| el-Ghad Party | |
| Native Name: | Hizb el-Ghad حزب الغد |
| Leader: | Ayman Nour Moussa Mostafa Moussa |
| Chairperson: | Moussa Mostafa Moussa |
| Founders: | Ayman Nour and Wael Nawara |
| Slogan: | Hand in Hand, we build tomorrow |
| Founded: | 2001 |
| Headquarters: | Cairo |
| Newspaper: | El-Ghad |
| Ideology: | Secularism Liberalism Liberal democracy Reformism |
| Position: | Centre |
| National: | Egyptian Front[1] |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Seats1 Title: | House of Representatives |
The el-Ghad Party (Arabic: حزب الغد , pronounced as /ˈħezb elˈɣæd/; "The Tomorrow Party") is an active political party in Egypt that was granted license in October 2004. El-Ghad is a centrist liberal secular political party pressing for widening the scope of political participation and for a peaceful rotation of power.
The official El-Ghad Party, headed by Moussa Moustafa Moussa, was running the 2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election as an independent list. The split faction Ghad El-Thawra Party, headed by Ayman Nour, was part of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party-led Democratic Alliance for Egypt.[2]
Ayman Nour left the New Wafd Party in 2001. He was named the first secretary of the party in October that year.[3] The party was legalized in 2004. After facing president Hosni Mubarak in the 2005 Egyptian presidential election, Nour was sentenced to five years in jail on forgery charges.[2]
In 2005, just before Nour being sentenced, the El-Ghad party split in two factions. One was headed by Moussa Moustafa Moussa, the other by Nour's (now former) wife Gameela Ismail.[2] Legal battle ensued between both factions, both claiming legitimacy and simultaneously using the party name and insignia. The final court ruling in May 2011 was in favor of Moussa.[4] Ayman Nour hence filed for a new party, Ghad El-Thawra Party or "Revolution's Tomorrow Party", which was approved on 9 October 2011.[2]
The removal of Nour from the party leadership by Moussa, and the latter's election to the Egyptian Upper House, have been seen as compliances with the Hosni Mubarak regime.[2]
The party platform calls for:
Ayman Nour has been tightly associated with both the El-Ghad name and party, even being accused of internal monopoly by other party members.[2] Since both Nour and Moussa factions were using (and still are) the same name and insignia (ex: Ghad El-Thawra website[5]), it was often difficult to tell them apart. For instance, Liberal International listed El-Ghad, specifying its leader as Ayman Nour, as an observer member.[6] Many poll and media outlets used the term "El-Ghad" without specifying which party or faction they are referring to,[7] although they often meant the Ayman Nour Ghad El-Thawra faction.[8] [9]