Egypt, 1953 — dissident coup conspiracy
Event Summary
The dataset records an event coded as a dissident coup conspiracy in Egypt on 16 January 1953, during the consolidation of the Revolutionary Command Council that had seized power in the July 1952 Free Officers coup. In January 1953 Gamal Abdel Nasser overcame opposition from General Muhammad Naguib and the RCC banned all political parties, creating a one-party system under the Liberation Rally. The case over the recertification of the Wafd went to the State Council on 10 January 1953, and a wave of anti-communist arrests ran through 1953 and 1954.
The coded 16 January 1953 date falls within this party-dissolution crackdown, when the new military regime moved against the dissident political forces, the Wafd, the communists, and soon the Muslim Brotherhood, that resisted its rule. This suppression was distinct from the July 1952 coup itself and from the later Nasser-Naguib and Brotherhood confrontations of 1954.
Researched Details
Researched
Independent research, added record by record. Hover any label for what it means.
Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
65101161953
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: The RCC banned all parties and suppressed dissident opposition as Nasser consolidated power.
Baseline coding: Plot discovered and disrupted before execution. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
CSP
Christian Science Monitor
New York Times
This is the citation trail carried by the baseline dataset, grouped by outlet and rejoined from the line-wrapped original. Coup Atlas has not independently re-checked every document; read the original before citing a specific claim. URLs the import damaged beyond safe repair are shown as plain text and listed in citations-report.md. How this list is built →