National Centrist Party

National Centrist Party التيار الوطني الوسطي
Chairperson	Ali Tarhouni
Founded	23 November 2011; 13 years ago (2011-11-23)
Headquarters	Tripoli, Libya
Ideology	Libyan nationalism Islamic democracy Islamic liberalism
Political position	Centre
Religion	Sunni Islam
National affiliation	National Forces Alliance[1]
Colours	Blue
Seats in the General National Congress:	2 / 200
Website
https://www.facebook.com/NCP.Libya/
Politics of Libya Political parties Elections

National Centrist Party (Arabic: التيار الوطني الوسطي) is a parliamentary political party in Libya, launched by former interim oil minister, Ali Tarhouni, on 23 October 2011. It is a centrist political movement, with bases on democracy and religious moderation.

Ideology

The NCP's self-reported doctrine is moderate. Ali Tarhouni, the founder and leader of the NCP, declared in an interview with Libya Herald: "Moderation is the name of our movement. We are moderate. We are in the middle. I think any radicalization of Islam is something that we oppose. We strongly oppose that. We grew up in this country and we basically don’t practice these things that they do and I hope that they stop because Libya does not really condone that."^[2]

Election results

NCP competed in the Libyan General National Congress election, 2012. The party received 2 of the 80 party-list seats, and with others political parties is in minority.

See also

• Justice and Construction Party (Libya)
• National Forces Alliance

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
2. "Libya Herald". Retrieved 23 June 2012.