El Vadila

El Vadila
حزب الفضيلة
Parti El Vadila
LeaderEthmane Ould Cheikh Ahmed Eboul Mealy
Founded2006
IdeologyIslamism
ReligionSunni Islam
Parliamentary groupTrust group
National Assembly
2 / 176
Regional councils
4 / 285
Mayors
2 / 238

El Vadila (Arabic: حزب الفضيلة, romanizedḥizb al-vaḍīla, lit.'Virtue Party') is an Islamist[1][2] political party in Mauritania, led by Ethmane Ould Ahmed Aboulmaaly.

  1. ^ Mauritania's Islamists The Carnegie Papers
  2. ^ Matthijs Bogaards, Matthias Basedau, Christof Hartmann (2013) Ethnic Party Bans in Africa, Routledge, p34