Liberal Constitutional Party (Egypt)
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(1922–1924)
Abdel Aziz Fahmy
(1924–1926)
Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha
(1926–1941)
Abdel Aziz Fahmy
(1941–1942)
Mohammed Hussein Heikal
(1943–1952)
Liberal Constitutional Party حزب الاحرار الدستوريين | |
|---|---|
| Secretary-General | Muhammad Ali Alluba |
| Historical leader | Adli Yakan Pasha (1922–1924) Abdel Aziz Fahmy (1924–1926) Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha (1926–1941) Abdel Aziz Fahmy (1941–1942) Mohammed Hussein Heikal (1943–1952) |
| Founded | 30 October 1922 |
| Dissolved | 17 January 1953 |
| Split from | Wafd Party |
| Headquarters | Cairo |
| Newspaper | Al Siyasa |
| Ideology | Constitutional monarchy Liberal democracy Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Violet |
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 who left the Wafd Party.
Leaders
The Liberal Constitutional Party was founded on 30 October 1922 during a meeting chaired by Adli Yakan Pasha, and some time later the party launched a newspaper, Al Siyasa (Politics). Several Wafd-origin liberals like Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha, Muhammad Husayn Haykal joined the party. Although the Wafd Party was nationalist and conservative views, the new party supported the constitution which was approved on 19 April 1923, the secularization of the State, the United Kingdom and also the total unification of Egypt and Sudan. Muhammad Alluba, a supporter of the Palestine cause, served as the general secretary of the party in the 1930s. It was banned, like the other political parties in Egypt, after the coup d'état of 1952.

- 1922-1924 – Adli Yakan Pasha
- 1924-1926 – Abdel Aziz Fahmy[1]
- 1926-1941 – Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha[2]
- 1941-1942 – Abdel Aziz Fahmy
- 1943-1952 – Mohammed Hussein Heikal[a]
Electoral history
House of Representatives elections
| Election | Party leader | Seats | +/– | Position |
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| 1923–1924 | Adly Yakan Pasha | 20 / 211 |
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| 1925 | 40 / 211 |
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| 1926 | 29 / 211 |
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| 1929 | Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha | 5 / 232 |
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| 1931 | 0 / 150 |
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| 1936 | 15 / 232 |
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| 1938 | 77 / 264 |
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| 1942 | Abdel Aziz Fahmy | 4 / 264 |
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| 1945 | Mohammed Hussein Heikal | 75 / 264 |
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| 1950 | 28 / 319 |