It was promulgated on 19 January 1956 was implemented by referendum on 23 June, with Gamal Abdel Nasser being elected president simultaneously.
[1] It replaced a 1953 provisional constitution which in turn had replaced the Constitution of 1923 following the revolution of 1952.
[1] With the 1958 political union of Egypt and the Syrian Republic as the United Arab Republic, the 1956 Constitution was superseded by the Provisional Constitution of the United Arab Republic.
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