National Centrist Party

National Centrist Party (Arabic: حزب الوسط الوطني‎‎) 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 taken by a journalist of 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

Political parties in Libya
Active	Democratic Party Homeland Party Justice and Construction Party Libyan National Movement Libyan Popular National Movement National Centrist Party National Forces Alliance National Front Party National Party for Development and Welfare Party of Reform and Development Union for Homeland
Defunct	Libyan Arab Socialist Union Libyan Communist Party Libyan Freedom and Democracy Campaign Libyan National Democratic Front Muslim Association of the Lictor National Conference for the Libyan Opposition National Front for the Salvation of Libya