New Wafd Party
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Egyptian Wafd Party
حزب الوفد المصري Hizb Al-Wafd Al-Masri |
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| Chairperson | El-Sayyid el-Badawi |
| Vice Chairman | Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour |
| Secretary-General | vacant |
| Founded | February 4, 1978 |
| Preceded by | Wafd Party |
| Headquarters | Giza, Egypt |
| Newspaper | Al-Wafd |
| Ideology |
Egyptian nationalism National liberalism, Liberalism, Secularism Liberal conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | For the Love of Egypt |
| Colors | Green |
| Slogan | "Rights are above Force, the people are above the government" (Arabic: الحقوق هي فوق القوة، و الناس فوق الحكومة) |
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The New Wafd Party ("New Delegation Party"; Arabic: حزب الوفد الجديد, translit. Ḥizb Al-Wafd Al-Jadīd), also known as the Al-Wafd Party, is a nationalist liberalparty in Egypt.
It is the extension of one of the oldest and historically most active political parties in Egypt, Wafd Party, which was dismantled after the 1952 Revolution. The New Wafd was established in 1978, but banned only months later. It was revived after President Anwar Sadats' assassination in 1981.
In Egypt's legislative and presidential elections in November and December 2005, the party won 6 out of 454 seats in the People's Assembly, and its presidential candidate Numan Gumaa received 2.9 per cent of the total votes cast for president.
Pharmaceuticals tycoon El-Sayyid el-Badawi is the current party chairman after winning Al-Wafd's internal election on 28 May 2010 against Mahmoud Abaza, who was the party chairman after succeeding Numan Gumaa in 2006.
Following the 2011 Revolution the party joined the National Democratic Alliance for Egypt electoral bloc, which is dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party.
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