Egyptian Bloc

The Egyptian Bloc
الكتلة المصرية
Founded16 August 2011
Dissolved19 September 2012
IdeologyLiberalism[1][2][3]
Secularism[4][5][6]
Political positionCentre-left[7]
ColorsRed, White and Black
Website
http://www.elkotlaelmasreya.com/

The Egyptian Bloc (Arabic: الكتلة المصرية, al-kutla al-miṣrīya) was an electoral alliance in Egypt. It was formed in August 2011[8] by several liberal, social democratic, and leftist political parties and movements, as well as the traditional Islamist Sufi Liberation Party to prevent the Muslim Brotherhood, and its affiliated Freedom and Justice Party from winning the parliamentary election in November of that year. As of September 2012, all former constituent parties left the bloc, joined other alliances or merged into other parties.

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