Equity Party (Mauritania)

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

Equity Party
حزب الإنصاف
Parti El Insaf
PresidentMohamed Melainine Ould Eyih
President of the parliamentary groupMohammed Lemine Ould Amar[1]
Founded3 July 2022
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
Parliamentary groupEl Insaf group
Sloganالميزان (The balance/scale)[2]
National Assembly
107 / 176
Regional councils
124 / 285
Mayors
165 / 238
Website
partielinsaf.mr

It is led by the then government spokesperson and minister of Education Mohamed Melainine Ould Eyih, who left his cabinet positions to focus on the leadership of the party ahead of the 2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election.[4]

Leadership

President

  • Mohamed Melainine Ould Eyih (3 July 2022-)

Electoral performance

National Assembly

National Assembly
Election Party leader National list Seats +/– Government
Votes  %
2023 Mohamed Melainine Ould Eyih 342,153 35.25%
107 / 176
Increase 14[lower-alpha 1] Government

Notes

  1. Compared to the result obtained by the Union for the Republic in 2018.

References

  1. "Le groupe parlementaire du parti El Insaf organise une conférence de presse" [The parliamentary group of the El Insaf party organises a press conference]. AMI (Mauritanian News Agency) (in French). 4 August 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  2. "Le parti "Insaf" entame un nouveau processus politique" [The "Insaf" party is starting a new political process.] (PDF). Horizons (in French). AMI. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  3. "Mauritania - Africa Elects". Africa Elects. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  4. "Mauritanie : remaniement ministériel partiel et permutations" [Mauritania: partial ministerial reshuffle and permutations]. SaharaMedias (in French). 6 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

See also

  • El Insaf group, the corresponding Mauritanian parliamentary group in the National Assembly.
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