Civil Democratic Alliance

Civil Democratic Alliance
التحالف المدني الديمقراطي
LeaderAli Khathem Aziz[1]
Founded11 December 2013
HeadquartersAl-Nethal Street, Baghdad[2]
IdeologySecularism[3]
Nonsectarianism[4]
Anti-corruption[4]
Third Way
Political positionCentre-left
ColoursOrange, blue
Seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq:
0 / 328

The Civil Democratic Alliance (Arabic: التحالف المدني الديمقراطي, Al-Taḥalof Al-Madani Al-Democrati) is an Iraqi political coalition formed by various civil and democratic parties as well as independent figures for the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary election.[5]

The alliance split in 2017 when the Iraqi Communist Party left the alliance after reaching an agreement with the Alliance towards Reforms (Saairun) for the May-2018 election.[6] The Civil Democratic Alliance then split into two alliances, the current consisting of mostly socialist left-wing parties who stayed part of the alliance and are led by the Social Democratic current.[7]

The second alliance formed in December-2017 includes centrist liberal & national democratic parties led by the People's Party for Reform of Faiq Al Sheikh Ali. The new Alliance was called the Civilized Alliance[8] and includes the National Civil Movement of Shirouk Al Abayachi, the Iraqi National Movement and the Al-Etifak National Party as well as various independent figures. The new alliance aims to establish a civil state based on justice and equal rights & duties for all citizens adopting liberal principles characterized by free & fair elections, separation of powers and the rule of law, ensuring equal protection of human rights, and civil & political freedoms for all.[9][10]

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  3. ^ "Secularist underdogs fight to be heard in Iraq election". Reuters. 29 April 2014. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Iraqi Communist Party to contest parliamentary elections under the Civil Democratic Alliance". Iraqi Letter. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Iraqi liberals losing ground to Islamists". Al Monitor. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  6. ^ "لقاء مع رئيس تحالف تمدن فائق الشيخ علي-YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
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  8. ^ ""تحالف تمدّن" برئاسة "فائق الشيخ علي" ويضم عدداً من الأحزاب السياسية - وكالة كان برس". kanpress.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-21.
  9. ^ https://www.facebook.com/CivilizedAlliance/ [user-generated source]
  10. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: لقاء رئيس تحالف تمدن فائق الشيخ علي مع ريناس علي (قناة العهد) ٢٠١٨/٢/٦. YouTube.