Khaled Dawoud | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Constitution Party | |
| In office 25 January 2017 [1] –13 May 2018 [2] | |
| Preceded by | Hala Shukrallah [3] |
| Succeeded by | Sayyed Kassem (interim) [2] |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Egyptian Social Democratic Party [4] Constitution Party Pioneer Party [5] |
Khaled Dawoud is the former leader of the Constitution Party of Egypt. [6]
Dawoud has been a journalist for Al-Ahram Weekly since 1996. [7]
Dawoud was a founding member of the Pioneer Party and planned to run in the 2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election. [5]
Dawoud resigned as a spokesperson for the National Salvation Front (NSF) on 16 August 2013 in protest at the support of police violence against Mohamed Morsi supporters by the NSF. [8] Dawoud was stabbed by Mohammed Morsi supporters on 4 October 2013. [9]
He was appointed the head of the Constitution Party on 25 January 2017 [1] and resigned as the head of the party on 13 May 2018. [2]
Following video releases by Mohamed Ali in September 2019 accusing Sisi of corruption and calling for anti-Sisi street protests,Dawoud called for investigations of the corruption claims. He was arrested on 25 September 2019,after protests across Egypt started on 21 and 22 September. [10] On 14 April 2020,Dawoud was released from jail. [11]
Dawoud ran against Gameela Ismail for the leadership of the party in June 2022,which he lost. [12]
He resigned as the spokesperson of the Civil Democratic Movement over the shifting of decision-making from a consensual model to a vote-based model,and later joined the Egyptian Social Democratic Party. [4]