Wafd Party

Wafd Party
حزب الوفد
Delegation Party
Historical leadersSaad Zaghlul Pasha
(1919–1927)
Mostafa el-Nahhas
(1927–1953)
Secretary-generalMakram Ebeid
(1926-1942)
FounderSaad Zaghloul
(most prominent)
Founded1919 (1919)
DissolvedJanuary 1953 (1953-01)
Succeeded byNew Wafd Party
(not legal successor)[1]
HeadquartersCairo
NewspaperAl Misri [2]
Youth wingBlue Shirts
Women's wingWafdist Women's Central Committee [3]
IdeologyEgyptian nationalism
National liberalism
Liberal conservatism
Political positionCentre-right
Colours  Green
Slogan"Rights are above power, and the nation is above the government"
Arabic: الحق فوق القوة والأمة فوق الحكومة
Anthem"Arise O' Egyptian!"
Arabic: قوم يا مصري
Party flag

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.[4] The party was dissolved in 1952, after the 1952 Egyptian Revolution.

  1. ^ "Brotherhood to run in Egypt polls". Al Jazeera English. 9 Oct 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  2. ^ "The Press: Egyptian Uproar". Time. 17 May 1954. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  3. ^ Booth, Marilyn (2004). Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa 2nd Edition (vol. 2). USA: Gale. p. 770.
  4. ^ Osman, Tarek, Egypt on the Brink, by Tarek Osman, (Yale University Press, 2010), p. 26