El Vadila

El Vadila (Arabic: حزب الفضيلة, lit.'Virtue Party') is an Islamist[1][2] political party in Mauritania, led by Ethmane Ould Ahmed Aboulmaaly.

El Vadila
حزب الفضيلة
LeaderEthmane Ould Cheikh Ahmed Eboul Mealy
Founded2006
IdeologyIslamism
Political positionRight-wing
ReligionSunni Islam
Parliamentary groupTrust group
National Assembly
2 / 176
Regional councils
4 / 285

History

The party was officially registered in 2006.[2] It won three seats in the 2013 parliamentary elections.[3] Although it lost all three seats in the 2018 elections, it won two seats in the 2023 elections.[4]

References

  1. Mauritania's Islamists The Carnegie Papers
  2. Matthijs Bogaards, Matthias Basedau, Christof Hartmann (2013) Ethnic Party Bans in Africa, Routledge, p34
  3. Elections held in 2013 IPU
  4. "MyCeni - Résultats 2023". CENI. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
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