Neo Destour
1934–1964 political party in Tunisia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The New Constitutional Liberal Party (Arabic: الحزب الحر الدستوري الجديد, el-Ḥizb el-Ḥurr ed-Dustūrī el-Jadīd; French: Nouveau Parti libéral constitutionnel), most commonly known as Neo Destour, was a Tunisian political party founded in 1934 in Dar Ayed, the house of independence activist Ahmed Ayed,[3] by a group of Tunisian nationalist politicians during the French protectorate. It originated from a split with the Destour party.
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New Constitutional Liberal Party حزب الحر الدستوري الجديد | |
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French name | Nouveau Parti libéral constitutionnel |
Former presidents | Mahmoud El Materi (1934–1938) Habib Bourguiba (1938–1964) |
Founded | 2 March 1934 (1934-03-02) Ksar Hellal Congress |
Dissolved | 22 October 1964 (1964-10-22) |
Split from | Destour |
Succeeded by | Socialist Destourian Party |
Newspaper | L'Action Tunisienne |
Ideology | Tunisian nationalism Bourguibism Secularism Arab nationalism[1] Pan-Arabism[2] |
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Led by Habib Bourguiba, Neo Destour became the ruling party upon Tunisian independence in 1956. In 1964, it was renamed the Socialist Destourian Party.