Congress Party (Egypt) Explained

Chairperson:Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida
Egyptian Congress Party
Native Name:حزب المؤتمر المصري
Leader1 Title:Honorary President
Leader1 Name:Mohammed El-Oraby
Leader3 Title:Founder
Leader3 Name:Amr Moussa[1]
Foundation:18 September 2012
Headquarters:Cairo
Ideology:Big tent
Social liberalism
Youth Wing:Union of Congress Party Youth
Position:Centre to centre-left
National:For the Love of Egypt[2]
Slogan:" Together we Build! "
(Arabic: معا نبني)
Seats1 Title:House of Representatives
Seats2 Title:Senate
Colours: Green
Blue
Native Name Lang:ar
Merger:RTP
ECP
EFP
EAUP
YEP
Newspaper:Congress
Website:https://www.facebook.com/almotamrparty/
Country:Egypt

The Congress Party (Arabic: حزب المؤتمر المصري), or Conference Party,[3] is a secularist political party in Egypt. It was created by the merger of five liberal and leftist parties,[4] as well as remnants of the former NDP-regime.[5]

The Conference Party participated in a 12 January 2015 meeting of multiple parties chaired by Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

Main merger parties

All of the parties that agreed to or considered joining are:[5] [6]

Electoral history

House of Representatives

ElectionParty LeaderSeats+/–
2015Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida 12
2020Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida 5

Senate

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Analysis: Egypt's opposition scents chance in election debacle. Reuters. 8 March 2013. 12 January 2015.
  2. News: انتخابات "الجبهة المصرية" تناقش الشكل المبدأى لقوائم "القاهرة" و"الصعيد". El Watan News. 9 September 2015. 9 September 2015.
  3. News: Egyptian Congress Party to participate in Friday's protest. Egypt Independent. 19 October 2012. 12 December 2013.
  4. News: Islamism, ideology or a political vacuum?. Al-Ahram Weekly. 2 October 2014. 4 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141003115850/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/7400/31/Islamism,-ideology-or-a-political-vacuum---.aspx. 3 October 2014. dead.
  5. News: Former Arab League head Amr Moussa establishes Egyptian Conference Party. Ahram Online. 18 September 2012. 12 December 2013.
  6. News: 'Civil' powers unite to form 'Conference Party'. Egypt Independent. 18 September 2012. 12 December 2013.
  7. News: NDP holdovers, FJP look for allies ahead of Egypt's legislative polls. Ahram Online. 1 November 2012. 12 December 2013.