The Arab Democratic Nasserist Party ( ar, الحزب العربي الديمقراطي الناصري, al-Hizb al-'Arabi al-Dimuqrati al-Nasseri) is a

Nasserist Nasserism ( ) is an Arab nationalist and Arab socialist political ideology based on the thinking of Gamal Abdel Nasser, one of the two principal leaders of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and Egypt's second President. Spanning the domestic a ...

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, styling itself as the ideological successor of the old Arab Socialist Union party of Egypt's second president,

Gamal Abdel 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 ...

. At the 2000 parliamentary elections, the party won three out of 454 seats. However, at the

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and

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elections, the party failed to win any seats. At the

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election, the party won one seat. '' Al Arabi'', a weekly newspaper, is the organ of the party.

History

The economic liberalizations, and

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changes implemented by Nasser's successor as president,

Anwar El Sadat Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his Assassination of Anwar Sadat, assassination by fund ...

, alienated many ideological Nasserists in the late 1970s and early 1980s. One illegal group, the Thawrat Misri, or Egyptian Revolution was formed in 1980. After it was broken up by the government, several of Nasser's relatives were shown to be involved. Ideological Nasserists gravitated to either the

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or the National Progressive Unionist Party (NPUF) throughout the rest of the decade. They were finally allowed to have an open legal party, the Arab Democratic Nasserist Party, led by Diya al-din Dawud, on 19 April 1992.

Platform

The party platform calls for: * Social change towards progress and development. * Defence and freedom of national will. * Renouncing violence and combating

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. * Protecting public freedoms. * Enhancing the role of the

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. * Modernizing the Egyptian industries. * Developing the agriculture sector. * Encouraging inter-Arab economic integration. * Providing free-of-charge medical treatment for citizens. * Promoting peace in the world arena.

History

Platform

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