Green Party of Egypt

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The Egyptian Greens Hizb Al-khodr
Chairman	Dr. Abdul Moneim Al-A'sar
Founded	1990
Headquarters	Cairo
Newspaper	AlWatan
Ideology	Green politics, Eco-Socialism, Liberal Democracy Human Rights
Website
www.egyptiangreens.com
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The Green Party of Egypt (Hizb Al-khodr) is a Green political party in Egypt. The party presses for protection and promotion of the ecological system and optimal use of resources. It also calls for drawing up solutions to the problems of poverty, underdevelopment and challenges the disadvantages of globalism and capitalism, following the global trend of many traditional green parties now embracing Ecosocialism.^[1]

Egyptian Greens also oppose the proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, strongly objecting to President Hosni Mubarak's Nuclear Power proposals.^[2]^[3]

It was founded by former diplomat Hassan Ragab in 1990, experienced a hiatus in 1995, and was revived in 1998.

The president of the Green Party, Dr. Abdel Munem Ali Ali Al Aasar, serves in the Shura Council and is probably the only Green Party member in the Parliament of Egypt.

After the 25th of January revolution in Egypt the party is reforming to effectively and positively contribute in a democratic atmosphere, the party is adopting several issues especially concerning sustainable development and environmental issues in Egypt. The party is a member of the Global Greens and the African Greens

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The party platform calls for:

Promotion of the ecological system.
Rendering social justice to the citizens.
Striking a balance between incomes and prices.
Resorting to religion as a main guideline to solving daily problems.
Adoption of Free Market policies as Egypt's main economic system.

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Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Dominican Republic Haiti Mexico Nicaragua Peru Puerto Rico St. Vincent & the Grenadines United States Uruguay Venezuela

Asia-Pacific	Australia Fiji Iran Iraq Israel The Green Movement The Greens Japan Lebanon Mongolia Nepal New Caledonia New Zealand Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Polynesia Saudi Arabia South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Uzbekistan Vanuatu

Europe (EGP FYEG)	Albania Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium (Flanders and Brussels) Belgium (Wallonia and Brussels) Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria The Greens Green Party Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark The Greens Socialist People's Party Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary LMP ZD Iceland Ireland Italy Kosovo Latvia Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands The Greens GreenLeft Norway Poland Portugal Romania Ecologist Party Green Party Russia Green Russia Alternative Ecological Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Catalonia Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom England and Wales (Wales) Northern Ireland Scotland

Italic links indicate observers or non-members of the Global Greens.

v d e Political parties in Egypt

Parliament	Freedom and Justice Party (217) Al-Nour Party (111) New Wafd Party (38) Egyptian Social Democratic Party (16) Free Egyptians Party (15) Building and Development Party (13) Al-Wasat Party (10) Reform and Development Party (9) Dignity Party (6) Socialist Popular Alliance Party (5) National Party (5) Freedom Party (4) Egyptian Citizen Party (4) National Progressive Unionist Party (3) Authenticity Party (3) Ghad El-Thawra Party (2) Justice Party (2) Union Party (2) Civilization Party (2) Labour Party (1) Democratic Peace Party (1) Freedom Egypt Party (1) Equality and Development Party (1) Arab Egyptian Union (1)

Unrepresented	Ahrar Party Conservative Party Current Party Democratic Generation Party Democratic Front Party Democratic Unionist Party Egypt Youth Party Egyptian Communist Party El-Ghad Party Egyptian Arab Socialist Party Egypt 2000 Party Constitutional Party Egyptian Greens Nasserist Party National Conciliation Party People's Democratic Party Revolutionary Socialists Social Justice Party Socialist Party of Egypt Solidarity Party Umma Party Workers Democratic Party Young Egypt Party

Party alliances	Democratic Alliance (228) Islamist Bloc (127) Egyptian Bloc (34) Revolution Continues (8) Coalition of Socialist Forces

Banned, dissolved or defunct	Wafd Party Egyptian Communist Party Arab Socialist Union Liberal Egyptian Party National Democratic Party Hizb ut-Tahrir

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