National Democratic Party (Egypt)

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political party

The National Democratic Party (Egypt) was the long-ruling, state-aligned political party that dominated Egypt’s political landscape under Presidents Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak until its dissolution after the 2011 revolution.

Aliases (1)

National Democratic Party Youth organization ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political party →
alignedWith	Egyptian bureaucracy → Egyptian security apparatus →
associatedWithGovernment	state-aligned →
bannedIn	Egypt →
banOrDissolutionDecisionBy	Egyptian court →
controls	People's Assembly of Egypt → Shura Council of Egypt →
country	Egypt →
deFactoStatus	ruling party of Egypt →
dissolutionCause	Egyptian Revolution of 2011 →
dissolved	2011 →
dominantPeriod	Anwar Sadat presidency → Hosni Mubarak presidency →
electoralSystemContext	semi-authoritarian dominant-party system →
foundedBy	Anwar Sadat →
hasChairperson	Anwar Sadat → Gamal Mubarak → Hosni Mubarak →
hasMembershipType	mass party →
hasProgram	economic liberalization policies under Mubarak → limited political pluralism under state control →
hasWing	National Democratic Party Youth organization →
headquartersLocation	Cairo →
ideology	Arab nationalism → Egyptian nationalism → authoritarianism → state capitalism →
inception	1978 →
influencedBy	Arab Socialist Union structures →
languageOfWorkOrName	Arabic →
nativeLabel	الحزب الوطني الديمقراطي →
notableEvent	storming and burning of party headquarters during 2011 protests →
notableFor	electoral manipulation → patronage networks → state control over media →
opposedBy	Muslim Brotherhood → leftist opposition parties in Egypt → liberal opposition parties in Egypt →
participatedIn	Egyptian parliamentary elections →
politicalPosition	big tent → centre-right →
precededBy	Arab Socialist Union (Egypt) →
reasonForBan	abuse of power → corruption → role in suppressing opposition →
shortName	NDP →
significantEvent	loss of legitimacy during 2011 Egyptian protests →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anwar Sadat → Hosni Mubarak →	politicalParty
National Democratic Party (Egypt) ("National Democratic Party Youth organization") →	hasWing
Boutros Boutros-Ghali →	memberOf