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The '''Movement of Socialist Democrats''' ({{lang-
The MDS was founded by defectors from the then ruling [[Socialist Destourian Party]] (PSD) and liberal-minded expatriates in 1978. The founders of the MDS had already been involved in the establishment of the [[Tunisian Human Rights League]] (LTDH) in 1976/77.<ref name="Alexander46">{{Citation|first=Christopher|last=Alexander|title=Tunisia: Stability and Reform in the Modern Maghreb|publisher=Routledge|year=2010|page=46}}</ref> Its first secretary general was Ahmed Mestiri who had been a member of the PSD and interior minister in the government of [[Habib Bourguiba]], but was dropped from the government in 1971 and expelled from the party after he had called for democratic reforms and pluralism.
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