Social Liberal Party (Tunisia)
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The Social Liberal Party (Template:Langx ; Template:Langx), abbreviated to PSL, is an opposition liberal political party in Tunisia. The party is a member of the Liberal International<ref>File on the LI site Template:Webarchive</ref> and the Africa Liberal Network.
The party was founded in September 1988 under the name "Social Party for Progress" (Template:Langx), but was renamed in October 1993 to reflect its liberal ideology.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> At the 1999 election, it won election for the first time, winning its first two seats in the Chamber of Deputies.
They retained these two seats at the 2004, when its candidate Mohamed Mouni Béji also won 0.8% at the presidential elections. In 2005, Mongi Khamassi, one of the party's founders, split to form the Green Party for Progress. Despite this, the PSL quadrupled its seats to eight in the 2009 election, making it the fifth-largest party.
As well as liberal social and political reforms, the PSL advocates economic liberalisation, including the privatisation of state-owned firms.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
See also
- Liberalism
- Social liberalism
- Contributions to liberal theory
- Liberalism worldwide
- List of liberal parties
- Liberal democracy
Notes
External links
- Social Liberal Party archived official site
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