Workers' Party (Algeria)

Workers' Party Hizb al-Ummal حزب العمال Akabar Ixeddamen
Secretary-General	Louisa Hanoune
Founded	1990 (1990)
Headquarters	Rue Belkheir Belkacem Hassen-Badi 2, El Harrach, Algiers
Ideology	Communism Trotskyism Internationalism
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	Forces of the Democratic Alternative
International affiliation	International Liaison Committee for a Workers' International
Colours	Red
Council of the Nation	0 / 144
People's National Assembly	0 / 407
People's Provincial Assemblies	28 / 2,004
Municipalities	17 / 1,540
People's Municipal Assemblies	510 / 24,876
Website
www.pt.dz
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The Workers' Party (Arabic Hizb al-Ummal حزب العمال, Berber: Akabar Ixeddamen) is a Trotskyist political party in Algeria, closely linked with the Independent Workers' Party of France. The party is led by Louisa Hanoune.

The Workers' Party, which uses the abbreviation "PT", advocates for the protection and promotion of trade union movements in Algeria, from its claims, including a figure egalitarian doctrine is to claim that a better distribution of wealth on the people of country. The creation of this party back to the year 1990, one year after the constitutional reform which introduced a multiparty system. Its Secretary General is Louisa Hanoune, who in 2004 was the first woman in the Arab world to stand as a candidate for a presidential election.

The Workers' Party received 3.3 percent of the vote and elected 21 members to parliament in the 2002 legislative elections. In the 2004 presidential elections, Hanoune was the first woman in Algeria to run for the office. She received 101,630 votes (1 percent).

In the 2007 parliamentary elections it was the biggest opposition party, winning 5.08% of the vote and 26 seats out of 389. The three party coalition (National Liberation Front (FLN), National Rally for Democracy (RND) and Movement of Society for Peace) won 249 of the 389. Turnout was just 35%

In the 2007 regional and municipal elections, it won in over 1,000 elections winning 6.5% of the vote.