The United Egyptian Communist Party ( ar, الحزب الشيوعي المصري المتحد) was a political party in
Egypt
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. The party was founded in 1957 (Sa'id and Ismail states that the founding took place in February 1957,
Joel Beinin states that the merger took place in June 1957), through the merger of the
Unified Egyptian Communist Party and the
Egyptian Communist Party (''ar-Rayat ash-Sha'ab'' faction).
[ At the time of the merger a declaration was issued, calling for unity for national revolution amongst the Egyptian communists, working class and national bourgeoisie and for defense of the government of ]Gamal Abdul Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, . (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-re ...
. The declaration also stated that the party would seek unification with the Workers and Peasants Communist Party at a later stage.[Ismael, Tareq Y., and Rifʻat Saʻīd. ]
The Communist Movement in Egypt, 1920-1988
'. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1990. p. 113[ Beinin, Joel. ]
Was the Red Flag Flying There?: Marxist Politics and the Arab-Israeli Conflict in Egypt and Israel, 1948-1965
'. Berkeley
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On January 8, 1958, the merger with the Workers and Peasants Communist Party was completed, forming the Egyptian Communist Party.
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Defunct communist parties in Egypt
Political parties established in 1957
Political parties disestablished in 1958
1957 establishments in Egypt
1958 disestablishments in Egypt