Democratic Patriots' Unified Party

The Democratic Patriots' Unified Party (Arabic: حزب الوطنيين الديمقراطيين الموحد), formerly the Democratic Patriots' Movement, is a communist party in Tunisia.[2] Established in 1981, the movement was only legalised in 2011 after the Tunisian Revolution. The movement primarily advocates a parliamentary system, the balanced development of the peasantry and light industry, and campaigns against the exploitation of the working classes of Tunisia. In the 2011 elections, they won one seat in the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia, Mongi Rahoui from Jendouba Constituency.[3] In October 2012, the party formed a leftist coalition, the Popular Front, with the Workers' Party, the Tunisian Green Party, the Movement of Socialist Democrats, the Tunisian Ba'ath Movement (an Iraqi-led branch of the Ba'ath Party), and other Progressive parties. The Movement is strongly anti-Islamist.

Democratic Patriots' Unified Party
حزب الوطنيين الديمقراطيين الموحد
French nameParti unifié des patriotes démocrates
Secretary-GeneralZiad Lakhdhar
Founded1982 (1982)
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Maoism[1]
Arab nationalism
Anti-Islamism
National affiliationPopular Front
ColorsRed, white
Assembly of the
Representatives
of the People
2 / 217
Website
www.wataduni.org

Its secretary-general, Chokri Belaid, was shot dead on 6 February 2013.[4]

References
  1. "The Tunisian Elections - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung".
  2. "Main Political Parties in Tunisia". Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  3. "Tunisia after the Elections - Part I: A Guide to Interpreting the Elections Results". MEMRI. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  4. "Top UN human rights official decries killing of Tunisian activist". United Nations. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
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