Socialist Democratic Vanguard Party
حزب الطليعة الديمقراطي الاشتراكي
Secretary-GeneralAli Boutouala
Founded6 October 1991 (name change announced)
December 1993 (rename approved at 4th Congress)
Split fromSocialist Union of Popular Forces
HeadquartersRabat
IdeologyScientific socialism
Arab socialism
Syndicalism
Anti-imperialism
Anti-Zionism
Political positionLeft-wing to far left
National affiliationFederation of the Democratic Left (since 2007)
SloganLiberation. Democracy. Socialism.

The Socialist Democratic Vanguard Party (French: Parti de l'avant-garde démocratique socialiste, PADS; Arabic: حزب الطليعة الديمقراطي الاشتراكي) is a political party in Morocco.

History and profile

The party was founded in principle in 1991,[1][2] after having previously emerged as a faction within the USFP named Socialist Union of Popular Forces – National Administrative Commission in 1983. The foundation was formalised in December 1993.[3]

In the parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party was part of the PADS–CNI–PSU Union, that won 6 seats. The party is currently a member of the Federation of the Democratic Left, a successor entity of that alliance.

References

  1. "Moroccan Political Parties". Riad Reviews. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  2. "Organizations". Maroc. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  3. "PADS – Parti de l'Avant-Garde Démocratique et Socialiste". Tafra (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-11.


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