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National Union (Egypt)
Political party in Egypt / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The National Union (Arabic: الاتحاد القومي al-Ittihâd al-Kawmi) was the only permitted party in the United Arab Republic,[2][3] the political union between Egypt and Syria that existed from 1957 to 1962.
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National Union الاتحاد القومي | |
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General Secretary | Anwar Sadat (1957–1959) Kamal el-Din Hussein (1959–1962) |
Chairman | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
Founded | 28 May 1957[lower-alpha 1] |
Dissolved | 1962 (1962) |
Preceded by | Liberation Rally |
Succeeded by | Arab Socialist Union |
Headquarters | Cairo, Egypt |
Ideology | Arab nationalism Arab socialism Pan-Arabism Nasserism Anti-Zionism Anti-Ikhwanism Republicanism Anti-communism |
Political position | Catch-all |
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