Workers' Party (Tunisia)

Workers' Party
LeaderHamma Hammami
Founded3 January 1986 (1986-01-03)
Legalized18 March 2011
NewspaperAl Badil
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing to far-left[2]
National affiliationPopular Front (2013–2019)
International affiliationICMLPO(US)
IPA
Website
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The Workers' Party (Arabic: حزب العمال, romanizedḤizb el-'Ummēl; French: Parti des travailleurs) is a communist party in Tunisia. Legalized only in 2011, it participates in the Popular Front coalition, which is represented in the Assembly of the Representatives of the People. The party's long-term leader is general secretary Hamma Hammami.

Founded in 1986, the party was known as the Tunisian Workers' Communist Party (Arabic: حزب العمال الشيوعي التونسي, romanized: Ḥizb el-'Ummēl esh-Shuyū'ī et-Tūnsī; French: Parti communiste des ouvriers de Tunisie, PCOT) until 2012.[3] After the rename it remained a member of the Hoxhaist International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle).

  1. ^ "How Communist is Tunisia's Communist Party?". tunisialive. 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Le Parti des travailleurs au gouvernement : " Touche pas aux protestations sociales !"". kapitalis.com (in French). 26 September 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  3. ^ Samti, Farah (11 July 2012). "Tunisian 'Communist' Party Changes Name to Tunisian Workers Party". Tunisia Live. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012.

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