Nation's Future Party حزب مستقبل وطن | |
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| Chairman | Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Razeq |
| Secretary-General | Hossam El-Khouly |
| Deputy Chairman | Ashraf Rashad |
| Founders |
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| Founded | November 2014; 11 years ago (2014-11) |
| Headquarters | Talaat Harb axis,Heliopolis,Cairo[2] |
| Newspaper | Mostaqbal Watan News (online) مستقبل وطن نيوز |
| Youth wing | Nation's Future Youth |
| Ideology | |
| National affiliation | For the Love of Egypt (2014–2018)[9] National Unified List for Egypt (since 2020)[10] |
| Colors | Navy Blue Sky Blue |
| Slogan | "We all are working for Egypt" Arabic:كلنا نعمل من أجل مصر |
| House of Representatives | 231 / 596 |
| Senate | 104 / 300 |
| Website | |
| www | |
TheNation's Future Party (Arabic:حزب مستقبل وطن), also known as theFuture of a Nation Party,[11] theFuture of the Homeland Party, theHomeland's Future Party, and transliterated asMostaqbal Watan,[12] is an Egyptian political party. The party is often seen as a "party of power", created for the sole purpose of backing PresidentAbdel Fattah el-Sisi and his policies.[1][13]
Originally a minor party, it has grown to become Egypt's largest political party and currently controls the majority of seats in theHouse of Representatives and a plurality of seats in theSenate. The dominant role of the Nation's Future Party in modern Egyptian politics has been compared to that of theNational Democratic Party, which ruled from 1978 until the2011 revolution.[14][15]
Nation's Future Party was set up in mid-2014 byEgyptian Military Intelligence. Abdel Azim, a former member ofAbdel Fattah el-Sisi's presidential campaign, toldMada Masr:
An aide to the president in the presidency told me literally, 'The Nation's Future Party was originally the Nation's Future Front, established by Military Intelligence as a youth entity to support the president. It's ours'.
— Abdel Azim,[1]
A student responsible for Nation's Future Party campaigning in his governorate was interviewed byMada Masr. He stated that a Military Intelligence officer in civilian clothes frequently delivered cash payments of typicallyE£20,000 to the campaign office, and later on cheques, including one from theNational Bank of Egypt forE£150,000. For each street march,E£15,000 toE£20,000 would be delivered, and young men organised by government agencies would be paidE£100 each to participate in the marches. Instead of being run by volunteers, the campaign office was staffed by civil servants. Campaigning for signatures for Sisi's presidential candidacy by Nation's Future Party included payments ofE£50 to each person signing. Party leaderMohamed Badran took his instructions, according to the interviewee, from MajorAhmed Shaaban of Military Intelligence.[1]
The Nation's Future Party ran in the2015 parliamentary elections as part of the "For the Love of Egypt" electoral alliance, which won all 120 party seats in the parliament.[16] It was subsequently allocated 53 seats in parliament, making it the second-largest party after theFree Egyptians Party that won 65 seats, and ahead of theNew Wafd Party, Egypt's oldest political party.[17]
In 2018, after all political parties, except for theGhad Party led byMoussa Mostafa Moussa, failed to field candidates for thepresidential election in March that year, calls to merge Egypt's 104 political parties into four or five strong parties increased. In response, efforts to strengthen the presence of powerful parties in the Egyptian political scene, primarily led by theFree Egyptians Party, the Nation's Future Party, and theNew Wafd Party—as well as the Support Egypt Coalition, which holds 400 out of 597 seats in the Egyptian parliament—began.[18]
The Nation's Future Party and theFor the Love of Egypt alliance announced that the alliance would merge into the party. Following the announcement, around 50 MPs resigned from their parties in May 2018 and joined the Nation's Future Party; most of these came from the Free Egyptians and Wafd parties but there were many independents and other party members.[19] 150 independent MPs became part of the party.[20]
In the2020 Egyptian parliamentary election, the Nation's Future Party grew significantly and won a majority of seats in theHouse of Representatives.[13] It formed theNational Unified List for Egypt alongside other parties.[21]
The party was part of theNational Unified List for Egypt during the2020 Egyptian Senate election and won 149 seats.
In October 2023, President El-Sisi announced that he will run for a third term in the2023 Egyptian presidential election. El-Sisi was allied with the Nation's Future Party going into the election and he won with 89% of the vote.
The party was part of theNational Unified List for Egypt during the2025 Egyptian Senate election and won 104 seats.
The party aligned itself with theNational Unified List for Egypt during the2025 Egyptian parliamentary election[10] and won 227 elected seats.[22]
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The party supports theEgyptian Armed Forces, believing Egyptians need to unite behind the army and theEgyptian National Police in their fight against terrorism in defence of the nation.[23]
Party leaders have often stated their support for the IMF-backed economic reform program, believing it is the only way to help Egypt recover from the effects of the2011 revolution and to create a modern, powerful Egyptian state despite the resulting hardships.[24]
Reaching out to African states has also been a priority. The party has regularly lobbied the government to improve relations with the African continent, which were arguably non-existent for the latter part of theMubarak era.[25] The party regularly sends diplomatic delegations to foreign countries in preparation for state visits by thepresident of Egypt.[26]
| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| 2018 | SupportedAbdel Fattah el-Sisi[a] | 21,835,387 | 97.08 | N/a | Won | |
| 2023 | In Alliance withAbdel Fattah el-Sisi[a] | 39,702,451 | 89.65 | N/a | Won | |
| Election | Leader | Seats | Government | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | +/- | |||
| 2015 | Ashraf Rashad | 53 / 596 |  53 | Majority |
| 2020 | 316 / 596 | 263 | Majority | |
| 2025 | Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Razeq | 231 / 596 |  85 | Majority |
| Election year | Seats won | +/- | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 149 / 300 | 149 | Majority |
| 2025 | 104 / 300 | 45 | Majority |
