List of political parties in Algeria
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Algeria
has a multi-party system
with numerous political parties
, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition government
s. The Algerian Constitution (as of 1996) allows the formation of any party not "founded on a religious, linguistic, racial, sex, corporatist or regional basis" or violating "the fundamental liberties, the fundamental values and components of the national identity, the national unity, the security and integrity of the national territory, the independence of the country and the People’s sovereignty as well as the democratic and republican nature of the State."
In Arabic, French, and English, major Algerian political parties are typically referred to by the three or four initials of their French names. (The Movement of Society for Peace
, which uses an Arabic acronym, is an exception.) In formal contexts, however, their full names are used.
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
has a multi-party system
Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition, e.g.The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the United Kingdom formed in 2010. The effective number of parties in a multi-party system is normally...
with numerous political parties
Political Parties
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, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition government
Coalition government
A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament...
s. The Algerian Constitution (as of 1996) allows the formation of any party not "founded on a religious, linguistic, racial, sex, corporatist or regional basis" or violating "the fundamental liberties, the fundamental values and components of the national identity, the national unity, the security and integrity of the national territory, the independence of the country and the People’s sovereignty as well as the democratic and republican nature of the State."
In Arabic, French, and English, major Algerian political parties are typically referred to by the three or four initials of their French names. (The Movement of Society for Peace
Movement of Society for Peace
The Movement for the Society of Peace is an Islamist party in Algeria, led until his 2003 death by Mahfoud Nahnah. Its current leader is Bouguerra Soltani. It is aligned with the international Muslim Brotherhood...
, which uses an Arabic acronym, is an exception.) In formal contexts, however, their full names are used.
Parliamentary parties
| Short name | English name | Arabic name | French name | Leader | Site | |
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| FLN | National Liberation Front National Liberation Front (Algeria) The National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Algeria. It was set up on November 1, 1954 as a merger of other smaller groups, to obtain independence for Algeria from France.- Anticolonial struggle :... |
جبهة التحرير الوطني (Jabhat at-Taḥrīr al-Waṭaniyy) | Front de Libération National | Abdelaziz Bouteflika Abdelaziz Bouteflika Abdelaziz Bouteflika is the ninth President of Algeria. He has been in office since 1999. He continued emergency rule until 24 February 2011, and presided over the end of the bloody Algerian Civil War in 2002... |
http://www.pfln.dz/ | |
| PT | Workers' Party Workers' Party (Algeria) The Workers' Party is a Trotskyist political party in Algeria, closely linked with the Workers' Party of France. The party is led by Louisa Hanoune.... |
حزب العمّال (Ḥizb al-`Ummāl) | Parti des Travailleurs | Louisa Hanoune Louisa Hanoune Louisa Hanoune is the head of Algeria's Workers' Party . In 2004, she became the first woman to run for President of Algeria. Hanoune was imprisoned by the government several times prior to the legalization of political parties in 1988... |
http://www.ptalgerie.com/ | |
| RND | National Rally for Democracy | التجمع الوطني الديمقراطي (at-Tajammu` al-Waṭaniyy ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyy) | Rassemblement National Démocratique | Ahmed Ouyahia Ahmed Ouyahia Ahmed Ouyahia is an Algerian politician who has been Prime Minister of Algeria since June 2008. He was previously Prime Minister from 1995 to 1998 and from 2003 to 2006. A career diplomat, he also served as Minister of Justice, and was one of the founders and a president of the RND party... |
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| RCD | Rally for Culture and Democracy Rally for Culture and Democracy The Rally for Culture and Democracy is a political party in Algeria. It promotes secularism and has its principal power base in Kabylia, a major Berber-speaking region... |
التجمع من أجل الثقافة والديمقراطية (at-Tajammu` min 'ajl aṯ-Ṯaqāfah wad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah) | Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie | Said Sadi Saïd Sadi Saïd Sadi is an Algerian politician and President of the Rally for Culture and Democracy .... |
http://www.rcd-algerie.org/ | |
| El Islah/MRN/MI | Movement for National Reform Movement for National Reform The Movement for National Reform is a moderate Islamist political party in Algeria. It received 9.5% of the vote in the 2002 elections and received 43 members of parliament.... |
حركة الإصلاح الوطني (Ḥarakat al-Iṣlāḥ al-Waṭaniyy) | Mouvement El Islah/Mouvement du Rénouveau National | Abdallah Djaballah Abdallah Djaballah Saad Abdallah Djaballah is an Algerian politician and leader of the Movement for National Reform , an Islamist political party that he led in a breakout from the Islamic Renaissance Party , which he had created but lost control over. Djaballah stood for the presidency twice, in 1999 and 2004... |
http://www.elislah.net/ | |
| Hamas/HMS/MSP | Movement of Society for Peace Movement of Society for Peace The Movement for the Society of Peace is an Islamist party in Algeria, led until his 2003 death by Mahfoud Nahnah. Its current leader is Bouguerra Soltani. It is aligned with the international Muslim Brotherhood... |
حركة مجتمع السلم (Ḥarakat Mujtama` as-Silm) | Mouvement de la Societé pour la Paix | Bouguerra Soltani Bouguerra Soltani Bouguerra Soltani is the leader of the Algerian party Mouvement de la Societé pour la Paix , which is reformist-Islamist and considered close to the doctrine of the Muslim Brotherhood.-References:... |
http://www.hmsalgeria.net/ | |
| FNA | Algerian National Front Algerian National Front The Algerian National Front is a Right-of-Centre political party in Algeria. In the elections of 30 May 2002, the party won 1.6 % of the popular vote and eight of 380 seats. In the 2007 elections, it won 4.18% of the vote and 13 seats.... |
الجبهة الوطنية الجزائرية (al-Jabhah al-Waṭaniyyah al-Jazā'iriyyah) | Front National Algérien | Moussa Touati | http://www.fna.dz/ | |
| Ennahda (MN) | Islamic Renaissance Movement Islamic Renaissance Movement The Islamic Renaissance Movement is a moderate Islamist political party of Algeria.In the 2002 elections it received 0.6 percent of the vote and has one member of parliament. In the 17 May 2007 People's National Assembly elections, the party won 3.39% of the vote and 5 out of 389 seats.... |
حركة النهضة (Ḥarakat an-Nahḍah) | Mouvement Ennahda/Mouvement de la Renaissance Islamique | Lahbib Adami | ||
| PRA | Party of Algerian Renewal Party of Algerian Renewal The Party of Algerian Renewal is a minor political party in Algeria. In the 2002 elections it received 0.3% of the vote and had one member of parliament. In the 17 May 2007 People's National Assembly elections, the party won 1.80% of the vote and 4 out of 389 seats.... |
حزب التجديد الجزائري (Ḥizb at-Tajdīd al-Jazā'iriyy) | Parti du Rénouveau Algérien | Yacine Terkmane | ||
| MEN | Movement of National Understanding Movement of National Understanding The Movement of National Understanding is a minor political party in Algeria. In the 2002 elections, it received 0.2% of the vote. As of the early 2000s, it has one member of parliament. In the 17 May 2007 People's National Assembly elections, the party won 2.14% of the vote and 4 out of 389... |
حركة الوفاق الوطني (Ḥarakat al-Wifāq al-Waṭaniyy) | Mouvement de l'Entente Nationale | Ali Boukhazna | ||
| MNJA | El-Infitah Movement El-Infitah Movement The El-Infitah Movement is a minor political party in Algeria. The secretary general is Naima Farhi. In the 17 May 2007 People's National Assembly elections, the party won 3 out of 389 seats.... |
? | ? | Naima Farhi Naima Farhi Naima Farhi is an Algerian politician. Trained as a lawyer, Naima Farhi is the Sétif MP for the Movement El-Infitah. She also president of the Center for the Algerian woman, a structure that is to contribute to the combination of efforts to allow access of women to decision-making centers and... |
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Parties that boycotted the last elections
| Short name | English name | Arabic name | French name | Leader | Site |
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| FFS | Front of Socialist Forces | جبهة القوى الاشتراكية (Jabhat al-Quwā al-Ištirākiyyah) | Front des Forces Socialistes | Hocine Aït Ahmed Hocine Aït Ahmed Hocine Aït Ahmed is an Algerian politician.... |
http://www.ffs-dz.com/ |
| RCD | Rally for Culture and Democracy Rally for Culture and Democracy The Rally for Culture and Democracy is a political party in Algeria. It promotes secularism and has its principal power base in Kabylia, a major Berber-speaking region... |
التجمع من أجل الثقافة والديمقراطية (at-Tajammu` min 'ajl aṯ-Ṯaqāfah wad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah) | Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie | Said Sadi Saïd Sadi Saïd Sadi is an Algerian politician and President of the Rally for Culture and Democracy .... |
http://www.rcd-algerie.org/ |
| MDA | Movement for Democracy in Algeria Movement for Democracy in Algeria The Movement for Democracy in Algeria is a political party in Algeria. It is moderately Islamist and boycotted the 2002 elections.... |
الحركة من أجل الديمقراطية في الجزائر (al-Ḥarakah min 'ajl ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah fī al-Jazā'ir) | Mouvement pour la démocratie en Algérie | Ahmed Ben Bella Ahmed Ben Bella Mohamed Ahmed Ben Bella was a soldier and Algerian revolutionary, who became the first President of Algeria.-Youth:... |
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Other parties
- Ahd 54Ahd 54Ahd 54 , "Generation of '54", is a minor Algerian party led by human rights-activist Ali Fawzi Rebaine, who claims to have founded the first Algerian human rights organization. Its name is an allusion to the start of the Algerian War of Independence, in November 1954. In the 2007 election, it won...
- Algerian Party for Democracy and SocialismAlgerian Party for Democracy and SocialismThe Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism is a political party in Algeria. It was formed in 1993 by the orthodox communist wing of Ettehadi that split to retain its communist legacy....
(Parti Algérien pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme) - The Cause (Essabil)
- National Republican AllianceNational Republican AllianceThe National Republican Alliance is a minor Algerian political party led by ex-Prime Minister Redha Malek and founded on May 5, 1995. It is sometimes considered an offshoot of the older FLN. The ANR is strongly anti-Islamist, and denounced the 1995 Sant'Egidio accords, while later backing the...
(ANR) - Natural Law PartyNatural Law PartyThe Natural Law Party was a transnational party based on the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It was active in up to 74 countries, and ran candidates in at least ten. Founded in 1992, it was mostly disbanded in 2004 but continues in India and in some U.S. states.The NLP viewed "natural law" as...
(Parti de la Loi Naturelle) - Socialist Workers' Party (Algeria)Socialist Workers' Party (Algeria)The Socialist Workers' Party is a political party in Algeria. Its views are similar to those of the reunified Fourth International. PST was founded in 1989 by the Revolutionary Communist Group ....
- National Party for Solidarity and DevelopmentNational Party for Solidarity and DevelopmentThe National Party for Solidarity and Development is a minor political party in Algeria. In the 17 May 2007 People's National Assembly elections, the party won 2.08% of the vote and 2 out of 389 seats....
, PNSD
Illegal parties
- Hizb ut-TahrirHizb ut-TahrirHizb ut-Tahrir is an international Sunni. pan-Islamic political organisation but keeps it open for all including shias,some of its beliefs are against sunni school of thought, whose goal is for all Muslim countries to unify as an Islamic state or caliphate ruled by Islamic law and with a caliph...
- FIS: Islamic Salvation FrontIslamic Salvation FrontThe Islamic Salvation Front is an outlawed Islamist political party in Algeria.-Goals:...
(Front Islamique du Salut)
See also
- Politics of AlgeriaPolitics of AlgeriaPolitics of Algeria takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of Algeria is head of state while the Prime Minister of Algeria is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government...
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