El Vadila حزب الفضيلة Parti El Vadila | |
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Leader | Ethmane Ould Cheikh Ahmed Eboul Mealy |
Founded | 2006 |
Ideology | Islamism |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Parliamentary group | Trust group |
National Assembly | 2 / 176 |
Regional councils | 4 / 285 |
Mayors | 2 / 238 |
El Vadila (Arabic: حزب الفضيلة, romanized: Hizb El Vadila, lit. 'Virtue Party') is an Islamist[1][2] political party in Mauritania, led by Ethmane Ould Ahmed Aboulmaaly.
The party was officially registered in 2006.[2] It won three seats in the 2013 parliamentary elections.[3] Although it lost all three seats in the 2018 elections, it won two seats in the 2023 elections.[4]