Equity Party (Mauritania)

The Equity Party (Arabic: حزب الإنصاف; French: Parti de l'équité), often known by the transliteration of its Arabic name, "El Insaf", is a political party in Mauritania. It was made on 3 July 2022 after Union for the Republic rebranded itself before the 2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election.

حزب الإنصاف
Parti El Insaf
PresidentSid'Ahmed Ould Mohamed
President of the parliamentary groupMohammed Lemine Ould Amar[1]
Preceded byUnion for the Republic
HeadquartersNouakchott
IdeologyPopulism[2]
Liberal conservatism[3]
Political positionCentre-right[3]
National affiliationCoordination of Parties of the Majority
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International
Sloganالميزان (The balance/scale)[2]
National Assembly
107 / 176
Regional councils
124 / 285
Website
partielinsaf.mr

It was led by Mohamed Melainine Ould Eyih. He left his position in the cabinet to focus on the leadership of the party before the 2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election.[4]

References

  1. Le groupe parlementaire du parti El Insaf organise une conférence de presse (in fr). AMI (Mauritanian News Agency) (2022-08-04). Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  2. 2.0 2.1 (in French) Le parti "Insaf" entame un nouveau processus politique.. AMI. 2022-07-04. https://filefr.ami.mr/pdf/8323-2.pdf. Retrieved 2022-07-06. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Mauritania - Africa Elects. https://africaelects.com/mauritania/. Retrieved 2022-08-10. 
  4. Mauritanie : remaniement ministériel partiel et permutations (in fr). SaharaMedias (2022-09-06). Retrieved 2022-09-07.