Nidaa Tounes


Nidaa Tounes
حركة نداء تونس
ChairpersonKhemaies Jhinaoui
Secretary GeneralKassem Makhlouf
FounderBeji Caid Essebsi
Founded16 June 2012; 12 years ago (2012-06-16)
Headquarters3, rue du Lac de Garde
Les Berges du Lac
1053 Tunis
Youth wingNidaa Tounes Youth Movement
Membership (2014)110,000[1]
IdeologyBourguibism[2][3]
Social democracy
Third Way
Big tent
Secularism[4]
Political positionCentre to centre-left
Colours  Red
Slogan"Call of Tunisia, A call for all Tunisians"
Assembly of the Representatives of the People
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Nidaa Tounes[5] (Arabic: حركة نداء تونس Ḥarakat Nidā’ Tūnis, French: Appel de la Tunisie; usually translated as "Call of Tunisia", "Call for Tunisia",[6] or "Tunisia's Call"[7]) is a big tent secularist political party in Tunisia. After being founded in 2012, the party won a plurality of seats in the October 2014 parliamentary election.[8] The party's founding leader Beji Caid Essebsi was elected President of Tunisia in the 2014 presidential election.

  1. ^ "L'interview intégrale de Béji Caïd Essebsi à Leaders : J'irai jusqu'au bout!" (in French). 1 September 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  2. ^ Steve A. Cook (12 November 2014). "Tunisia: First Impressions". Council on Foreign Relations. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  3. ^ "In the shade of Bourguiba". The Economist. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  4. ^ Churchill, Erik (27 June 2012), "The 'Call for Tunisia'", Foreign Policy
  5. ^ Feuer, Sarah (3 October 2014). "Elections in Tunisia: Steps Toward Democratic Consolidation". Policywatch. The Washington Institute.
  6. ^ Tajine, Synda (21 June 2012). "Tunisia's Most Intimidating Statesman Creates New Party". AL Monitor.
  7. ^ "Country profile Tunisia". The World Factbook. CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). 2014.
  8. ^ Monica Marks (29 October 2014). "The Tunisian election result isn't simply a victory for secularism over Islamism". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 9 November 2014.