| Constitutional Liberal Party الحزب الحر الدستوري |
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| President | Abdelaziz Thâalbi (1921–1944) |
| Founded | June 4, 1920 |
| Dissolved | Early 1960s |
| Preceded by | Young Tunisians |
| Succeeded by | Neo Destour |
| Ideology | Arab nationalism Panarabism |
| Politics of Tunisia Political parties Elections |
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The Constitutional Liberal Party (Arabic: الحزب الحر الدستوري, al-Ḥizb al-Ḥurr ad-Dustūrī), most commonly known as Destour, was a Tunisian political party, founded in 1920, which had as its the goal to liberate Tunisia from French colonial control.
The term Destour is usually translated as constitutional. It is probably of Persian origin through the presence of Turkish in Northern Africa during the Middle Ages until the 19th century. There is no trace of this word in the Arabic spoken during the pre-Islamic period, nor in the Quran or hadiths, nor in the Arabic language literature during the period preceding the Ottoman Empire, during which this word began to be used in Egypt.
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