Egyptian Social Democratic Party
{{Short description|Political party in Egypt}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Egyptian Social Democratic Party
| logo_upright = 0.5
| logo = File:Egyptian Social Democratic Party logo.svg
| logo_size = 135px
| colorcode = {{party color|Egyptian Social Democratic Party}}
| leader =
| president = Farid Zahran
| secretary_general = Bassem Kamel
| foundation = {{start date|2011|3|29|df=y}}
| ideology = Secularism
Social democracy{{Citation|title=Egyptian Social Democratic Party|journal=Egyptian Elections Watch Via al Ahram|date=18 November 2011|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/33/104/26700/Elections-/Political-Parties/Egyptian-Social-Democratic-Party.aspx|access-date=19 December 2013|archive-date=14 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114000906/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/33/104/26700/Elections-/Political-Parties/Egyptian-Social-Democratic-Party.aspx|url-status=live}}
Social liberalism{{Citation|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/~/NewsContent/1/64/10342/Egypt/Politics-/Ahram-Onlines-idiots-guide-to-Egypts-emergent-poli.aspx|author=Lina El Wardani|title=Ahram Online's idiot's guide to Egypt's emergent political landscape|work=Al Ahram|date=20 April 2011|access-date=19 December 2013|archive-date=10 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210231123/http://english.ahram.org.eg/~/NewsContent/1/64/10342/Egypt/Politics-/Ahram-Onlines-idiots-guide-to-Egypts-emergent-poli.aspx|url-status=live}}
Progressivism{{Citation |url=http://egyptelections.carnegieendowment.org/2011/11/04/al-masry-al-dimuqrati-al-igtima%E2%80%99i-egyptian-social-democratic-party |title=Al-Masry al-Dimuqrati al-Igtima'i (Egyptian Social Democratic Party) |work=Guide to Egypt's Transition: Parties and Alliances |publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |date=4 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129094253/http://egyptelections.carnegieendowment.org/2011/11/04/al-masry-al-dimuqrati-al-igtima%E2%80%99i-egyptian-social-democratic-party |archive-date=29 November 2011 }}
| headquarters = 17 Mohamed Mahmoud street, Tahrir square, Cairo
| international = Socialist International
Progressive Alliance
| website = {{url|https://egysdp.org/}}
| country = Egypt
| native_name = الحزب المصرى الديمقراطى الإجتماعى
| native_name_lang = ar
| founder = Mohamed Abou El-Ghar
| merger = {{unbulleted list|Liberal Egyptian Party|Egyptian Democratic Party}}
| youth_wing = Union of Egyptian Social Democratic Youth
| position = Centre-left
| national = Civil Democratic Movement{{Cite news|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/1187/289073/Egypt/-Presidential-Elections--/Eight-liberal-and-leftist-Egyptian-parties-to-boyc.aspx|title=Eight liberal and leftist Egyptian parties to boycott 2018 presidential elections|agency=Ahram Online|date=30 January 2018|access-date=30 January 2018|archive-date=10 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210005928/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/1187/289073/Egypt/-Presidential-Elections--/Eight-liberal-and-leftist-Egyptian-parties-to-boyc.aspx|url-status=live}}
| european = Party of European Socialists (observer)
| slogan = Together for Change
{{langx|ar|معا للتغيير}}
| colours = {{Colorbox|{{party color|Egyptian Social Democratic Party}}}} Red
{{colourbox|F5A301}} Orange
| seats1_title = House of Representatives
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|7|596|{{party color|Egyptian Social Democratic Party}}}}
| seats2_title = Senate
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|3|300|{{party color|Egyptian Social Democratic Party}}}}
}}
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The Egyptian Social Democratic Party ({{langx|ar|الحزب المصرى الديمقراطى الاجتماعى|al-Ḥizb al-Maṣrī al-Dimuqrāṭī al-Ijtmāʿī}}, {{IPA|arz|elˈħezb elˈmɑsˤɾi ldemokˈɾɑːtˤi leɡteˈmæːʕi|IPA}}) is a social liberal and social democratic party in Egypt. It was founded after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution by the merger of two minor liberal parties, the Liberal Egyptian Party, and the Egyptian Democratic Party on 29 March 2011.{{Citation|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=egypt8217s-liberal-parties-merge-2011-03-30|title=Egyptian liberal parties merge|newspaper=Hürriyet Daily News|date=30 March 2011|access-date=19 December 2013|archive-date=1 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201015044/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=egypt8217s-liberal-parties-merge-2011-03-30|url-status=live}}
The current president is Farid Zahran, and his vice presidents of the party are Dr. Ehab Elkharat, Dr. Freddy Elbaiady, Dr. Maha Abdelnaser, Mahmoud Samy, Amira Saber, and Khaled Rashed
Notable founding members include Mohamed Abou El-Ghar, film maker Daoud Abdel Sayed, activist Amr Hamzawy, Mervat Tallawy, former UN under-secretary and executive secretary of ESCWA, and Hazem Al Beblawi, former executive secretary of the ESCWA,[http://www.egysdp.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=63&Itemid=118 Presentation of the Board of Egyptian SDP] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110620163858/http://www.egysdp.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=63&Itemid=118 |date=20 June 2011 }} (in Arabic), retrieved 25 June 2011{{cite news|title=Egypt's finance minister resigns, Beblawi officially appointed|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/3/12/16611/Business/Economy/Egypts-finance-minister-resigns,-Beblawi-officiall.aspx|access-date=19 December 2013|work=Ahram Online|date=17 July 2011|archive-date=12 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212221404/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/3/12/16611/Business/Economy/Egypts-finance-minister-resigns,-Beblawi-officiall.aspx|url-status=live}} and later interim prime minister of Egypt under President Adly Mansour. However, Amr Hamzawy resigned from the party in April{{Citation|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/9844/Egypt/Politics-/Hamzawy-resigns-from-party-over-statement-on-milit.aspx|title=Hamzawy resigns from party over statement on military|work=Ahram Online|date=12 April 2011|access-date=19 December 2013|archive-date=10 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210154915/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/9844/Egypt/Politics-/Hamzawy-resigns-from-party-over-statement-on-milit.aspx|url-status=live}} to form the Freedom Egypt Party on 18 May 2011.{{Citation|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/12273/Egypt/Politics-/Political-star-Hamzawy-founds-his-own-party.aspx|author=Mohamed El Hebeishy|title=Political star Hamzawy founds his own party|work=Ahram Online|date=16 May 2011|access-date=19 December 2013|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803033011/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/12273/Egypt/Politics-/Political-star-Hamzawy-founds-his-own-party.aspx|url-status=live}}
In August 2012, the party was admitted into the Socialist International as a consultative member.{{cite web|url=http://www.socialistinternational.org/viewArticle.cfm?ArticlePageID=1697|title=Progressive Politics for a Fairer World|publisher=Socialist International|date=1 September 2012|access-date=19 December 2013|archive-date=10 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810115753/http://www.socialistinternational.org/viewArticle.cfm?ArticlePageID=1697|url-status=live}}
The Egyptian Social Democratic Party and the Tagammu Party ran in the 2012 Shura council election as part of the Egyptian Bloc. The division of seats between the two parties in the Shura Council is unclear.{{cite news |title=Results of Shura Council Elections |url=http://egyptelections.carnegieendowment.org/2012/02/29/results-of-shura-council-elections |agency=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |date=29 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222122444/http://egyptelections.carnegieendowment.org/2012/02/29/results-of-shura-council-elections |archive-date=22 December 2012 }}{{cite news|title=Egyptian Bloc divided over boycotting Shura Council elections|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/egyptian-bloc-divided-over-boycotting-shura-council-elections|newspaper=Egypt Independent|date=1 October 2012|access-date=17 January 2013|archive-date=1 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801085621/http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/egyptian-bloc-divided-over-boycotting-shura-council-elections|url-status=live}}
The party was accepted into the Party of European Socialists (PES) on 18 February 2013.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/02/19/esdp-gains-membership-to-european-socialist-bloc/|title=ESDP gains membership to European Socialist bloc|newspaper=Daily News Egypt|date=19 February 2013|access-date=19 December 2013|archive-date=20 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220132739/http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/02/19/esdp-gains-membership-to-european-socialist-bloc/|url-status=live}}
Following the removal of Mohamed Morsi from office in July 2013, a founding member of the Social Democratic Party named Ziad Bahaa El-Din was reportedly offered the post of Prime Minister.{{cite news|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/75973/Egypt/Politics-/Update--Bahaa-ElDin-offered-Egypts-PM-job,-ElBarad.aspx|work=Ahram Online|title=Update 2: Bahaa El-Din offered Egypt's PM job, ElBaradei set to be appointed VP|date=7 July 2013|access-date=19 December 2013|archive-date=16 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116030639/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/75973/Egypt/Politics-/Update--Bahaa-ElDin-offered-Egypts-PM-job,-ElBarad.aspx|url-status=live}} Younes Makhioun, chairman of the Nour Party, objected to Bahaa El-Din's appointment and to the involvement of Mohamed ElBaradei, because both of them belong to the same political coalition (the National Salvation Front). However, later another founding member of the Social Democratic Party, Hazem Al Beblawi, was appointed as interim prime minister on 9 July.{{cite news|last=Bacon|first=John|title=Egypt names new prime minister|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/07/09/egypt-prime-minister-el-biblawi/2501703/|access-date=19 December 2013|work=USA Today|date=9 July 2013|archive-date=16 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716001530/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/07/09/egypt-prime-minister-el-biblawi/2501703/|url-status=live}} He subsequently suspended his membership in the Social Democratic Party.{{cite news|title=El Beblawi continues to meet ministerial candidates|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/07/15/el-beblawi-continues-to-meet-ministerial-candidates/|access-date=19 December 2013|newspaper=Daily News Egypt|date=15 July 2013|author=Joel Gulhane|author2=Charlie Miller|archive-date=18 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718082333/http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/07/15/el-beblawi-continues-to-meet-ministerial-candidates/|url-status=live}} His cabinet was sworn in on 16 July 2013.{{cite news|title=Egypt's interim president is swearing in first government|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/76619/Egypt/Politics-/BREAKING-Egypts-interim-president-is-swearing-in-f.aspx|access-date=19 December 2013|work=Ahram Online|date=16 July 2013|archive-date=18 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618002551/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/76619/Egypt/Politics-/BREAKING-Egypts-interim-president-is-swearing-in-f.aspx|url-status=live}}
The party nominated chairman Farid Zahran for the 2023 Egyptian presidential election who came in third place with 4.01% of the vote (or 1,776,952 votes).
Policies
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It emphasises both free market economics and social justice, as part of a free and democratic system. The cornerstone of its programme is a constitution that guarantees a civil state is based on citizenship. This is similar to other parties such as al-Tagammu and the Free Egyptians Party. ESDP advocated for the protection and promotion of human rights in Egypt. This included efforts to strengthen civil liberties, freedom of expression, and the protection of minority rights. The party supported democratic governance and the rule of law, reduced corruption. Farid Zahran has come out to combat inflation, reduce debt, as well as "limiting the ownership of the state-owned bodies to only major strategic projects, such as: the Suez Canal Authority, iron and steel, the aluminum complex, and the electricity, water and sewage companies."
It aimed to strengthen democratic institutions and promote political pluralism in Egypt. The ESDP emphasized social justice and aimed to address economic disparities in Egyptian society, as well as a strong government and military (but abolishing the army immunity from parliamentary oversight). This included advocating for fair distribution of resources, social welfare programs, and policies to reduce poverty. The ESDP is focused on improving education and healthcare systems. This encompassed efforts to enhance the quality of education, increase access to healthcare, and address challenges within these sectors.
Electoral history
=Presidential elections=
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!Election !Party candidate !Votes !% !Result |
2023
| rowspan="5" |Farid Zahran |1,776,952 |4.01% |Lost {{N}} |
= House of Representatives elections =
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!Election !Seats !+/– !Result |
2011
|{{Composition bar|16|508|{{party color|Egyptian Social Democratic Party}}}} |{{increase}} 16 | {{no2|Opposition}} |
2015
|{{Composition bar|4|596|{{party color|Egyptian Social Democratic Party}}}} |{{decrease}} 12 | {{no2|Opposition}} |
2020
|{{Composition bar|7|596|{{party color|Egyptian Social Democratic Party}}}} |{{increase}} 3 | {{no2|Opposition}} |
=Senate=
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!Election !Seats !+/– !Result |
2012
|{{Composition bar|8|300|{{party color|Egyptian Social Democratic Party}}}} |{{increase}} 8 | {{no2|Opposition}} |
2020
|{{Composition bar|3|300|{{party color|Egyptian Social Democratic Party}}}} |{{decrease}} 5 | {{no2|Opposition}} |
References
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External links
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{{Egyptian political parties}}
{{Party of European Socialists}}
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