el-Ghad Party Hizb el-Ghad حزب الغد
Chairperson	Moussa Mostafa Moussa
Founders	Ayman Nour and Wael Nawara
Founded	2001
Headquarters	Cairo
Newspaper	El-Ghad
Ideology	Secularism Liberalism Liberal democracy Reformism
Political position	Centre
National affiliation	Egyptian Front[1]
Colors	Green   Orange (historically)
Slogan	Hand in Hand, we build tomorrow
House of Representatives	0 / 568
Website
www.elghad.com
Politics of Egypt Political parties Elections

The el-Ghad Party (Arabic: حزب الغد Ḥizb el-Ghad, IPA: [ˈħezb elˈɣæd]; "The Tomorrow Party") is an active political party in Egypt that was granted license in October 2004. El-Ghad is a centrist liberal secular political party pressing for widening the scope of political participation and for a peaceful rotation of power.

The official El-Ghad Party, headed by Moussa Moustafa Moussa, was running the 2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election as an independent list. The split faction Ghad El-Thawra Party, headed by Ayman Nour, was part of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party-led Democratic Alliance for Egypt.^[2]

Background

Ayman Nour left the New Wafd Party in 2001. He was named the first secretary of the party in October that year.^[3] The party was legalized in 2004. After facing president Hosni Mubarak in the 2005 Egyptian presidential election, Nour was sentenced to five years in jail on forgery charges.^[2]

In 2005, just before Nour being sentenced, the El-Ghad party split in two factions. One was headed by Moussa Moustafa Moussa, the other by Nour's (now former) wife Gameela Ismail.^[2] Legal battle ensued between both factions, both claiming legitimacy and simultaneously using the party name and insignia. The final court ruling in May 2011 was in favor of Moussa.^[4] Ayman Nour hence filed for a new party, Ghad El-Thawra Party or "Revolution's Tomorrow Party", which was approved on 9 October 2011.^[2]

The removal of Nour from the party leadership by Moussa, and the latter's election to the Egyptian Upper House, have been seen as compliances with the Hosni Mubarak regime.^[2]

Platform

The party platform calls for:

• Political and economic reform.
• Paying a special care for the handicapped.
• Combating drug addiction.
• Solving the water crisis.

Name confusion

Ayman Nour has been tightly associated with both the El-Ghad name and party, even being accused of internal monopoly by other party members.^[2] Since both Nour and Moussa factions were using (and still are) the same name and insignia (ex: Ghad El-Thawra website^[5]), it was often difficult to tell them apart. For instance, Liberal International listed El-Ghad, specifying its leader as Ayman Nour, as an observer member.^[6] Many poll and media outlets used the term "El-Ghad" without specifying which party or faction they are referring to,^[7] although they often meant the Ayman Nour Ghad El-Thawra faction.^[8][9]