National Front Party حزب الجبهة الوطنية Hizb Al-Jabha Al-Wataniyya | |
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| Leader | Mohammed Ali Abdallah |
| Founder | Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf |
| Founded | 9 May 2012[1] |
| Preceded by | National Front for the Salvation of Libya |
| Ideology | Liberalism[2] Progressivism[3] |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| General National Congress | 3 / 200
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| Website | |
| http://www.jabha.ly/ | |
The National Front Party (Arabic: حزب الجبهة الوطنية, Hizb Al-Jabha Al-Wataniyya)[4] is a political party in Libya, formed in May 2012. It is the successor to the National Front for the Salvation of Libya, an anti-Gaddafi resistance movement founded in 1981.[2] Its ideology is considered liberal and progressive, and Libya Herald writer George Grant described the party as "arguably the most liberal-leaning of all in Congress."[1][3]
NFP holds 3 seats in the General National Congress (GNC), making it the third largest party.[5] Its leader, Mohamed el-Magariaf served as the President of the GNC from 9 August 2012 to 28 May 2013.[6][7]
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- ^ a b Khan, Umar (5 June 2012). "Libya's delayed elections are hard to call". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
- ^ Haimzadeh, Patrick (3 July 2012). "Libya's Unquiet Election". Middle East Online. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ "National Congress party results". Libya Herald. 18 July 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ^ "Libyan assembly votes Gaddafi opponent as president". Reuters. 9 August 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ^ "Levent Baştürk: Magariaf's being affected by the Political Isolation Law is not fair - New Region". Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2013-07-04.