Egyptian Popular Current
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Egyptian Popular Current
التيار الشعبي المصري |
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| Founder | Hamdeen Sabahi |
| Founded | 21 September 2012 |
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Secularism Nasserism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
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Popular Current Party
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| Spokesperson | Ahmed Kamel Al-Beheri |
| Founded | 21 September 2014 |
| National affiliation | Civil Democratic Current |
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The Egyptian Popular Current (التيار الشعبي المصري at-tāyar ash-shāʿībi al-masri) is a movement in Egypt, created after the 2012 presidential elections by former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi. The movement was formed on 21 September 2012. The movement formed the Popular Current Party on 21 September 2014.
The formation of the Popular Current movement by Nasserist politician Hamdeen Sabahi, the third-place candidate during 2012 presidential elections, was announced in late September 2012 during a conference in Cairo's Abdeen Square. Its establishment aimed to consolidate and institutionalize Sabahi's unexpected support during the elections.
The conference was moderated by journalist Hussein Abdel Ghani and featured as guest speakers the prominent journalist Hamdi Qandil, Federation of Independent Trade Unions head Kamal Abu Eita, Sharqiyah pastor Yoannes Ishak, late president Gamal Abdel Nasser's son Abdel Hakim, and public figures from the Sinai Peninsula and the southern region of Nubia, among other personalities. While the Popular Current's members were generally leftists, nationalists and revolutionary youth supportive of Sabahi's adoption of the "social justice" platform, Sabahi called for the newly formed party to attract all Egyptians, including the "workers, farmers, craftsmen, fishermen, producers, middle class, Muslims, Copts, Sinai residents, Nubians, country folk, city dwellers, men, women, old and young."
The structure of the movement is essentially decentralized. As of 2013, there are two principal bodies that the movement consists of: the 17-member executive bureau and the 60-70-member council of trustees. The former serves as the administrative core of the Popular Current and consists of youth leaders and activists who were either heavily involved in Sabahi's presidential campaign or leading members of left-leaning groupings such as the Egyptian Social Democratic Party and the Youth for Freedom and Justice. The executive bureau is responsible for coordinating and managing major activities. The council of trustees plays an advisory role and is particularly responsible with advising executive members on certain documents. Its members are largely drawn from contributors to Sabahi's presidential campaign and are primarily specialists in various fields relating to the movement's political platform.
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