| Reform and Renaissance Party | |
| Native Name: | حزب الإصلاح والنهضة al-Eslah we al-Nahda[1] |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Leader: | Hesham Mustafa Abdel Aziz |
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| Foundation: | 18 July 2011 |
| Ideology: | Islamism |
| National: | For the Love of Egypt[2] |
| Seats1 Title: | House of Representatives |
| Country: | Egypt |
The Reform and Renaissance Party (Arabic: حزب الإصلاح والنهضة|al-Eslah we al-Nahda) is an Islamist political party in Egypt.
The party was established on 18 July 2011.[1] Hesham Mustafa Abdel Aziz is the leader of the party.[3]
The party announced on 6 April 2014 that it would form a shadow government.[4] The party accepted the protests that started on 30 June 2013.[5] The party met with the Justice Party to discuss potential alliances for the 2015 Egyptian parliamentary election.[6] The party announced on 4 July 2014 that it also met with the Reform and Development Party to discuss coordination.[7] Members of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party met with party members to discuss cooperation between the parties during the 2014 parliamentary elections.[8]
The Reform and Renaissance Party is one of the eleven Islamic parties targeted by a lawsuit in November 2014, when an organization named Popular Front for opposing the Brotherhoodization of Egypt sought to dissolve all political parties established "on a religious basis."[9] The Alexandria Urgent Matters Court however ruled on 26 November 2014 that it lacked jurisdiction.[10]