Progressive Democratic Party (Tunisia)
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Progressive Democratic Party
الحزب الديمقراطي التقدمي |
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| French name | Parti démocrate progressiste |
| Abbreviation | PDP |
| Former secretary-generals |
Ahmed Najib Chebbi (1983–2006) Maya Jribi (2006–2012) |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Legalized | 12 September 1988 |
| Dissolved | April 9, 2012 |
| Preceded by | Progressive Socialist Rally |
| Merged into | Republican Party |
| Ideology |
Liberalism, Secularism |
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The Progressive Democratic Party (Arabic: الحزب الديمقراطي التقدمي, al-Ḥizb ad-Dīmuqrāṭī at-Taqaddumī; French: Parti démocrate progressiste), also referred to by its acronym PDP, was a secular liberal political party in Tunisia.
The Progressive Democratic Party was founded under the name of Progressive Socialist Rally in 1983, gained legal recognition on 12 September 1988 and was renamed Progressive Democratic Party in 2001. Under the rule of Ben Ali it was a legal opposition party, but subjected to political repression. After the Tunisian revolution it was one of the major left-leaning secular political forces. It was led by Ahmed Najib Chebbi and Maya Jribi. On 9 April 2012, it merged into the Republican Party.
The Progressive Democratic Party had a newspaper, Al-Mawqif.
In its beginnings, the Progressive Socialist Rally (now PDP) gathered a broad range of currents from Marxists and pro-democracy activists to progressive Muslims. During the Ben Ali rule, Najib Chebbi and the PDP were harassed by the police for years, and verbally attacked by state-run media. After unsuccessfully participating in elections from 1989 to 1999, the party decided to boycott the elections of 2004 and 2009. Therefore, it was unrepresented in the Tunisian parliament. After the Ben Ali administration announced to force the party to move their headquarters from Tunis, its leaders Najib Chebbi and Maya Jribi engaged in a 20-days hunger strike, which earned the party attention and prompted the administration to revoke their decision.
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