The Egyptian Arab Socialist Party (Arabic: حزب مصر العربي الاشتراكي Hizb Misr Al-'Arabi Al-Ishtiraki) was an Egyptian Arab-Nationalist and Islamic socialist party with some 750 members.
The party generally pressed for preserving gains of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.
The party nominated its head, Mr. Wahid Al-Uksory, to run for Egypt's first multi-candidate presidential elections. It was Part of the Democratic Alliance for Egypt and merged into the Conference Party.
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