Algerian Popular Movement

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Algerian Popular Movement
  • الحركة الشعبية الجزائرية
  • Ḥarakat al-Sha'abiyah al-Jazā'iriyy
  • Mouvement Populaire Algérien
    Amussu Agdudan Azzayri
LeaderAmara Benyounès [fr]
Founded17 February 2012; 12 years ago (2012-02-17)
Headquarters53 Coopérative des Médecins - Ben Aknoun, Algiers
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left
Colors
  •   Green
  •   Red
  •   White
Council of the Nation
0 / 144
People's National Assembly
0 / 407
People's Provincial Assemblies
68 / 2,004
Municipalities
62 / 1,540
People's Municipal Assemblies
1,267 / 24,876
Website
www.mpa-dz.org

The Algerian Popular Movement (French: Mouvement Populaire Algérien; Berber languages: Amussu Agdudan Azzayri; Arabic: الحركة الشعبية الجزائرية) is a social democratic[1] Berber[2] political party in Algeria. The party, which had been previously known since 2003 as the Union for Democracy and the Republic (UDR, Union pour la Démocratie et la République), was re-founded in February 2012. In the 17 May 2012 People's National Assembly elections, the party won 2.17% of the vote and 7 of the 389 seats.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Algerian Popular Movement". Observatorio Electoral. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  2. ^ "A battle over language is hampering Algeria's development". The Economist. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.