Ettajdid Movement حركة التجديد | |
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| French name | Mouvement Ettajdid |
| Former first secretary | Ahmed Brahim |
| Founded | 23 April 1993 (1993-04-23) |
| Dissolved | 1 April 2012 (2012-04-01) |
| Preceded by | Tunisian Communist Party |
| Merged into | Social Democratic Path |
| Headquarters | 6 rue de Métouia Tunis |
| Newspaper | Attariq al Jadid |
| Ideology | Secularism[1] Democratic socialism[2] Social liberalism[2] |
| Political position | Centre-left[3][4][5] |
| National affiliation | Democratic Modernist Pole |
| Website | |
| ettajdid | |
TheEttajdid Movement (Movement for Renewal ;Arabic:حركة التجديد,Ḥarakat et-Tajdīd ;French:Mouvement Ettajdid), also referred to simply asEttajdid, was acentre-leftsecularistpolitical party inTunisia, active from 1993 to 2012.
Ettajdid evolved out of the oldTunisian Communist Party, when it abandoned its former ideology in 1993. During theBen Ali rule, it was one of the legal, although oppressed opposition parties. After theTunisian revolution of 2011, it became part of theDemocratic Modernist Pole alliance and in 2012 it merged into theSocial Democratic Path. It was led by its First SecretaryMohamed Harmel from its creation until 2007 and then byAhmed Brahim until its dissolution.
Adopting its new name and abandoningcommunism in April 1993, the party adopted asocial economic programme, and it was legalised in November 1993. In the1994 election, the party won four seats. This increased to fivein 1999, before falling to three in the2004 election and to twoin 2009, making it the smallest of the seven parties represented in theTunisian parliament.
Aftermassive protests in January 2011, Ettajdid gained a post for Ahmed Brahim as Minister of Higher Education.[6] For theConstituent assembly election, Ettajdid formed a strongly secularist alliance calledDemocratic Modernist Pole (PDM), of which it was the mainstay.[7][8]
On 1 April 2012, it merged with theTunisian Labour Party and some individual members of the Democratic Modernist Pole to form theSocial Democratic Path.[9]
Ettajdid publishedAttariq al Jadid (New Path).[10]
| Election date | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Mohamed Ali Halouani | 42,213 | 0.95% | Lost N |
| 2009 | Ahmed Brahim | 74,257 | 1.57% | LostN |
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Mohamed Harmel | 11,299 | 0.4% | 4 / 163 |  4 |
| 1999 | 5 / 182 | 1 | |||
| 2004 | 43,268 | 1.74% | 3 / 182 |  2 | |
| 2009 | Ahmed Brahim | 22,206 | 0.50% | 2 / 214 | 1 |
