Civil Democratic Movement (2017)

This article is about the movement formed in 2017. For the movement of the same name formed in 2012, see Civil Democratic Movement (2012).

The Civil Democratic Movement^[1] (Arabic: الحركة المدنية الديمقراطية, romanized: al-Ḥarakah al-Madanīyah al-Dīmuqrāṭīyah; also called the National Civil Movement)^[2] is a liberal political movement formed in Egypt in 2017.^[3]

Civil Democratic Movement الحركة المدنية الديمقراطية
Founded	13 December 2017
Ideology	Progressivism
Political position	Centre-left Factions: Centre to left-wing
House of Representatives	24 / 568
Senate	7 / 300
Politics of Egypt Political parties Elections

The current alliance includes various parties that were also involved in the Civil Democratic Current; namely, the Constitution Party, the Dignity Party, Socialist Popular Alliance Party,^[4] Egyptian Social Democratic Party^[5] and the Bread and Freedom Party.^[6][7]

Affiliated parties

Numbers of seats in the 2020 parliament are shown in parentheses.

• Bread and Freedom Party
• Constitution Party
• Dignity Party
• Egyptian Social Democratic Party (House: seven seats, Senate: three seats)
• Freedom Egypt Party
• Justice Party (House: two seats, Senate:one seat)
• Reform and Development Party (House: nine seats, Senate: three seats)
• Socialist Popular Alliance Party^[7]
• National Progressive Unionist Party (House: six seats)^[8]

References

1. "Egyptian leftist, liberal parties launch new Civil Democratic Movement". Ahram Online. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. "National Civil Movement: New political bloc in Egypt". Egypt Today. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
3. "Egypt's progressive parties unite to push for reforms". Al-Monitor. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
4. "7 Egyptian parties join the Democratic Alliance for Civil Forces: Sabbahi". Cairo Post. 23 July 2014. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
5. "Parties agree not to contest election laws". Al-Ahram Weekly. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
6. "رسميًا..حزب العيش والحرية يتقدم بطلب للانضمام لتحالفالتيار الديمقراطى". Youm7. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
7. "Eight liberal and leftist Egyptian parties to boycott 2018 presidential elections". Ahram Online. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
8. "After Zahran, Ismail announce candidacies for president, Civil Democratic Movement must navigate pluralism principle". Mada Masr. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

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