{{Infobox political party | country = Egypt | name = Democratic Generation Party | native_name = Hizb El-Geel al-Democrati<br />حزب الجيل الديمقراطي | chairman = [[Nagy Abdel-Fattah Al-Shehabi]]<ref name="hiwar">{{Cite news|title=Al Geel |url=http://hiwarportal.dedi.org.eg/key/al-geel/?por=egyptian-elections-2011|agency=Hiwar Magazine|access-date=17 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007215647/http://hiwarportal.dedi.org.eg/key/al-geel/?por=egyptian-elections-2011|archive-date=7 October 2014 }}</ref> | foundation = 9 February 2002<ref name="hiwar"/> | dissolution = | native_name_lang = ar | merged = | headquarters = [[Cairo]] | ideology = [[Liberal democracy]] | national = [[Egyptian Front]]<ref name="tcp18aug">{{cite web|url=http://thecairopost.com/news/122232/inside_egypt/egyptian-front-coalition-the-widest-political-alliance-facing-islamists|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090239/http://thecairopost.com/news/122232/inside_egypt/egyptian-front-coalition-the-widest-political-alliance-facing-islamists|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 19, 2014|title=Egyptian Front Coalition: the widest political alliance facing Islamists|via=Cairo Post|date=18 August 2014|access-date=13 January 2026}}</ref> | newspaper = | website = [http://hzpelgeel.com/ hzpelgeel.com] | colorcode = {{party color|Democratic Generation Party}} | seats1_title = [[House of Representatives (Egypt)|House of Representatives]] | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|568|{{party color|Democratic Generation Party}}}} }}
The '''Democratic Generation Party''' or '''Hizb El-Geel al-Democrati''' ({{langx|ar|حزب الجيل الديمقراطي}}) is a [[political party]] in [[Egypt]]. The Democratic Generation Party can be considered a mainstream political party.<ref name="carnegie">{{Cite news|title=Al-Geel al-Dimuqrati (Democratic Generation Party) |url=http://egyptelections.carnegieendowment.org/2011/09/20/al-geel-al-dimuqrati-democratic-generation-party |work=Guide to Egypt's Transition |publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |access-date=13 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031184716/http://egyptelections.carnegieendowment.org/2011/09/20/al-geel-al-dimuqrati-democratic-generation-party |archive-date=31 October 2013 }}</ref>
==Overview== The party was founded in 2002.<ref name="cic">{{cite web|title=A Partial Guide to the Egyptian Political Parties|url=http://connectedincairo.com/2011/11/15/a-partial-guide-to-the-egyptian-political-parties/|work=Connected in Cairo|access-date=2 October 2014|date=15 November 2011}}</ref> It was part of the [[Democratic Alliance for Egypt]] led by the [[Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt|Muslim Brotherhood]] during the [[2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election|2011-2012 Egyptian parliamentary election]].<ref name="carnegie"/>
The party was one of the founding members of the [[Egyptian Front]], which was founded in August 2014 ahead of the [[2015 Egyptian parliamentary election]].<ref name="tcp18aug"/> It planned to run on [[Kamal Ganzouri]]'s [[National Alliance (Egypt)|National Alliance]] list, though Ganzouri withdrew from the race in February 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/122800/Egypt/Politics-/For-the-Love-of-Egypt-electoral-list-leaves-politi.aspx|title='For the Love of Egypt' electoral list leaves political parties divided|work=Ahram Online|date=11 February 2015|access-date=13 January 2026}}</ref>
== See also == * [[Liberalism in Egypt]] * [[Contributions to liberal theory]] * [[Liberalism worldwide]] * [[List of liberal parties]] * [[Liberal democracy]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://hzpelgeel.com/ Official Website of the Democratic Generation Party]
{{Egyptian political parties}}
[[Category:Liberal parties in Egypt]] [[Category:Political parties established in 2002]] [[Category:2002 establishments in Egypt]]
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