El Vadila (Arabic: حزب الفضيلة, romanizedḥizb al-vaḍīla, lit.'Virtue Party') is an Islamist[1][2] political party in Mauritania, led by Ethmane Ould Ahmed Aboulmaaly.

El Vadila
حزب الفضيلة
Parti El Vadila
LeaderEthmane Ould Cheikh Ahmed Eboul Mealy
Founded2006
IdeologyIslamism
ReligionSunni Islam
Parliamentary groupTrust group
National Assembly
2 / 176
Regional councils
4 / 285
Mayors
2 / 238

History

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The party was officially registered in 2006.[2] It won three seats in the 2013 parliamentary elections.[3] Although it lost all three seats in the 2018 elections, it won two seats in the 2023 elections.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Mauritania's Islamists The Carnegie Papers
  2. ^ a b Matthijs Bogaards, Matthias Basedau, Christof Hartmann (2013) Ethnic Party Bans in Africa, Routledge, p34
  3. ^ Elections held in 2013 IPU
  4. ^ "Résultats 2023". CENI. Retrieved 2023-09-22.