Summary
The Liberal Constitutional Party (Arabic: حزب الاحرار الدستوريين, Ḥizb al-aḥrār al-dustūriyyīn) was an Egyptian political party founded in 1922 by a group of politicians who left the Wafd Party.
Liberal Constitutional Party حزب الاحرار الدستوريين | |
|---|---|
| Historical leader | Adli Yakan Pasha |
| Founded | 30 October 1922 |
| Dissolved | 23 July 1952 |
| Split from | Wafd Party |
| Headquarters | Cairo |
| Newspaper | Al Siyasa |
| Ideology | Constitutionalism Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Violet |
History edit
The Liberal Constitutional Party was founded in 1922 during a meeting chaired by Adli Yakan Pasha,[1] and some time later the party launched a newspaper, the Al Siyasa (The Politics). Several Wafd-origin liberals like Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha, Muhammad Husayn Haykal and Ali Mahir Pasha joined the party. Although the Wafd Party was nationalist and conservative views, the new party supported the constitution which was approved on 19 April 1923, the secularization of the State, the United Kingdom and also the total unification of Egypt and Sudan. Muhammad Alluba, a supporter of the Palestine cause, served as the general secretary of the party in the 1930s.[2] It was banned, like the other political parties in Egypt, after the coup d'état of 1952.
Leaders edit
- 1922-1933 – Adli Yakan Pasha
- 1933-1941 – Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha
- 1941-1952 – Ali Mahir Pasha
Electoral history edit
House of Representatives elections edit
| Election | Party leader | Seats | +/– | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | Adli Yakan Pasha
|
30 / 215
|
 30
|
2nd
|
| 1936 | Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha
|
17 / 232
|
 13
|
 2nd
|
| 1942 | Ali Mahir Pasha | 4 / 264
|
13
|
2nd
|
| 1945 | 74 / 264
|
70
|
2nd
| |
| 1950 | 26 / 319
|
48
|
3rd
|
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