Founded in November 2005 by Mongi Khamassi,[1] a former member of PSL,[1] they were legalised four months later as one of the nine political parties that were legalised before the Tunisian revolution.[1] The first party conference was held in December 2008.[1]
In the 2009 presidential election, they supported the winning candidate Ben Ali.[4] In the general election, their first contested, which was held simultaneously, they won six seats with 74,185 votes and a 1.67% vote share.[5] They won a single councillor seat in the 2018 municipal elections with 150 votes.[6]
References
^ abcdNéjib Sassi (20 December 2008), Société civile : premier congrès du Parti des verts pour le progrès (PVP) (in French), L'Expression
