Egyptian Social Democratic Party
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Egyptian Social Democratic Party
الحزب المصرى الديمقراطى الاجتماعى |
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| Secretary-General | Mervat Tallawy |
| Founder | Mohamed Abou El-Ghar |
| Founded | 29 March 2011 |
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Liberal Egyptian Party Egyptian Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Cairo, Egypt |
| Ideology |
Social democracy Social liberalism Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | Civil Democratic Current |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists (observer) |
| International affiliation |
Socialist International Progressive Alliance |
| Colours | Orange |
| House of Representatives |
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The Egyptian Social Democratic Party (Arabic: الحزب المصرى الديمقراطى الاجتماعى, translit. al-Ḥizb al-Maṣrī al-Dimuqrāṭī al-Ijtmāʿī, IPA: [elˈħezb elˈmɑsˤɾi ldemokˈɾˤɑːtˤi leɡteˈmæːʕi]) is a social liberal and a social democratic party in Egypt. It was founded after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution by the merger of two minor liberal parties, the Liberal Egyptian Party, and the Egyptian Democratic Party on 29 March 2011.
Notable founding members include Mohamed Abou El-Ghar, film maker Daoud Abdel Sayed, activist Amr Hamzawy, Mervat Tallawy, former UN under-secretary and executive secretary of ESCWA and Hazem Al Beblawi, former executive secretary of the ESCWA. However, Amr Hamzawy resigned from the party in April to form the Freedom Egypt Party on 18 May 2011.
In August 2012, the party was admitted into the Socialist International as a consultative member.
The Egyptian Social Democratic Party and the Tagammu Party ran in the 2012 Shura council election as part of the Egyptian Bloc. The division of seats between the two parties in the Shura Council is unclear.
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