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Middle East and North Africa

Over the last three decades, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) has worked in over a dozen countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa. IFES programming and research continues to respond to challenges throughout the region in an effort to strengthen electoral systems and democratic institutions to provide citizens with the opportunity to have a say in how they are governed. 

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IFES in the Middle East and North Africa (PDF)
Egypt
Iraq
Libya
Syria
Tunisia

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Ambar Zobairi
Deputy Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa
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Zeinab Abdelkarim
Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa
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Hermann Thiel
Country Director, Egypt
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