{{short description|Political party in Egypt}} {{Infobox political party | country = Egypt | name = Pioneer Party | native_name = حزب الريادة <br> Al Riyada<ref name="egyptelectionswatch">{{cite web|title=Al-Wasat Party|date = 18 November 2011|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/33/104/26696/Elections-/Political-Parties/AlWasat.aspx|publisher=Egypt Elections Watch|access-date=16 December 2013}}</ref> | logo = | leader = Haitham Abu Khalil<ref>{{Cite news|title=Religious parties trade barbs over campaign tactics|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/religious-parties-trade-barbs-over-campaign-tactics|work=Egypt Independent|date=15 October 2011|access-date=16 December 2013}}</ref> | colorcode = | foundation = 26 June 2011<ref>{{Cite news|title=New cracks form in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/06/30/155388.html|work=Al Arabiya|date=30 June 2011|access-date=16 December 2013}}</ref> | headquarters = | newspaper = | ideology = | national = | colors = | native_name_lang = ar | website = | seats1_title = [[House of Representatives (Egypt)|House of Representatives]] | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|568}} }}
The '''Pioneer Party''' ({{langx|ar|حزب الريادة}} ''{{Transliteration|ar|DIN|Ḥizb ar-Riyadah}}''),<ref name="egyptindepjuly">{{Cite news|title=Brotherhood splinter party issues founding statement|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/brotherhood-splinter-party-issues-founding-statement|work=Egypt Independent|date=29 July 2011|access-date=16 December 2013}}</ref> also known as the Leadership Party,<ref name="alahramweeklysept">{{Cite news|title=The ups and downs of our civil current|url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2012/1116/op1.htm|work=Al Ahram Weekly|date=27 September 2012|access-date=16 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105050024/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2012/1116/op1.htm|archive-date=5 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a civil political party in Egypt.<ref name=egyptindepjuly/>
==History== The party was founded by former members of the [[Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt|Muslim Brotherhood]].<ref name=egyptelectionswatch/> The party has decided to exclude former members of the [[National Democratic Party (Egypt)|National Democratic Party]].<ref name= egyptindepjuly/> The party joined a coalition with the [[Renaissance Party (Egypt)|Renaissance Party]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Al-Wasat Party|url=https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/24640/Al-Wasat-Party|work=Jadaliyya|date=18 November 2011|access-date=9 January 2026}}</ref> and the [[Wasat Party]] in Alexandria during the [[2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election|parliamentary elections held in 2011 and 2012]].<ref name= "egyptindep15oct">{{Cite news|title=Islamists ally against Muslim Brotherhood|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/islamists-ally-against-muslim-brotherhood|work=Egypt Independent|date=21 October 2011|access-date=16 December 2013}}</ref>
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{{Egyptian political parties}}
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