Headquarters of Wafd Part in Cairo - press photoCAIRO – 26 January 2018: Head of Wafd Party, Al-Sayyid Al-Badawi, was named on Thursday by the party to run in the upcoming 2018 presidential election. It is sometimes called “the New Wafd Party” because it is the extension of the original one which was dismantled after the 1952 Revolution. The New Wafd was established in 1978.Wafd’s history dates back to the beginning of party life under the monarchy, making it the oldest among existing Egyptian political parties. This move instigated a mass uprising, which led to the 1919 Revolution.Zaghloul and his companions transformed their Paris delegation into a political party carrying the name Wafd (The Delegation). Wafd was the third largest liberal party in the parliament, with 36 seats, preceded by the Free Egyptians Party, with 65 seats, and the Nation's Future Party, with 53.

Source: Egypt Today January 26, 2018 04:41 UTC