Socialist Democratic Vanguard Party

The Socialist Democratic Vanguard Party (French: Parti de l'avant-garde démocratique socialiste, PADS; Arabic: حزب الطليعة الديمقراطي الاشتراكي) is a political party in Morocco.

Socialist Democratic Vanguard Party حزب الطليعة الديمقراطي الاشتراكي
Secretary-General	Ali Boutouala
Founded	6 October 1991 (name change announced) December 1993 (rename approved at 4th Congress)
Split from	Socialist Union of Popular Forces
Headquarters	Rabat
Ideology	Scientific socialism Arab socialism Syndicalism Anti-imperialism Anti-Zionism
Political position	Left-wing to far left
National affiliation	Federation of the Democratic Left (since 2007)
Slogan	Liberation. Democracy. Socialism.
Politics of Morocco Political parties Elections

History and profile

The party was founded in principle in 1991,^[1][2] after having previously emerged as a faction within the USFP named Socialist Union of Popular Forces – National Administrative Commission in 1983. The foundation was formalised in December 1993.^[3]

In the parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party was part of the PADS–CNI–PSU Union, that won 6 seats. The party is currently a member of the Federation of the Democratic Left, a successor entity of that alliance.