While initially they installed a civilian government, the revolution was supervised by a Revolutionary Command Council (RCC), headed by Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser. The RCC banned all political parties as sources of discord, and set up a state-sponsored party, the Liberation Rally. In June 1953, Egypt was declared a republic, with Naguib as its first president. Among the first acts of the new order were the abolition of Turkish titles enjoyed by the aristocracy and landed gentry, and expropriation of their land for redistribution among small farmers.
