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Egyptian Nation Alliance
The Egyptian Nation Alliance (; also translated as ''Egyptian National Alliance'', ''Egyptian Patriotism Alliance'', ''Alliance for the Egyptian Nation'', ''Coalition of the Egyptian Nation'', or ''Egyptian National Coalition'') was a coalition of 12 parties. Known members of the coalition included the Ghad El-Thawra Party, the Democratic Front Party, the New Wafd Party, and 9 other parties. Purported members included the Conference Party, the Egyptian Popular Current, the Socialist Popular Alliance Party, the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, the Revolutionary Democratic Coalition and the Free Egyptians Party. However, it is not entirely clear which parties joined the coalition. An article in ''Al Akhbar'' states that some parties that are mentioned as members have not yet made a final decision on whether to join the coalition. Formerly affiliated parties * Conference Party * New Wafd Party * Free Egyptians Party * Egyptian Social Democratic Party * Socialist Party of Egypt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amr Mussa
Amr Moussa (, , Amr Muhammad Moussa; born 3 October 1936) is an Egyptian politician and diplomat who was the Secretary-General of the Arab League, a 22-member forum representing Arab states, from 1 June 2001 to 1 July 2011. Previously he served in the government of Egypt as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 2001. On 8 September 2013, he was elected president of the committee of 50 that will amend the Egyptian constitution. Early life He was born on 3 October 1936 in Cairo, Egypt, the son of former parliamentarian Muhammad Moussa. His father also had a son named Pierre during his studies in France in the 1920s. However, Moussa's half-brother Pierre is a French citizen and has no ties to Egypt. Moussa finished his education after earning a degree in law from Cairo University in 1957. Diplomatic career Moussa then began his diplomatic career between 1958 and 1972 he worked in several missions, including Egypt's Embassy in Switzerland and the Egyptian mission to the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Egyptians Party
The Free Egyptians Party ( ) is an Egyptian liberal party, founded after the 2011 Egyptian revolution. It supports the principles of a liberal, democratic, and secular political order in Egypt. The Free Egyptians Party was the largest party in the House of Representatives. The party is a founding member of Al Hurriya Liberal Network. History Establishment On 3 April 2011, the engineer and businessman Naguib Sawiris, and a group of intellectuals and political activists announced the establishment of the party and declared the program, the objectives and the basic principles of the party. Other prominent party members include the Egyptian American scientist Farouk El-Baz, the Egyptian Arabic poet Ahmed Fouad Negm, the writer Gamal El-Ghitani, and the telecommunications entrepreneur Khaled Bichara. In July 2011, infighting emerged within the party. An internal faction called the "Group of 17" accused the national leadership of undemocratic methods in choosing local leade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dignity Party (Egypt)
The Dignity Party () is an Egyptian left-wing Nasserist political party founded in 1996 by Amin Iskander and Hamdeen Sabahi. The party first gained Parliamentary seats in the 2005 Egyptian Parliamentary election. And in 2011, the party joined the Democratic Alliance for Egypt, which won a Majority of seats in that election. later in May 2012, The Party's leader and presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi, came in third in that year's election, but couldn't make it to the runoff election in June. In late 2012, Hamdeen Sabahi, The party's Chairman by that time, left the party to form the Egyptian Popular Current The Egyptian Popular Current ( ') is a movement in Egypt, created after the 2012 presidential elections by former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi. The movement was formed on 21 September 2012. The movement formed the Popular Current Party .... Many Dignity party members left to join Sabahi's new party. In March 2016, the Popular Current Party merged into the Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Liberation Party
The Egyptian Liberation Party is a Sufi political party in Egypt. The party was founded by Sheikh Aboul Azayem. most of the members are part of the Al Azmeya Sufi order. The party is backed by the ‘Azmeyya Tareeka Sufi order. The party calls itself social democratic. See also * List of Islamic political parties Below are lists of political parties espousing Islamic identity or political Islam in various approaches under the system of Islamic democracy. Islamic democracy refers to a political ideology that seeks to apply Islamic principles to public pol ... References Islamic political parties in Egypt Islamic socialist political parties Political parties with year of establishment missing Social democratic parties in Egypt Sufism in Egypt {{Egypt-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victory Party (Egypt)
The Victory Party is a Sufi political party in Egypt. References {{Egyptian political parties Islamic political parties in Egypt Political parties with year of establishment missing Sufi organizations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Renaissance Party
''Egyptian'' describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of recorded history ** Egyptian cuisine, the local culinary traditions of Egypt * Egypt, the modern country in northeastern Africa ** Egyptian Arabic, the language spoken in contemporary Egypt ** A citizen of Egypt; see Demographics of Egypt * Ancient Egypt, a civilization from c. 3200 BC to 343 BC ** Ancient Egyptians, ethnic people of ancient Egypt ** Ancient Egyptian architecture, the architectural structure style ** Ancient Egyptian cuisine, the cuisine of ancient Egypt ** Egyptian language, the oldest known language of Egypt and a branch of the Afroasiatic language family * Copts, the ethnic Egyptian Christian minority ** Coptic language or Coptic Egyptian, the latest stage of the Egyptian language, spoken in Egypt until the 17th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reform And Development Party (Egypt)
The Reform and Development Party () is a liberal political party in Egypt. History and profile The Reform and Development Party was founded in 2009. The founders of the party are Mohamed Anwar Esmat Sadat, the ex-president Anwar Sadat's nephew, and the Egyptian billionaire Raymond Lakah. The initial license application of the party was rejected in July 2010. It was legalized in May 2011, just after the Egypt's 25 January Revolution in 2011. The party participated in the 2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election and won 9 seats in the lower house. The party merged with the Misruna party (Our Egypt party) in June 2011; the party name changed slightly. Although the Reform and Development Party participated in the 2015 parliamentary elections, Sadat criticized the election process, which was delayed for 7 months, as well as the Supreme Constitutional Court being allowed to rule on complaints against election laws. The party has gradually distanced itself from president Abdel Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers And Peasants Party (Egypt)
The Workers and Peasants Party, also known as the Party of Workers and Farmers, is a socialist political party in Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe .... In September 2012, it became part of the Democratic Revolutionary Coalition. References Political parties in Egypt Political parties with year of establishment missing Socialist parties in Egypt {{Egypt-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers Democratic Party
The Workers National Democratic Party (WDP) () is a workers' political party in Egypt formed shortly after the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. It is backed by the Federation of Egyptian Trade Unions and forms part of the Coalition of Socialist Forces. The party name is sometimes translated in English as Democratic Workers Party, Democratic Labour Party or Labour Democratic Party. History The party was initiated by the leftist front Hashd and the Revolutionary Socialists (RS) in response to the country's growing strike movement which preceded the revolution. WDP spokesperson Kamal Khalil says "Most leftist attempts to form a party include intellectuals as major players and a number of workers as members... This party aims at having workers as the main players and leaders of the party joined by a number of intellectuals." Politics Although the RS have been instrumental in the formation of the party, the WDP does not present itself as a revolutionary party. Party officials clai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Progressive Unionist Party
The National Progressive Unionist Rally Party (, commonly referred to as Tagammu, meaning "Rally" in English) is a socialist political party in Egypt. Originally known as the National Progressive Unionist Rally Organization, it was established as the left-wing faction of the governing Arab Socialist Union (ASU) and became an independent party after ASU's dissolution. The party considers itself a defender of the principles of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. It calls for standing against attempts to reverse the revolution's social gains for labourers, the poor, and other low-income groups. History and profile The party was established in 1977. The founders were two former Free Officers members, Khaled Mohieddin and Kamal Rifaat. Its membership consisted of mainly of Marxists and Nasserists. Since 1978 the party has published a newspaper, '' Al Ahali''. The party boycotted the first presidential elections in 2005. It won 5 out of 518 seats during the 2010 legislative ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolutionary Socialists (Egypt)
The Revolutionary Socialists (; ) (RS) are a Trotskyist organisation in Egypt originating in the tradition of ' Socialism from Below'. Leading RS members include sociologist Sameh Naguib. The organisation produces a newspaper called ''The Socialist''. History The group began in the late 1980s among small circles of students influenced by Trotskyism. Adopting the current name by April 1995, the RS grew from a few active members, when the Egyptian left was very much underground, to a couple of hundred by the Second Palestinian Intifada. Despite not being able to freely organise under President Hosni Mubarak, the group's membership still increased due to their participation in the Palestinian solidarity movement. The intifada was seen to have a radicalising effect on Egyptian youth, which in turn helped to re-establish grassroots activism, which had long been repressed under the Mubarak regime. The RS' relationship with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood is also distinct from earlier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Communist Party
The Egyptian Communist Party (ECP; ) is a revolutionary Marxist–Leninist communist party in Egypt. History and profile The modern Egyptian Communist Party (ECP) was formed in 1975 by a number of members of the former Egyptian Communist Party. Under the regimes of Presidents Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak the new Communist Party faced state repression and was barred from running in elections. The party however continued to operate underground until the overthrow of Mubarak in 2011. In the years leading up to the 2011 uprising, the ECP, along with other leftist political organizations, faced many challenges, including government repression, internal divisions, and lack of popular support. Despite having ECP members allegedly killed and imprisoned under Mubarak, the party have since been involved in mobilizing workers in 2011. On 1 May 2011, the ECP announced they would openly resume activities. In a news conference at Tahrir Square, the party Chairman, Salah al-Adly announce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
