Hala Shukrallah


Hala Shukrallah is the former president of the Egyptian Constitution Party, having succeeded Sayed Kassem as the party's leader. She was the first Coptic woman to head an Egyptian political party. As president of the Constitution Party, Hala Shukrallah had articulated as major goals the revitalization and expansion of the party, as well as the achievement of revolutionary objectives, such as repeal of the protest law, opposition to military domination of politics, and freedom for political prisoners.