{{short description|Political party in Egypt}} {{Infobox political party |name = Building and Development Party |native_name = حزب البناء والتنمية<br>El-Benaa Wa El-Tanmia |native_name_lang = ar |logo = Building and Development Party.jpg |colorcode = #ADFF2F |leader = |chairman = [[Tarek al-Zumar]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Tarek El Zomor elected new secretary general for Building and Development party|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/06/28/tarek-el-zomor-elected-new-secretary-general-for-building-and-development-party/|work=Daily News Egypt|date=28 June 2013|access-date=13 December 2013}}</ref> |spokesperson = |foundation = {{start date|2011|06|20|df=y}} |ideology = [[Islamism]]<br>[[Economic liberalism]]<br>[[Conservatism]] |headquarters = |national = [[National Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy|National Legitimacy Support Coalition]]<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/06/28/islamist-forces-join-together-for-rabaa-al-adaweya-protest/|title=Islamist forces join together for Rabaa Al-Adaweya protest|work=Daily News Egypt|date=28 June 2013|access-date=13 December 2013}}</ref> |international = |website = |seats1_title = [[House of Representatives (Egypt)|House of Representatives]] |seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|568}} | position = [[Centre-right]] |country = Egypt }}
The '''Building and Development Party''' ({{langx|ar|حزب البناء والتنمية|Hizb el-Benaa wa el-Tanmia}}, alternatively translated as ''Construction and Development Party'') is an [[Islamism|Islamist]] [[List of political parties in Egypt|political party in Egypt]].
==History== Initiated by the [[al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya]] (''"Islamic Group"''), it is seen as the political wing of the movement.<ref>{{Citation |url=http://prospectjournal.org/2011/11/08/elections-in-egypt-the-muslim-brotherhood-and-theocracy-vs-democracy/|first=Jodi|last=Sanger-Weaver|title=Elections in Egypt: The Muslim Brotherhood, Theocracy and Democracy|journal=Prospect |date=8 November 2011|access-date=13 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|url=http://egyptelections.carnegieendowment.org/2011/09/20/al-banna’-wa-al-tanmiyya-building-and-development-party|title=Al-Banna' wa al-Tanmiyya (Building and Development Party)|work=Guide to Egypt's Transition|publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|access-date=13 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123192827/http://egyptelections.carnegieendowment.org/2011/09/20/al-banna%E2%80%99-wa-al-tanmiyya-building-and-development-party#|archive-date=2012-01-23|url-status=dead}}</ref> The party was established on 20 June 2011,<ref>{{Citation|url=http://hiwarportal.dedi.org.eg/key/the-construction-and-development-party-al-jamaah-al-islamiya/|title=The Construction and Development Party (Al Jamaah Al Islamiya)|work=Egyptian Elections 2011|publisher=The Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute|access-date=3 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013032029/http://hiwarportal.dedi.org.eg/key/the-construction-and-development-party-al-jamaah-al-islamiya/|archive-date=13 October 2014}}</ref> following the [[2011 Egyptian revolution]], and officially endorsed by the Supreme Administrative Court on 10 October 2011.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/egyptian-court-approves-new-political-parties|first=Shaimaa|last=el-Karanshawi|title=Egyptian court approves new political parties|newspaper=Egypt Independent|date=10 October 2011|access-date=3 November 2014}}</ref> The Building and Development Party has participated in the [[2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election]] as part of the Alliance for Egypt (known as the [[Islamist Bloc]]), led by the Salafist [[Al-Nour Party]], with the [[Authenticity Party]] also participating.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/3172/islamist-bloc-(alliance-for-egypt)|title=Islamist Bloc (Alliance for Egypt)|work=Egypt Elections Watch|publisher=Jadaliyya and Ahram Online|date=18 November 2011|access-date=5 January 2026}}</ref> The possible dissolution of the party is being investigated by the Political Parties Affairs Committee.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/09/02/al-jamaa-al-islamiyas-political-wing-faces-possible-dissolution-terrorism-charges/|title=Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya's political wing faces possible dissolution over terrorism charges|newspaper=Daily News Egypt|date=2 September 2014|access-date=17 September 2014}}</ref>
According to its manifesto, the party stands for a [[representative democracy]] with institutions guided by the principles of the [[Sharia]], while rejecting any form of [[theocracy]]. Moreover, it favours a [[market economy|free economy]] and questions the size of the [[public sector]].<ref>{{Citation|url=http://egypt.electionnaire.com/parties/?id=11|title=The Building and Development Party (Al-Benaa Wal Tanmeya)|work=Egypt Electionnaire|access-date=13 December 2013}}</ref> Among the party's ranks is [[Abbud al-Zumar]], who was imprisoned for nearly twenty years for involvement in the assassination of the Egyptian president [[Anwar Sadat]].<ref>{{Citation|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/24750/Egypt/Politics-/AlJamaa-AlIslamiya’s-party-hold-first-press-confer.aspx|title=Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya's party hold first press conference in Aswan, Upper Egypt|newspaper=Ahram Online|date=21 October 2011|access-date=13 December 2013}}</ref>
The group has accepted the resignation of Assem Abdel Magued following his incitement against the Egyptian military; the organization has expressed its commitment to peace following the [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état|coup]] that toppled [[Mohamed Morsi]].<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/jama-al-islamiya-rejects-assem-abdel-magued|title=Jama'a al-Islamiya rejects Assem Abdel Magued|publisher=Egypt Independent|date=5 December 2013|access-date=13 December 2013}}</ref> The party considered leaving the [[Anti-Coup Alliance]]; it has called for reconciliation with the Sisi administration.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com//news/watan-party-withdraws-nasl|title=Watan Party withdraws from NASL|publisher=Egypt Independent|date=17 September 2014|access-date=17 September 2014}}</ref> [[al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya]], the parent organization of the party, is considering participating in the [[Egyptian parliamentary election, 2015|2015 parliamentary election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www1.youm7.com/story/2014/11/3/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9__%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%86%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%82%D9%81%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%AD/1934326|title="الجماعة الإسلامية": لم نحسم موقفنا من الانتخاباتالبرلمانية حتى الآن|agency=Youm7|date=3 November 2014|access-date=3 November 2014}}</ref>
==Electoral history==
===People's Assembly elections=== {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Election !Seats !+/– |- |[[2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election|2011–12]] <small>(as part of [[Islamist Bloc]])</small> |{{Composition bar|13|596|color=Socialist Popular Alliance Party}} |{{increase}} 13 |}
== Lawsuit against Islamic parties == The ''Building and Development Party'' is one of the eleven [[Islamic party|Islamic parties]] targeted by a lawsuit in November 2014, when an organization named ''Popular Front for opposing the Brotherhoodization of Egypt'' sought to dissolve all political parties established "on a religious basis."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/egyptsource/political-islam-s-fate-in-egypt-lies-in-the-hands-of-the-courts |title=Political Islam's Fate in Egypt Lies in the Hands of the Courts |first=Yussef |last=Auf |publisher=[[Atlantic Council]] |date=25 November 2014 |access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref> The Alexandria Urgent Matters Court however ruled on 26 November 2014 that it lacked jurisdiction.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/11/26/court-claims-jurisdiction-religiously-affiliated-parties/|title=Court claims no jurisdiction over religiously affiliated parties|date=26 November 2014|work=[[Daily News Egypt]]|access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref>
==See also== * [[List of Islamic political parties]]
==References== {{Reflist|30em}} {{Egyptian political parties}}
[[Category:2011 establishments in Egypt]] [[Category:Islamic political parties in Egypt]] [[Category:Organisations of the Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014)]] [[Category:Political parties established in 2011]]
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