Tomorrow Party

The Tomorrow Party (Hizb al-Ghad) is an active political party in Egypt that was granted license in October 2004. Al-Ghad Party is one of the eighteen officially recognised political parties in Egypt. Al-Ghad is a centrist liberal secular political party with some representation the Lower House of Parliament, the People?s Assembly. The party currently does not hold any seats in the Upper House, the Shura Council.

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Political party - Egypt - October 2004 - Centrist - Liberal - Secular - Lower House - Parliament - People?s Assembly - Upper House - Shura Council

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At the first party convention held in October 2004, Ayman Nour, a Member of Parliament and a practising lawyer, was elected as Party Chairman. The party was founded by former members of the New Wafd Party. The party was created to represent a liberal democratic perspective, with a strong interest in human rights issues. Nour used the party as a platform to call for constitutional reform, limiting the president's powers and opening presidential elections to multiple candidates. Ayman Nour is estimated to have received 12% of the vote at the presidential election of 2005.

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Ayman Nour - Member of Parliament - Lawyer - New Wafd Party - Liberal democrat - Human rights - Presidential election of 2005

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