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Political party in Mauritania
El Vadila حزب الفضيلة
Parti El Vadila
LeaderEthmane Ould Cheikh Ahmed Eboul Mealy
Founded2006
IdeologyIslamism
ReligionSunni Islam
Parliamentary groupTrust group
National Assembly2 / 176
Regional councils4 / 285
Mayors2 / 238

El Vadila (Arabic: حزب الفضيلة, romanized: ḥizb al-vaḍīla, lit. 'Virtue Party') is an Islamist political party in Mauritania, led by Ethmane Ould Ahmed Aboulmaaly.

History

The party was officially registered in 2006. It won three seats in the 2013 parliamentary elections. Although it lost all three seats in the 2018 elections, it won two seats in the 2023 elections.

References

  1. Mauritania's Islamists The Carnegie Papers
  2. ^ Matthijs Bogaards, Matthias Basedau, Christof Hartmann (2013) Ethnic Party Bans in Africa, Routledge, p34
  3. Elections held in 2013 IPU
  4. "Résultats 2023". CENI. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
Political parties in Mauritania Mauritania
Represented in the National Assembly (176 seats)
Government
Supporting
Opposition
Represented in regional councils
Parties dissolved after the 2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election
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