Democratic Patriots' Unified Party

The Democratic Patriots' Unified Party (Arabic: حزب الوطنيين الديمقراطيين الموحد), formerly the Democratic Patriots' Movement, is a communist party in Tunisia.

[2] Established in 1981, the movement was only legalised in 2011 after the Tunisian Revolution.

The movement primarily advocates a parliamentary system, the balanced development of the peasantry and light industry, and campaigns against the exploitation of the working classes of Tunisia.

In the 2011 elections, they won one seat in the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia, Mongi Rahoui from Jendouba Constituency.

Its secretary-general, Chokri Belaid, was shot dead on 6 February 2013.