Wafd Party

Egyptian center-right political party

Key facts

Historical leaders: Saad Zaghlul Pasha , (1919–1927) , Mostafa el-Nahhas , (1927–1953)
Secretary general: Makram Ebeid , (1926–1942)
Founder: Saad Zaghloul , (most prominent)
Founded: 1919 ( 1919 )
Dissolved: January 1953 ( 1953-01 )
Succeeded by: New Wafd Party
Headquarters: Cairo
Newspaper: Al Misri
Youth wing: Blue Shirts
Women s wing: Wafdist Women's Central Committee
Ideology: Egyptian nationalism , National liberalism , Liberal conservatism
Political position: Centre-right

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The Wafd Party (lit. 'Delegation Party'; Arabic: حزب الوفد, Ḥizb al-Wafd) was a nationalist liberal political party in Egypt. It was said to be Egypt's most popular and influential political party for a period from the end of World War I through the 1930s. During this time, it was instrumental in the development of the 1923 constitution, and supported moving Egypt from dynastic rule to a constitutional monarchy, where power would be wielded by a nationally-elected parliament. The party was dissolved in 1952, after the 1952 Egyptian Revolution.

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