The Liberal Constitutional Party (, ''Ḥizb al-aḥrār al-dustūriyyīn'') was an

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founded in 1922 by a group of politicians who left the

Wafd Party The Wafd Party (; , ''Ḥizb al-Wafd'') was a nationalist Liberalism, 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 th ...

History

The Liberal Constitutional Party was founded in 1922 during a meeting chaired by Adli Yakan Pasha, 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 Mohammed Hussein Heikal ( ; August 20, 1888 – December 8, 1956) was an Egyptian writer, journalist, politician. He held several cabinet posts, including minister of education. Life Haekal was born in Kafr Ghannam, Mansoura, Ad Daqahliyah in ...

and Ali Mahir Pasha joined the party. Although the Wafd Party was

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and

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views, the new party supported the

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which was approved on 19 April 1923, the

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of the State, the

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and also the total unification of Egypt and

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. Muhammad Alluba, a supporter of the Palestine cause, served as the general secretary of the party in the 1930s. It was banned, like the other political parties in Egypt, after the

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of 1952.

Leaders

*1922-1933 – Adli Yakan Pasha *1933-1941 – Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha *1941-1952 – Ali Mahir Pasha

Electoral history

House of Representatives elections

References

External links

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