El-Ghad Party

The el-Ghad Party (Arabic: حزب الغد Ḥizb el-Ghad, IPA: [ˈħezb elˈɣæd]; "The Tomorrow Party") is an active political party in Egypt that was granted license in October 2004. El-Ghad is a centrist liberal secular political party pressing for widening the scope of political participation and for a peaceful rotation of power.

el-Ghad Party
Hizb el-Ghad
حزب الغد
ChairpersonMoussa Mostafa Moussa
FoundersAyman Nour and Wael Nawara
Founded2001
HeadquartersCairo
NewspaperEl-Ghad
IdeologySecularism
Liberalism
Liberal democracy
Reformism
Political positionCentre
National affiliationEgyptian Front
Colors  Green
  Orange (historically)
SloganHand in Hand, we build tomorrow
House of Representatives
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Website
www.elghad.com

The official El-Ghad Party, headed by Moussa Moustafa Moussa, was running the 2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election as an independent list. The split faction Ghad El-Thawra Party, headed by Ayman Nour, was part of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party-led Democratic Alliance for Egypt.

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