Ennahda
Ennahda Movement حركة النهضة Hizbu Ḥarakatu n-Nahḍah Mouvement Ennahda | |
|---|---|
| President | Rached Ghannouchi |
| General Secretary | Zied Ladhari |
| Founder | Rached Ghannouchi (co-founder) |
| Founded | 6 June 1981 |
| Legalized | 1 March 2011 |
| Headquarters | 67, rue Oum Kalthoum 1001 Tunis |
| Newspaper | El-Fajr |
| Ideology | Social conservatism[1] Economic liberalism[2] Islamic democracy[3][4] Conservative democracy[4] |
| Political position | Centre-right[5] to right-wing |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Assembly of the Representatives of the People | 0 / 161 |
The Ennahda Movement (Arabic: حركة النهضة, romanized: Ḥarakatu n-Nahḍah;[6] French: Mouvement Ennahdha), also called the Renaissance Party or the Ennahda, is Islamic democratic[7][8][9][3] political party in Tunisia.
They were founded as the Movement of Islamic Tendency in 1981.[10] The party was inspired by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.[11]
After the 2011 Tunisian revolution and collapse of the government of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the Ennahda Movement Party was formed,[12] and in the 2011 Tunisian Constituent Assembly election (Tunisia's first free election),[13] the party won 37%[13] of the vote.[14][15][16] There was lots of debate about "Islamization" in the country. 2 politicians were assassinated This led to the 2013–14 Tunisian political crisis, and the party stepped down[17] after Tunisia's constitution was made January 2014.[18] In the 2014 Tunisian parliamentary election, the party was in 2nd place with 27.79% of the vote.[19]
Election results
| Election year | # of total votes | % of overall vote | # of seats | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constituent Assembly of Tunisia | ||||
| 2011 | 1,501,320 | 37.04% | 89 / 217
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Coalition(2011–2014) |
| Technocratic Government (2014–2015) | ||||
| Assembly of the Representatives of the People | ||||
| 2014 | 947,034 | 27.79% | 69 / 217
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Coalition |
| 2019 | 561,132 | 19.63% | 52 / 217
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Coalition |
References
- ↑ "Ennahda feiert sich als Wahlsieger: Tunesien hat den Islam gewählt – Politik". Stern.De. 25 October 2011. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ↑ Kaminski, Matthew (26 October 2011). "On the Campaign Trail With Islamist Democrats". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ennahda leader Ghannouchi: 'We are Muslim democrats, not Islamists'". Middle East Eye. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Agence France-Presse (16 September 2011). "Erdogan tells Tunisians that Islam and democracy can work". Archived from the original on 7 June 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "Tunisia's Ennahda discusses local elections". Middle East Monitor. 28 January 2017. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ↑ "The word حركة — movement — is the official term which is used by this political party". Ennahdha. Archived from the original on 22 December 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ↑ "Tunisian president fires premier after violent protests". AP NEWS. 25 July 2021. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ↑ "Ennahda is "Leaving" Political Islam". Wilson Center. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ↑ "Muslim Democrats? Tunisia's Delicate Experiment". Foreign Policy Blogs. 30 September 2016. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ↑ Teyeb, Mourad (27 January 2011), "What role for the Islamists?", Al-Ahram Weekly, archived from the original on 19 January 2012, retrieved 6 November 2011
- ↑ Lewis, Aidan (25 October 2011). "Profile: Tunisia's Ennahda Party". BBC. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ↑ "Tunisia's Islamists to form party". Al Jazeera. 1 March 2011. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Decree of 23 Nov. 2011 about the Final Results of the National Constituent Assembly Elections (in Arabic), 2011, archived from the original on 18 November 2011
- ↑ Feldman, Noah (30 October 2011). "Islamists' Victory in Tunisia a Win for Democracy: Noah Feldman". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ↑ Tunisia's New Ennahda Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Marc Lynch 29 June 2011
- ↑ Bay, Austin. "Tunisia and its Islamists: The Revolution, Phase Two". Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ↑ Worth, Robert F. (2016). A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS. Pan Macmillan. pp. 199–204. ISBN 9780374710712. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ↑ Prime Minister Larayedh Announces Resignation, Tunisia Live, 9 January 2014, archived from the original on 20 January 2014, retrieved 27 January 2014
- ↑ "Tunisia's main Islamist party to stay out of presidential election". Reuters. 8 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
Other websites
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ennahda.
- (in Arabic) Official website
- Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, "The Islamic Challenge in North Africa," MERIA: Middle East Review of International Affairs, Vol. 1, No. 2 (July 1997)
- Andrew F. March, What Is "Muslim" about Tunisia's "Muslim Democrats"?. May 2021. No. 142.