El Vadila حزب الفضيلة Parti El Vadila | |
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| Leader | Ethmane Ould Cheikh Ahmed Eboul Mealy |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Ideology | Islamism |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Parliamentary group | Trust group |
| National Assembly | 2 / 176 |
| Regional councils | 4 / 285 |
| Mayors | 2 / 238 |
El Vadila (Arabic: حزب الفضيلة, romanized: ḥizb al-vaḍīla, lit. 'Virtue Party') is an Islamist[1][2] political party in Mauritania, led by Ethmane Ould Ahmed Aboulmaaly.
History
The party was officially registered in 2006.[2] It won three seats in the 2013 parliamentary elections.[3] Although it lost all three seats in the 2018 elections, it won two seats in the 2023 elections.[4]
References
- ^ Mauritania's Islamists The Carnegie Papers
- ^ a b Matthijs Bogaards, Matthias Basedau, Christof Hartmann (2013) Ethnic Party Bans in Africa, Routledge, p34
- ^ Elections held in 2013 IPU
- ^ "Résultats 2023". CENI. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
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