Wafd Party حزب الوفد Delegation Party | |
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| 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 |
| Dissolved | January 1953 |
| Succeeded by | New Wafd Party (not legal successor)[1] |
| Headquarters | Cairo |
| Newspaper | Al Misri [2] |
| Youth wing | Blue Shirts |
| Women's wing | Wafdist Women's Central Committee [3] |
| Ideology | Egyptian nationalism National liberalism Liberal conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-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 |
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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.[4] The party was dissolved in 1952, after the 1952 Egyptian Revolution.
- ^ "Brotherhood to run in Egypt polls". Al Jazeera English. 9 Oct 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ "The Press: Egyptian Uproar". Time. 17 May 1954. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ Booth, Marilyn (2004). Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa 2nd Edition (vol. 2). USA: Gale. p. 770.
- ^ Osman, Tarek, Egypt on the Brink, by Tarek Osman, (Yale University Press, 2010), p. 26