Wafd Party

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The Wafd Party is a historic Egyptian nationalist political party that played a leading role in the country’s struggle for independence from British rule in the early 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political party
country Egypt
dissolved 1953
foundedBy Abdel Aziz Fahmi NERFINISHED
Adli Yakan Pasha NERFINISHED
Ali Shaarawi NERFINISHED
Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha NERFINISHED
Saad Zaghloul NERFINISHED
hasElectoralStronghold Egyptian professionals
urban middle class
hasIdeologicalInfluenceOn New Wafd Party NERFINISHED
hasInfluenced Egyptian constitutional law
Egyptian party politics
hasPart New Wafd Party NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Cairo
historicalPeriod Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED
interwar period
ideology Egyptian nationalism
liberalism
secularism
inception 1918
1919
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
nativeLabel حزب الوفد NERFINISHED
notableLeader Al-Sayyid al-Badawi NERFINISHED
Bahaa El-Din Abu Shoka NERFINISHED
Fouad Serageddin NERFINISHED
Makram Ebeid NERFINISHED
Mustafa el-Nahhas Pasha NERFINISHED
Saad Zaghloul NERFINISHED
opposedTo Anglo-Egyptian protectorate NERFINISHED
British occupation of Egypt
politicalPosition centre
centre-right
reestablished 1978
reestablishedAs New Wafd Party NERFINISHED
shortName Wafd NERFINISHED
significantEvent 1923 Constitution of Egypt NERFINISHED
1924 Egyptian parliamentary elections
1936 Anglo-Egyptian Treaty negotiations
1952 Egyptian Revolution NERFINISHED
Egyptian Revolution of 1919 NERFINISHED
Egyptian independence negotiations
supported Egyptian independence
civil liberties
constitutional monarchy
parliamentary democracy

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