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Egyptian Congress Party حزب المؤتمر المصري | |
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| Chairperson | Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida[1] |
| Honorary President | Mohammed El-Oraby |
| Founder | Amr Moussa[2] |
| Founded | 18 September 2012 |
| Merger of | Ghad El-Thawra Party Egyptian Citizen Party Freedom Party Egyptian Arab Union Party Young Egypt Party |
| Headquarters | Cairo |
| Newspaper | Congress |
| Youth wing | Union of Congress Party Youth |
| Ideology | Secular liberalism[citation needed] Social liberalism[citation needed] |
| Political position | Centre-left[1] |
| National affiliation | National Unified List for Egypt (since 2020)[3] |
| Colours | Green Blue |
| Slogan | " Together we Build! " (Arabic:معا نبني) |
| House of Representatives | 4 / 596 |
| Senate | 1 / 300 |
| Website | |
| https://www.facebook.com/almotamrparty/ | |
TheEgyptian Congress Party[4] (Arabic:حزب المؤتمر المصري), orEgyptian Conference Party, is asecularist political party in Egypt.[5]
It was created by the merger of 25 liberal and leftist parties,[6] as well as remnants of the formerNational Democratic Party-regime.[7]
According to the head of theEgypt Arab Socialist Party, Adel el-Qulla, 10 parties would merge. Omar Semeida, the head of theEgyptian Arab Union Party, indicated that parties which were not interested in merging would join with the party in theEgyptian Nation Alliance.[8]
Several of the parties that agreed to or considered joining were theGhad El-Thawra Party and theDemocratic Front Party,[6] and several parties that are descended from the National Democratic Party, including theConservative Party, theEgyptian Freedom Party and theEgyptian Citizen Party.[5] Also in the newly formed party are: "the Egyptian Arabic Socialist Party, theEl-Geel Democratic Party, theSocial Peace Party , the Reform and Building Party, the Sufi Egyptian, the Tahrir Party,Masr El-Fatah, theEgyptian Arabic Union, theRevolution's Guards, the Thawra Party,Arab for Justice and Equality (sic), theSocial Justice Party, Al-Tali'a Al-Arabiya Party, Al-Wai'e Party, the Revolution Youth Union, Amr Moussa's presidential campaign team, El-Khodr Party and Al-Mustikloon Al-Goded."[6]
The party was one of the founding members of theEgyptian Front.[9]
The Conference Party participated in a 12 January 2015 meeting of multiple parties chaired by Egyptian presidentAbdel Fattah el-Sisi.[1]
It joined theFor the Love of Egypt alliance in September 2015.[10]
The party joined theNational Unified List for Egypt ahead of the2020 Egyptian parliamentary election.[11]
It joined the National Unified List for Egypt ahead of the2025 Egyptian parliamentary election[3] and won four seats.[12]
| Election | Party Leader | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida | 12 / 596 |  12 |
| 2020 | Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida | 7 / 596 |  5 |
| 2025 | Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida | 4 / 596 | 1 |
| Election | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 / 300 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 / 300 | 2 |
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