Liberal Party (Gassasinia)

Liberal and Social Progressive Party
Leader	Ahmed al-Rashid
Founded	5th of February, 1951
Headquarters	52 Haroun Street, Jabiyah
Think tank	Liberal Economic Forum
Youth wing	Free Liberal Youth Organisation
Women's wing	Liberal Women's Convention
LGBT Wing	LGBTQ+ Liberals
Ideology	Social Progressivism Liberalism Social Market Economy Civic Nationalism Secularism
Colours	Orange
Slogan	"For a Brighter Future"
Political position	Centre to Centre right
House of Representatives	55 / 150
Website
https://LiberalParty.ga

The Liberal Party, officially known as the Liberal and Social Progressive Party, is a centrist to centre-right political party in Gassasinia which has held power for much of Gassasinia's history since 1979. As of today, the Gassasinian Liberal Party is currently the largest party in government, ruling in a coalition with the Unionist Labour Party with 55 Members of Parliament in the House of Representatives.

The Liberal Party was formed in 1951 as a small splinter group of the now defunct Christian Social Party's left-wing by 12 Members of Parliament, who felt that the Christian Social Party's conservative and Christian-centric ideology was elitist and unsustainable, and that they would eventually tear Gassasinia apart between religious and economic lines.

The Liberal Party's policies are based on liberal ideas, believing in a strong free social market economy where the government intervenes to provide a strong welfare state for those in need, along with combating anti-competitive practises to ensure a fair and competitive strong free market economy. Additionally, the Liberal Party holds strong social progressive ideals, having a hard stance on social issues such as women's rights, LGBT+ rights and abortion.

The Liberal Party supports a civic nationalist stance as opposed to an Arab Nationalist stance, arguing that Gassasinia is a distinct nation of many ethnicities, rather than being part of a single Arab nation.

Election History

Bold name denotes prime ministership

Year	Leader	Seats	Government
1953	Rita al-Khazen	12 / 150	Opposition
1957	Rita al-Khazen	15 / 150	Opposition
1961	Rita al-Khazen	30 / 150	Opposition
1965	Mounir Ayoub	35 / 150	Junior Partner in coalition with Christian Democrats
1969	Rita al-Khazen	30 / 150	Opposition
1975	Rita al-Khazen	50 / 150	Equal coalition partner with Labour and Conservatives.
1979	Firoozeh Khoroushi	69 / 150	Senior Partner in coalition with Labour
1983	Firoozeh Khoroushi	90 / 150	Government
1987	Rita al-Khazen	71 / 150	Government
1991	Mounir Ayoub	50 / 150	Senior Partner in coalition with Labour
1995	Mounir Ayoub	52 / 150	Opposition
1999	Mounir Ayoub	59 / 150	Opposition
2003	Edmond Ghulmiyyah	80 / 150	Government
2007	Khalil Barakat	88 / 150	Government
2011	Khalil Barakat	82 / 150	Government
2015	Ahmed al-Rashid	75 / 150	Government
2019	Ahmed al-Rashid	55 / 150	Senior Partner in coalition with Labour