ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Egypt since Independence </title> <META name="keywords" keyword="UAR, United Arab Republic"> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2005-2008 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "150" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Egypt <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xegypt.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xegypt.html"> <img src = "../banners/banegypt.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "100" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on March 17th 2005, last revised on July 6th 2008</i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5834279270464755"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-02-17: MIT_ Ganse google_ad_channel = "0420158018"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : Egypt since 1922 </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> <BR><BR> 1922 <BR><BR> 1922 <BR> 1923 <BR> 1924 <BR> 1924 <BR> 1927 <BR> 1928 <BR> 1930 <BR> 1932 <BR> 1933 <BR> 1936 <BR> 1936 <BR> 1936 <BR> 1937 <BR> 1938 <BR> 1940-1942 <BR> 1943 <BR> 1945 <BR> 1945 <BR> 1945 <BR> 1948 <BR> 1948-1957 <BR> 1949 <BR> 1949 <BR> 1952 <BR> 1952 <BR> 1952 <BR> 1952 <BR><BR> 1953 <BR> 1953 <BR> 1954 <BR> 1956 <BR> 1956 <BR> 1956 <BR> 1956 <BR> 1957 <BR><BR> 1958 <BR> 1960-1965 <BR> 1960 <BR> 1961 <BR> 1961 <BR> 1962 <BR><BR> 1962 <BR> 1962 <BR> 1963 <BR> 1964 <BR> 1964 <BR> 1967 <BR> 1967 <BR><BR> 1969-1970 <BR><BR> 1970 <BR> 1971 <BR> 1971 <BR> 1971 <BR> 1972 <BR> 1973 <BR> 1973 <BR> 1975 <BR> 1976 <BR> 1976 <BR> 1977 <BR> 1977 <BR> 1977 <BR><BR> 1977 <BR> 1978 <BR> 1979 <BR><BR> 1980 <BR> 1981 <BR> 1982-1986 <BR> 1984 <BR> 1987-1991 <BR> 1989 <BR> 1989 <BR> 1991 <BR> 1993-1997 <BR> 1997 <BR> 1998-2002 <BR> 2000 <BR> 2005 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> For Egypt's history 1805-1922 click <A HREF = "tlegyptkhedive.html">here</A> <BR><BR> Egypt formally granted independence; British maintained control of army, foreign <BR> representation <BR> Population 13,551,000 <BR> Constitution adopted <BR> Elections, won by Wafd Party <BR> Egypt introduced the registration of motor vehicles <BR> Brit. Gov. General of the Sudan and Commander of Eg. Army assassinated <BR> Muslim Brotherhood founded <BR> Constitution suspended <BR> Egyptian Air Force founded <BR> Young Egypt founded <BR> Farouq ascended to Egyptian throne <BR> Elections, won by Wafd Party <BR> Anglo-Egyptian Treaty signed; Egypt achieved full independence <BR> Egypt admitted to the League of Nations <BR> Alexandria University founded <BR> World War II; western Egypt battleground <BR> Egypt suggested establishment of Arab League <BR> Elections; Wafd Party boycotted election <BR> Egypt founding member of U.N. <BR> Egypt founding member of Arab League <BR> First Arab-Israeli War; Egypt gained Gaza Strip <BR> 77,000 out of Egypt's 80,000 Jews left the country <BR> Hasan al Banna, founder of Muslim Brotherhood, assassinated <BR> Committee of Free Officers' Movement founded <BR> Anti-British riots <BR> Coup d'etat; Farouq abdicated (1952 Revolution) <BR> Agrarian Reform Law, abolished latifundia, servitude <BR> Permanent Council for National Production created; responsible for <BR> planning the development of Egypt's economy <BR> Egypt declared Republic <BR> All political parties dissolved, banned <BR> Nasser became PM; British agreed to withdraw their forces <BR> Nasser became President <BR> Nationalization of the Suez Canal; Suez Canal Crisis <BR> Women granted right to vote; voting made compulsory for men <BR> Anglo-Egyptian Sudan released into independence <BR> Egypt introduced the Metric System (SI); establishment of Ministry of Industry<BR> and Technical Development<BR> Egypt, Syria formed U.A.R. <BR> First Five Year Plan (U.A.R) <BR> Population 25,922,000 <BR> Syria's withdrawal from the U.A.R. <BR> National Bank of Egypt founded <BR> Following a coup d'etat in Northern Yemen, a civil war ensued; Egypt <BR> intervened by sending troops supporting the Republican side <BR> National Charter; Arab Socialist Union founded <BR> Ancient Temple of Abu Simbel raised to higher ground (UNESCO) <BR> All banks, insurance companies, numerous enterprises nationalized <BR> Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement held in Cairo, Egypt <BR> Election (one-party list) held; Constitution promulgated <BR> Six Days War; Israel occupied the Sinai Peninsula <BR> War of Attrition; Egyptian artillery took Israeli positions across the Suez <BR> Canal under fire <BR> Egypt, Saudi Arabia came to an understanding regarding the civil war in <BR> Northern Yemen; Egypt pulled her forces out <BR> Nasser died, succeeded by Anwar as-Sadat <BR> Egypt, USSR signed Treaty of Friendship <BR> New Constitution; country no longer called U.A.R., but Arab Republic of Egypt <BR> Completion of the Aswan Dam (construction began in 1960) <BR> Sadat ordered Soviet forces, military advisors to leave <BR> Yom Kippur War <BR> Ministry of Petroleum created <BR> Reopening of the Suez Canal (closed since 1967) <BR> Egypt cancelled Treaty of Friendship with USSR <BR> elections held (three branches of ASU competed) <BR> National Democratic Party (NDP) founded; absorbed ASU <BR> Riots critical of corruption, nepotism <BR> Govt. announced abolition of state subsidies for flour, rice, cooking oil, pay cuts <BR> for state employees <BR> Libyan-Egyprian border skirmishes <BR> Israel, Egypt signed Camp David Accord <BR> Egypt, Israel concluded peace, Sadat, Begin awarded Nobel Peace Prize; <BR> Egypt expelled from Arab League, ostracized by other Arab nations <BR> Egypt, Israel exchanged ambassadors <BR> Sadat assassinated; as President succeeded by Hosni Mubarak <BR> First Five Year Plan (Egypt) <BR> Multiparty elections held <BR> Second Five Year Plan <BR> Egypt rejoined Arab League <BR> Israel completed withdrawal from Sinai Peninsula <BR> Egypt participated in Second Gulf War <BR> Third Five Year Plan <BR> Tourists in Egypt targetted by terrorists <BR> Fourth Five Year Plan <BR> Population 62,694,000 <BR> Multiparty election announced <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </div><div align = "center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> EXTERNAL <BR> FILES </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> Timeline : Egypt, from <A HREF = "http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/790978.stm"><B>BBC News</B></A> <BR> Entry Egypt, from <A HREF = "http://i-cias.com/e.o/egypt_5.htm"><B>Encyclopedia of the Orient</B></A> <BR> Library of Congress, Country Studies : <A HREF = "http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/egtoc.html"><B>Egypt</B></A> <BR> <A HREF = "http://www.globalfindata.com/frameset.php3?location=/gh/index.html"><B>Global History of Currencies</B></A> : Egypt <BR> <A HREF = "http://airlines.afriqonline.com/airlines/748.htm"><B>Airline History : Egypt Air</B></A> <BR> Article Aswan Dam, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan_Dam"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> <A HREF = "http://africadatabase.org/"><B>Contemporary Africa Database</B></A>, search Egypt, Institutions <BR> Oil Egypt : History, from <A HREF = "http://www.oilegypt.com/webpro1/oil/oilegypt/shell/history.asp"><B>Shell Egypt</B></A> <BR> A Brief History of the Petroleum Industry in Egypt, from <A HREF = "http://www.emp.gov.eg/ENGLISH/history.html"><B>Egypt, Minister of Petroleum</B></A> <BR> A Short History of the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt, by <A HREF = "http://www.sefarad.org/publication/lm/034/4.html"><B>Victor D. Sanua</B></A> <BR> Historical Population Statistics : Egypt, from <A HREF = "http://www.library.uu.nl/wesp/populstat/Africa/egyptc.htm"><B>Population Statistics</B></A> at Univ. Utrecht <BR> History, from <A HREF = "http://www.mitd.gov.eg/English/topnav/ministry/history.htm"><B>Ministry of Industry and Technical Development</B></A> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> DOCUMENTS </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> REFERENCE </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> Article Egypt, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1913 pp.987-990 (on events of 1912) [G] <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "1"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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