Arab Socialist Union (Egypt)

Arab Socialist Union
الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي
ChairpersonGamal Abdel Nasser
(1962–1970)
Anwar Sadat
(1970-1978)
General SecretaryGamal Abdel Nasser
(1962–1965)
Ali Sabri
(1962–1971)
Anwar Sadat
(1971–1978)
Founded1962 (1962)[a]
Dissolved2 October 1978 (1978-10-02)
Preceded byNational Union
Succeeded byNational Democratic Party (Majority)
National Progressive Unionist Rally Party
Liberal Socialists Party
HeadquartersCairo, Egypt
Youth wingUAR Socialist Youth Organization
IdeologyPan-Arabism
Arab nationalism
Arab socialism
Nasserism
Populism[1]
Political position1962-1970
Left-wing
1970-1978
Big tent
Colors  Red
  white
  Black
SloganFreedom, Socialism, Unity.
حرية، اشتراكية، وحدة

The Arab Socialist Union (Arabic: الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي al-Ittiḥād al-Ištirākī al-ʿArabī) was an Egyptian political party based on the principles of Nasserism and Arab socialism. It was evolved during the years of Sadat to become the National Democratic Party which ruled Egypt until the 2011 revolution.[2]


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  1. ^ "Egypt's former president Nasser still a divisive figure, 50 years after his death". France 24. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. ^ Rami Ginat (1997). Egypt's Incomplete Revolution: Lutfi Al-Khuli and Nasser's Socialism in the 1960s. Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-4738-1.