The Pirate Party (Arabic: حزب القراصنة, romanized: Hizb al-Qarāṣina; French: Parti pirate) is a small political party in Tunisia which was formed on 7 April 2012.[1] It is the second Pirate party in Tunisia after the Tunisian Pirate Party.[3]
Pirate Party حزب القراصنة | |
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French name | Parti pirate |
Founded | 7 April 2012 |
Ideology | Pirate politics Direct democracy Open government[1] Freedom of information Secularism[2] |
International affiliation | Pirate Parties International |
Assembly of the Representatives of the People | 0 / 217
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Website | |
partipirate | |
The party achieved notoriety during the Tunisian revolution. Slim Amamou briefly held a ministry, the world's first Pirate Party politician ever to do so, before resigning to protest against repressive measures by the interim government.[4]
On the Pirate Party's official website, it lists its main objectives as:[2]
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