President Sayed Abdel Aal Split from Arab Socialist Union Newspaper Al Ahali | Founder Khaled Mohieddin Headquarters Cairo, Egypt | |
Founded 1977; 40 years ago (1977) | ||
The National Progressive Unionist Party (Arabic: حزب التجمع الوطني التقدمي الوحدوي, Ḥizb al-Tagammu' al-Watani al-Taqadomi al-Wahdawi, commonly referred to as Tagammu) is a socialist political party in Egypt. Originally known as the National Progressive Unionist Organization, it was established as the left-wing faction of the governing Arab Socialist Union (ASU) and became an independent party the ASU's dissolution.
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The party is considered to be a defender of the principles of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. It calls for standing against attempts to reverse the revolution's social gains for labourers, the poor, and other low-income groups. In late 2014, the party withdrew from the Egyptian Front.
History and profile
The party was established in 1977 and its founder was Khaled Mohieddin, who was a former free officer. Its membership consisted of mainly of Marxists and Nasserists.
The party boycotted the first presidential elections in 2005. The party won 5 out of 518 seats during the 2010 legislative elections.
In the Egyptian parliamentary election, 2011–12, the party ran in the Egyptian Bloc electoral alliance.