Democratic Alliance Party (Tunisia)

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Democratic Alliance
التحالف الديمقراطي
French nameAlliance démocratique
Secretary-General Mohamed Hamdi
Founded8 November 2012 (2012-11-08)
Dissolved15 October 2017 (2017-10-15)
Split from Progressive Democratic Party
Merged into Democratic Current
Ideology Social liberalism
Social conservatism
Political position Centre [1]

The Democratic Alliance Party was a political party was Tunisia founded on 8 November 2012. [2] Shortly after its creation, the party had nine representatives in the constituent assembly who left the Progressive Democratic Party. [2] Its secretary general was Mohamed Hamdi. [3] The party merged into the Democratic Current in October 2017. [4]

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