Dignity Party (Egypt)
Political party in Egypt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Political party in Egypt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Dignity Party (Arabic: حزب الكرامة, romanized: Ḥizb al-Karāma) is an Egyptian left-wing Nasserist political party founded in 1996 by Amin Iskander and Hamdeen Sabahi.[3]
Dignity Party (Egypt)
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| Founders | |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Split from | Arab Democratic Nasserist Party |
| Merged into | Egyptian Popular Current |
| Headquarters | Cairo |
| Newspaper | 'Al-Karama' Newspaper |
| Ideology | Nasserism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Civil Democratic Movement[1] National Front Alliance[2] |
| Colors | Green |
| House of Representatives | 0 / 568 |
The party first gained Parliamentary seats in the 2005 Egyptian Parliamentary election. And in 2011, the party joined the Democratic Alliance for Egypt, which won a Majority of seats in that election. later in May 2012, The Party's leader and presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi, came in third in that year's election, but couldn't make it to the runoff election in June.
In late 2012, Hamdeen Sabahi, The party's Chairman by that time, left the party to form the Egyptian Popular Current. Many Dignity party members left to join Sabahi's new party.
In March 2016, the Popular Current Party merged into the Dignity Party.[4]
Ahmed Tantawi was elected chairman of the party on 25 December 2020, replacing Mohamed Samy.[5] Tantawi left the position in July 2022.[6]
| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
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| 2012 | Hamdeen Sabahi | 4,820,273 | 20.72% | Lost  |
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