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Political party in Mauritania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mauritanian Party of Union and Change (Arabic: حزب الاتحاد والتغيير الموريتاني, romanized: ḥizb al-ittiḥād wat-taġyīr al-muritāni, French: Parti mauritanien de l'union et du changement), often known by its shortened Arabic abbreviation HATEM (Arabic: حاتم, romanized: ḥātm), is a political party in Mauritania. It has been led since its foundation by Saleh Ould Hanenna.
Mauritanian Party of Union and Change حزب الإتحاد و التغيير الموريتاني Parti Mauritanien de l’Union et du Changement | |
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President | Saleh Ould Hanenna |
Founded | 26 January 2006[1] |
Ideology | Mauritanian nationalism Economic liberalism Social conservatism Islamic democracy |
Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
National affiliation | Coordination of Parties of the Majority |
Parliamentary group | Trust group |
National Assembly | 3 / 176 |
Regional councils | 7 / 285 |
Mayors | 1 / 238 |
Website | |
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The party stands on the right of the political spectrum, supporting civic nationalist, socially conservative and economically liberal policies while defending the role of religion in the Mauritanian state.[2]
National Assembly | ||||||
Election | Party leader | National list | Seats | +/– | Government | |
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Votes | % | |||||
2006 | Saleh Ould Hanenna | — | 3 / 95 |
3 | — | |
2013 | Boycotted | 0 / 146 |
3 | Opposition | ||
2018 | 6,521 | 0.93% | 0 / 157 |
0 | Opposition | |
2023 | 28,124 | 2.90% | 3 / 176 |
3 | Support | |
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