Reform and Development Party (Egypt)
{{Infobox political party
| name = Reform and Development Party
| native_name = حزب الأصلاح و التنمية
| logo = Reform and Development Party EG.png
| logo_size = 160px
| founder = Mohamed Anwar Esmat Sadat
| chairman = Mohamed Anwar Esmat Sadat
| leader1_title = Vice Chairman
| general_secretary =
| colorcode = {{party color|Reform and Development Party (Egypt)}}
| slogan =
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| founded = {{start date and age|2009}}
| dissolved =
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| headquarters = Cairo
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| position = Centre
| ideology = Liberalism
| national = Civil Democratic Movement{{Cite news|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/1187/289073/Egypt/-Presidential-Elections--/Eight-liberal-and-leftist-Egyptian-parties-to-boyc.aspx|title=Eight liberal and leftist Egyptian parties to boycott 2018 presidential elections|agency=Ahram Online|date=30 January 2018|access-date=30 January 2018|archive-date=10 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210005928/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/1187/289073/Egypt/-Presidential-Elections--/Eight-liberal-and-leftist-Egyptian-parties-to-boyc.aspx|url-status=live}}
| international =
| colors = Gold
| native_name_lang = ar
| website = http://www.rdpegypt.org/
| country = Egypt
| seats1_title = House of Representatives
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|9|568}}
}}
The Reform and Development Party ({{langx|ar|حزب الأصلاح و التنمية|translit=Hizb Al-Islah wa Al-Tanmiyah}}) is a liberal political party in Egypt.
History and profile
The Reform and Development Party was founded in 2009.{{cite news|title=Reform and Development Party|url=http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/3781/reform-and-development-party-misruna|access-date=5 October 2014|work=Jadaliyya|date=26 December 2011|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006092543/http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/3781/reform-and-development-party-misruna|url-status=live}} The founders of the party are Mohamed Anwar Esmat Sadat, the ex-president Anwar Sadat's nephew, and the Egyptian billionaire Raymond Lakah.{{Cite news|title=Reform and Development|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/33/104/30395/Elections-/Political-Parties/Reform-and-Development.aspx|work=Egyptian Elections Watch|date=28 December 2011|access-date=16 December 2013|archive-date=13 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213195824/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/33/104/30395/Elections-/Political-Parties/Reform-and-Development.aspx|url-status=live}} The initial license application of the party was rejected in July 2010. It was legalized in May 2011, just after the Egypt's 25 January Revolution in 2011.
The party participated in the 2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election and won 9 seats in the lower house.{{cite web|url=http://www.masrawy.com/infograph/|title=Masrawy|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123215802/http://www.masrawy.com/infograph/|archive-date=2012-01-23}} The party merged with the Misruna party (Our Egypt party) in June 2011; the party name changed slightly.
Although the Reform and Development Party participated in the 2015 parliamentary elections, Sadat criticized the election process, which was delayed for 7 months, as well as the Supreme Constitutional Court being allowed to rule on complaints against election laws.{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/137494/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-opposition-forces-will-not-boycott-upcoming.aspx|title=Egypt's opposition forces will not boycott upcoming parliamentary polls|work=Ahram Online|date=10 August 2015|access-date=13 August 2015|archive-date=12 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812234355/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/137494/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-opposition-forces-will-not-boycott-upcoming.aspx|url-status=live}}
The party has gradually distanced itself from president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and Sadat briefly ran in the 2018 Egyptian presidential election, though he withdrew.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/15/sadat-nephew-and-sisi-critic-drops-egyptian-presidential-bid|title=Sadat nephew and Sisi critic drops Egyptian presidential bid|work=The Guardian|date=15 January 2018|access-date=15 January 2018|archive-date=15 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115160536/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/15/sadat-nephew-and-sisi-critic-drops-egyptian-presidential-bid|url-status=live}} Sadat criticized the pro-Sisi "Alashan Tbneeha" (To Build It) campaign on constitutional grounds for allowing government employees to publicly support the campaign. Supporters of his own campaign, "Benhab al-Sadat" (We Love al-Sadat), have been harassed by the government.{{cite web|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/sadat-criticizes-alashan-tbneeha-petition-for-constitutional-concerns/|title=Sadat criticizes "Alashan Tbneeha" petition for constitutional concerns|date=24 October 2017|publisher=Egypt Independent|access-date=24 November 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040634/http://www.egyptindependent.com/sadat-criticizes-alashan-tbneeha-petition-for-constitutional-concerns/|url-status=live}}
References
External links
- [http://www.rdpegypt.org// Official website]
{{Egyptian political parties}}
Category:Political parties established in 2009
Category:Liberal parties in Egypt
Category:2009 establishments in Egypt
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