| Ettajdid Movement حركة التجديد |
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| French name | Mouvement Ettajdid |
| First Secretary | Ahmed Ibrahim |
| Founded | April 23, 1993 |
| Preceded by | Tunisian Communist Party |
| Headquarters | 6 rue de Métouia Tunis |
| Ideology | Secularism[1] Democratic socialism[2] Social liberalism[2] |
| Political position | Centre-left[3][4][5] |
| National affiliation | Democratic Modernist Pole |
| Official colours | Blue |
| Website | |
| ettajdid.org | |
The Ettajdid Movement (Movement for Renewal ; Arabic: حركة التجديد, Ḥarakat at-Tajdīd ; French: Mouvement Ettajdid), also referred to simply as Ettajdid, is a centre-left secularist political party in Tunisia. Ettajdid evolved out of the old Tunisian Communist Party in 1993. During the Ben Ali rule it was one of the legal, although oppressed opposition parties. It is led by its First Secretary Ahmed Ibrahim.
The party evolved out of the Tunisian Communist Party. Adopting its new name and abandoning communism in April 1993, the party adopted a social economic programme, and it was legalised in November 1993. In the 1994 election, the party won four seats. This increased to five in 1999, before falling to three in the 2004 election and to two in 2009, making it the smallest of the seven parties represented in the Tunisian parliament.
After massive protests in January 2011, Ettajdid gained a post for Ahmed Ibrahim as Minister of Higher Education.[6] For the Constituent assembly election, Ettajdid has formed a strongly secularist alliance called Democratic Modernist Pole (PDM), of which it is the mainstay.[7][8]
Ettajdid publishes at-Tariq al-Jadid (New Path).
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