Democratic Constitutional Rally
The Democratic Constitutional Rally or Democratic Constitutional Assembly (Arabic: التجمع الدستوري الديمقراطي et-Tajammu‘ ed-Dustūrī ed-Dīmuqrāṭī, French: Rassemblement Constitutionnel Démocratique, sometimes also called Constitutional Democratic Rally in English), also referred to by its French initials RCD, formerly called Neo Destour then Socialist Destourian Party, was the ruling party in Tunisia from independence in 1956 until it was overthrown and dissolved in the Tunisian revolution in 2011.
Democratic Constitutional Rally التجمع الدستوري الديمقراطي | |
|---|---|
| French name | Rassemblement constitutionnel démocratique |
| Abbreviation | RCD |
| President | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali |
| Founded | 27 February 1988 |
| Banned | 9 March 2011 |
| Preceded by | Socialist Destourian Party (formally) |
| Succeeded by | several offshoots, including Free Destourian Party |
| Headquarters | Avenue Mohammed V (Tunis) |
| Newspaper | Le Renouveau Al Hurriya |
| Student wing | ERCD |
| Youth wing | JCD |
| Membership | 2,500,000 (2010) |
| Ideology | Big tent Tunisian nationalism Bourguibism Secularism Economic liberalism Authoritarianism |
| Political position | Center-left |
| International affiliation | Socialist International (expelled in 2011) |
| |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.