Liberal Egyptian Party

Liberal Party
Chairman	Mahmoud Elphraouni
Founded	2003
Dissolved	2011
Merged into	Egyptian Social Democratic Party
Headquarters	Cairo
Ideology	Secularism, Democracy, Liberalism
Politics of Egypt Political parties Elections

The Liberal Egyptian Party (Egyptian Arabic: الحزب المصري الليبرالي, el Hizb el Masri el Liberali), formerly Mother Egypt Party, was a democratic liberal secular political party in Egypt. This liberal party used to be a political party in Egypt until the merger with another liberal party, the Egyptian Democratic Party, to the Egyptian Social Democratic Party on 29 March 2011.

The party built on previous attempts by native anti-colonial activists in the early 20th century to re-assert ethnic Egyptian identity, based in part on national independence from the British and the Ottomans, the establishment of a secular and democratic national government, and the formalization of the local language. It also sought to revive the indigenous Egyptian language and to disassociate Egypt from the Arab nationalist policies introduced by Gamal Abdel Nasser. The Liberal Egyptian Party called for separating religion from politics and most civil affairs. The party also called for capitalism and reducing the influence of the public sector in the economy. In its early history it called for full normalization with Israel, though this stance was repealed after subsequent alliances with Islamists and leftists.

The founder of the Liberal Egyptian party was Mahmoud Elphraouni, from the Assiut Governorate.

See also

• List of political parties in Egypt
• Liberalism in Egypt
• Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed
• Politics of Egypt
• Mohamed Abouward msh ragel

External links

• Liberal Party Blog