Chairperson Wahid Al-Uksory (last) Merged into Conference Party | Founded 1977 (1977) Headquarters Cairo | |
Dissolved 2012; 5 years ago (2012) Ideology Islamic socialism
Arab socialism | ||
The Egyptian Arab Socialist Party (Arabic: حزب مصر العربي الاشتراكي Hizb Misr Al-'Arabi Al-Ishtiraki) is a political party in Egypt.
History and profile
The party was established in 1976 and its head was Mamdouh Salem. He served as the prime minister of Egypt from 1975 to 1978.
The party generally presses for preserving gains of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.
The party nominated its head, Wahid Al-Uksory, to run for Egypt's first multi-candidate presidential elections. It was part of the Democratic Alliance for Egypt during the 2011-2012 parliamentary elections.
References
Egyptian Arab Socialist Party Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA