National Democratic Party (Egypt)

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The National Democratic Party (Egypt) was the long-ruling, state-aligned political party that dominated Egypt’s political landscape under Presidents Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak until its dissolution after the 2011 revolution.

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instanceOf political party
alignedWith Egyptian bureaucracy
Egyptian security apparatus
associatedWithGovernment state-aligned
bannedIn Egypt
banOrDissolutionDecisionBy Egyptian court
controls People's Assembly of Egypt
linked to: Parliament of Egypt

Shura Council of Egypt
linked to: Senate (Egypt)
country Egypt
deFactoStatus ruling party of Egypt
dissolutionCause Egyptian Revolution of 2011
dissolved 2011
dominantPeriod Anwar Sadat presidency
Hosni Mubarak presidency
electoralSystemContext semi-authoritarian dominant-party system
foundedBy Anwar Sadat
hasChairperson Anwar Sadat
Gamal Mubarak
Hosni Mubarak
hasMembershipType mass party
hasProgram economic liberalization policies under Mubarak
limited political pluralism under state control
hasWing National Democratic Party Youth organization
headquartersLocation Cairo
ideology Arab nationalism
Egyptian nationalism
authoritarianism
state capitalism
inception 1978
influencedBy Arab Socialist Union structures
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
nativeLabel الحزب الوطني الديمقراطي
notableEvent storming and burning of party headquarters during 2011 protests
notableFor electoral manipulation
patronage networks
state control over media
opposedBy Muslim Brotherhood
leftist opposition parties in Egypt
liberal opposition parties in Egypt
participatedIn Egyptian parliamentary elections
politicalPosition big tent
centre-right
precededBy Arab Socialist Union (Egypt)
reasonForBan abuse of power
corruption
role in suppressing opposition
shortName NDP
significantEvent loss of legitimacy during 2011 Egyptian protests

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Boutros Boutros-Ghali memberOf National Democratic Party (Egypt)
Anwar Sadat politicalParty National Democratic Party (Egypt)
National Democratic Party (Egypt) hasWing National Democratic Party Youth organization
linked to: National Democratic Party (Egypt)
Hosni Mubarak politicalParty National Democratic Party (Egypt)
Battle of the Camel associatedWith National Democratic Party (Egypt)
Youssef Boutros-Ghali memberOfPoliticalParty National Democratic Party (Egypt)