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{{Short description|Political party in Algeria}}
{{for|the moderately Islamist Tunisian political party|Ennahda}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Islamic Renaissance Movement
| native_name = {{unbulletedlist|[[French Language|French]]: Mouvement de la Renaissance Islamique|[[Arabic Language|Arabic]]: حركة النهضة الاسلامية}}
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| colorcode = {{party color|Islamic Renaissance Movement}}
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| foundation = {{start date and age|1990}}
| ideology = {{unbulletedlist|[[Conservative democracy]]|[[Islamic democracy]]}}
| position = [[Centre-right]] to [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]]
| national = [[Green Algeria Alliance]] (2012-2017)
| headquarters = [[Algiers]], [[Algeria]]
| international = 
| colours = 
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| country = Algeria
| general_secretary = Mohammed Dhouibi
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The '''Islamic Renaissance Movement''' ({{langx|ar|حركة النهضة الاسلامية}}, ''Ḥarakat An-Nahḑa Al-Islāmiyya''; {{langx|fr|Mouvement de la Renaissance Islamique}}, MRI) is a moderate [[Islamist]] [[political party]] of [[Algeria]].

==History==
The party was established in autumn 1990 when the [[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]]-based association Jamiyat al-Nahda was transformed into a political party. Jamiyat al-Nahda had been established in 1988 by [[Abdallah Djaballah]], and he decided to form the MRI after the [[Islamic Salvation Front]] rejected calls for an Islamic alliance.<ref name=FT>Frank Tachau (1994) ''Political parties of the Middle East and North Africa'', Greenwood Press, pp44–45</ref> Its foundation was also a response to the FIS claim to hold a monopoly on Islamist politics.<ref name=FT/>

In the [[Algerian legislative election, 1991|1991 parliamentary elections]] the party received 2.2% of the vote, failing to win a seat. The [[Algerian legislative election, 1997|1997 elections]] saw its vote share increase to 8.7%, resulting in it winning 34 of the 231 seats. However, it received just 0.6% of the vote in the [[Algerian legislative election, 2002|2002 elections]], reducing it to a single seat. It recovered in the [[Algerian legislative election, 2007|2007 elections]], receiving 3.4% of the vote and winning five of the 389 seats.

The party contested the [[Algerian legislative election, 2012|2012 elections]] as part of the Islamist [[Green Algeria Alliance]]. The alliance received 6.2% of the vote, winning 49 seats, down from the combined 60 won in 2007.

==See also==
* [[List of Islamic political parties]]

==References==
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