Movement for National Reform
The Movement for National Reform (Arabic: حركة الإصلاح الوطني Harakat Al-Islah Al-Wataniy, French: Mouvement pour la réforme nationale) is a moderate Islamist political party in Algeria. It received 9.5% of the vote in the 2002 elections and received 43 members of parliament.
| Leader | Filali Ghouini |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 |
| Split from | Islamic Renaissance Movement |
| Headquarters | Algiers, Algiers Province, Algeria |
| Ideology | Islamism Islamic Democracy |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| National affiliation | Green Algeria Alliance (2012-2017) |
| Council of the Nation | 0 / 144 |
| People's National Assembly | 1 / 462 |
| People's Provincial Assemblies | 0 / 2,004 |
| Municipalities | 0 / 1,540 |
| People's Municipal Assemblies | 59 / 24,876 |
The party was created as a breakout faction from the Ennahda movement, after that party opted for cooperation with Algeria's government. Party leader Abdallah Djaballah then left to found and lead the more radically oppositional el-Islah.
At the 2007 elections, the party was badly defeated. It received only 2.53% of the vote and 3 seats.
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