Back حزب الوفد الجديد Arabic حزب الوفد الجديد ARZ Nuevu Partíu Wafd AST Yeni Vəfd Partiyası Azerbaijani Neue Wafd-Partei German Nuevo Partido Wafd Spanish حزب وفد جدید Persian Uusi Wafd Finnish Néo-Wafd French מפלגת הוופד החדשה HE
Egyptian Wafd Party[1] حزب الوفد المصري Egyptian Delegation Party | |
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| Leader | Abdel-Sanad Yamama |
| Chairperson | Bahaa El-Din Abu Shoka |
| Secretary-General | Monir Fakhry Abdel Nour |
| Vice Chairman | Khaled Kandil |
| Founder | Fouad Serageddin |
| Founded | 4 February 1978 |
| Preceded by | Wafd Party |
| Headquarters | El-Dokki, Giza, Egypt |
| Newspaper | Al-Wafd |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colors | Green |
| Slogan | "Justice is above power, and the nation is above the government" الحق فوق القوة والأمة فوق الحكومة |
| Anthem | "Stand up, O' Egyptian!" قوم يا مصري |
| Senate | 10 / 300 |
| House of Representatives | 26 / 596 |
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| alwafd (Al-Wafd, in Arabic) | |
The New Wafd Party (Arabic: حزب الوفد الجديد, lit. 'New Delegation Party'), officially the Egyptian Wafd Party and also known as the Al-Wafd Party, is a nationalist liberal[2] party in Egypt.
It is the extension of one of the oldest and historically most active political parties in Egypt, Wafd Party, which was dismantled after the 1952 Revolution. The New Wafd was established in 1978,[6][7] but banned only months later. It was revived after President Anwar Sadat's assassination in 1981.[8]
In Egypt's legislative and presidential elections in November and December 2005, the party won 6 out of 454 seats in the People's Assembly,[9] and its presidential candidate Numan Gumaa received 2.9 per cent of the total votes cast for president.[10]
Following the 2011 revolution the party joined the National Democratic Alliance for Egypt electoral bloc, which was dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party.[11]
No member of the party was a candidate for the 2012 election.
As the date neared for fielding candidate lists, Wafd left the alliance and competed in the elections independently.[12] In the subsequent parliamentary elections, the party came third with 9.2% of the vote, and was the most successful non-Islamist party.
Wafd Party is now headquartered in Dokki, Giza Province in Egypt.
Esteemed lawyer Bahaa El-Din Abou Shaka is the current party chairman after winning the Wafd's internal elections in 2018, replacing pharmaceutical tycoon El-Sayyed El-Badawi, who had served the maximum of two consecutive terms.
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- ^ a b "Explainer: Egypt's crowded political arena". Al Jazeera. 17 November 2011.
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- ^ "Al-Wafd (Delegation Party) – Egypt's Transition". Carnegie Endowment. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
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- ^ "Mubarak declared winner in Egypt poll". islamweb.net. Reuters. 9 September 2005. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ "Egypt's oldest liberal party faces controversy over alliance with Brotherhood". Egypt Independent. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ "Egypt's Islamic Camp, Once Suppressed by Regime, Now Taking Part in Shaping New Egypt – Part II: Muslim Brotherhood Prepares for Parliamentary, Presidential Elections". Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). Retrieved 25 May 2018.
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