Party,[9] though it ultimately became part of the For the Love of Egypt alliance.[10]
The party participated in the 2025 Egyptian parliamentary election.[11]
Lawsuit against Islamic parties
The party is one of the eleven Islamic parties targeted by a lawsuit in November 2014, when an organization named Popular Front for opposing the Brotherhoodization of Egypt sought to dissolve all political parties established "on a religious basis."[12] The Alexandria Urgent Matters Court however ruled on 26 November 2014 that it lacked jurisdiction.[13]
