Congress for the Republic
The Congress for the Republic (Arabic: المؤتمر من أجل الجمهورية, romanized: Al-Mu’tamar min ajl al-Jumhūriyya; French: Congrès pour la République), also referred to as El Mottamar or by its French acronym CPR, is a centre-left secular political party in Tunisia. It was created in 2001, but legalised only after the 2011 Tunisian revolution. Its most prominent founder and long-term leader was Moncef Marzouki. He had been the party's honorary president since he became interim President of Tunisia in December 2011.
Congress for the Republic المؤتمر من أجل الجمهورية | |
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| French name | Congrès pour la République |
| Abbreviation | El Mottamar, CPR |
| President | Samir Ben Amor |
| Founder | Moncef Marzouki and 31 others |
| Founded | 25 July 2001 11 september 2017 (refoundation) |
| Merged into | Al-Irada |
| Headquarters | 41 Hedi Chaker, 1000 Tunis |
| Newspaper | Tunisie Avenir (in French) |
| Ideology | Secularism Factions: Left-wing nationalism Social democracy Democratic socialism Social liberalism Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| Colors | Green and red |
| Slogan | Sovereignty of the people, dignity of the citizen, legitimacy of the state. Tunisian Arabic: السيادة للشعب، الكرامة للمواطن، الشرعية للدولة French: La souveraineté du peuple, la dignité du citoyen, la légitimité de l'état. |
| Assembly of the Representatives of the People | 0 / 217 |
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