The Liberal Constitutional Party ( ar, حزب الاحرار الدستوريين, ''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 (; ar, 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 ...

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 ( ar, محمد حسين هيكل ; 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 Ghan ...

and

Ali Mahir Pasha Aly Maher Pasha ( ar, علي ماهر باشا; 9 November 1882 – 25 August 1960) was an Egyptian political figure. He was Minister of Finance from 1928 to 1929. He served as Prime Minister of Egypt The prime minister of Egypt () is the ...

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 –

Electoral history

House of Representatives elections

References

External links

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