Wafd Party
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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
- Colours
- Green
- Slogan
- "Justice is above power, and the nation is above the government", الحق فوق القوة والأمة فوق الحكومة
- Anthem
- "Arise O' Egyptian!", قوم يا مصري
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
History
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