Neo Destour
The New Constitutional Liberal Party (Arabic: الحزب الحر الدستوري الجديد, el-Ḥizb el-Ḥurr ed-Dustūrī el-Jadīd; French: Nouveau Parti libéral constitutionnel), most commonly known as Neo Destour, was a Tunisian political party founded in 1934 in Dar Ayed, the house of independence activist Ahmed Ayed, by a group of Tunisian nationalist politicians during the French protectorate. It originated from a split with the Destour party.
New Constitutional Liberal Party حزب الحر الدستوري الجديد | |
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| French name | Nouveau Parti libéral constitutionnel |
| Former presidents | Mahmoud El Materi (1934–1938) Habib Bourguiba (1938–1964) |
| Founded | 2 March 1934 Ksar Hellal Congress |
| Dissolved | 22 October 1964 |
| Split from | Destour |
| Succeeded by | Socialist Destourian Party |
| Newspaper | L'Action Tunisienne |
| Ideology | Tunisian nationalism Bourguibism Secularism Arab nationalism Pan-Arabism |
Led by Habib Bourguiba, Neo Destour became the ruling party upon Tunisian independence in 1956. In 1964, it was renamed the Socialist Destourian Party.
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