Liberal Constitutional Party (Egypt)

The Liberal Constitutional Party (Arabic: حزب الاحرار الدستوريين‎, Ḥizb al-aḥrār al-dustūriyyīn) was an Egyptian political party founded in 1922 by a group of politicians that left the Wafd Party.

Liberal Constitutional Party حزب الاحرار الدستوريين
Historical leader	Adli Yakan Pasha
Founded	October 30, 1922
Dissolved	July 23, 1952
Split from	Wafd Party
Headquarters	Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
Newspaper	Al-Siyāsa
Ideology	Constitutionalism Social liberalism
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Violet
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History

The Liberal Constitutional Party was founded in 1922 during a meeting chaired by Adli Yakan Pasha,[1] and some time later the party launched a newspaper, the al-Siyāsa (The Politics). Several Wafd-liberal like Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha, Muhammad Husayn Haykal and Ali Mahir Pasha joined in the party.

The party, despite the Wafd that has been nationalist and conservative views, supported the creation of a liberal constitution (approved on 19 April 1923), the secularization of the State, the approach to the United Kingdom and also the total unification of Egypt and Sudan.

The party was banned, like the others political parties, after the coup d'état of 1952.

Leaders

• 1922-1933 – Adli Yakan Pasha
• 1933-1941 – Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha
• 1941-1952 – Ali Mahir Pasha

Electoral history

House of Representatives elections

Election	Party leader	Seats	+/–	Position
1926	Adli Yakan Pasha	30 / 215	30	2nd
1936	Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha	17 / 232	13	2nd
1942	Ali Mahir Pasha	4 / 264	13	2nd
1945		74 / 264	70	2nd
1950		26 / 319	48	3rd

References

1. Shillington, Kevin (2004). Encyclopedia of African History. Routledge. p. 800.