Front of Democratic Forces | |
Native Name: | Front des Forces Démocratiques جبهة القوى الديمقراطية |
Colorcode: | Olive |
Secretary General: | Mustapha Benali |
Foundation: | 27 July 1997 |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Split: | Party of Progress and Socialism |
Founder: | Thami El Khyari |
Newspaper: | Al Mounaataf |
Ideology: | Democratic socialism |
Position: | Left-wing |
Headquarters: | Rabat |
Country: | Morocco |
The Front of Democratic Forces (French: Front des Forces Démocratiques; Arabic: جبهة القوى الديمقراطية) is a political party in Morocco.
The party was founded in 1997 as a split from the Party of Progress and Socialism.[1] [2] [3] It has a socialist political leaning.[1]
In the parliamentary election held on 27 September 2002, the party won 12 out of 325 seats. In the next parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party won nine out of 325 seats. In the parliamentary election of 2011, the party won a single seat out of 395.[4]
The party has an Arabic publication, Al Mounataf.[1] [5]