Arab Socialist Union (Egypt)
Egyptian political party / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the ASU in Egypt. For sister parties in other Arab states, see Arab Socialist Union.
The Arab Socialist Union (Arabic: الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي al-Ittiḥād al-Ištirākī al-ʿArabī) was an Egyptian political party based on the principles of Nasserism and Arab socialism. It was evolved during the years of Sadat to become the National Democratic Party which ruled Egypt until the 2011 revolution.[2]
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Arab Socialist Union الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي | |
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General Secretary | Gamal Abdel Nasser (1962–1965) Ali Sabri (1962–1971) Anwar Sadat (1971–1978) |
Chairman | Gamal Abdel Nasser (1962–1970) |
Founded | 1962 (1962)[lower-alpha 1] |
Dissolved | 2 October 1978 (1978-10-02) |
Preceded by | National Union |
Succeeded by | National Democratic Party |
Headquarters | Cairo, Egypt |
Youth wing | UAR Socialist Youth Organization |
Ideology | Pan-Arabism Arab nationalism Arab socialism Nasserism Populism[1] |
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