Country: | Egypt |
Egyptian Umma Party | |
Native Name: | حزب الأمة المصرية |
Leader: | Mohamed Abbas[1] |
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Foundation: | 2012 |
Ideology: | Moderate islamism[2] |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
The Egyptian Umma Party or Egyptian Nation Party (Arabic: حزب الأمة المصرية) was a political party in Egypt, founded by supporters of presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail in 2012.[3] Abu Ismail himself has, however, not joined the party itself.[4] Abu Ismail announced on 17 December 2012 that the party would compete for all of the seats in the 2013 parliamentary election.[5] The party is one of a network of three parties.[1] The name of the party was changed to the Flag Party in 2013.[1]