The Democratic Front Party was an Egyptian
political party
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. The party merged with the
Free Egyptians Party
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, founded =
, headquarters = 2 Hassan Sabry Street Zamalek-Cairo
, membership_year = 2011
, membership = 100,000
, ideology = Egyptian nationalismLiberalismSecularism
, position = Centre to centre-right
, national =
, affiliation1_title ...
in December 2013.
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Foundation and profile
The party was founded in 2007[
The party adopted ]liberal
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* an adherent of a Liberal Party
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ideologies. It was a full member of both the Liberal International
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Sakina Fuad
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. Mohamed Mansour and Ibrahim Nawar were secretary-generals. Since March 2011 the Democratic Front Party has participated in the Cabinet of Egypt
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(Essam Sharaf
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). Before his death, writer Osama Anwar Okasha
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was also an executive member of the party.
Its slogan was ''Concilor Dr. Ahmed Diab is a Democratic Front Party Leader and Coming President of Egypt''.
See also
*Liberalism in Egypt
Liberalism in Egypt or Egyptian liberalism is a political ideology that traces its beginnings to the 19th century.
History
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*List of political parties in Egypt
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*Politics of Egypt
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References
External links
democraticfront.org
party's official website (in Arabic
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)
2007 establishments in Egypt
2013 disestablishments in Egypt
Political parties established in 2007
Political parties disestablished in 2013
Liberal parties in Egypt
Defunct political parties in Egypt
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