25-30 Alliance

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox political party | country = Egypt | name = 25-30 Alliance | native_name = تحالف 25-30 | native_name_lang = ar | colorcode = Red | leader = [[Haitham El-Hariri]] (2018) | ideology = [[Feminism]] [[Youth politics]] [[Electoral reform]] [[Secularism]] '''Factions:''' [[Egyptian nationalism]] [[Liberalism]] | position = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]] | foundation = 20 July 2014 | seats1_title = [[House of Representatives (Egypt)|House of Representatives]] | seats1 = {{Composition bar|2|568|hex=Red}} }}

The '''25-30 Alliance''' ({{Langx|ar|تحالف 25-30}}) is an alliance of independents created to run in the [[Egyptian parliamentary election, 2015|2015 Egyptian parliamentary election]] of 17 October to 2 December 2015.

==History== ===Creation=== The alliance was created on 20 July 2014<ref>{{cite news|url=http://almesryoon.com/السياسية/520739-اليوم-انطلاق-تحالف-25-30-لدعم-المستقلين-في-الانتخابات-البرلمانية-المقبلة|title=اليوم.. انطلاق تحالف "25-30" لدعم المستقلين في الانتخابات البرلمانية المقبلة اقرأ المقال الاصلى فى المصريون|work=Almesryoon|date=20 July 2014|access-date=21 October 2014}}</ref> and refers to the revolution that overthrew [[Hosni Mubarak]] on 25 January 2011 and the overthrow of [[Mohamed Morsi]] on 30 June 2013. In July 2014, members of the [[April 6 Youth Movement]] and [[Tamarod]] stated that they would join the alliance. The [[Free Egyptians Party]] stated that it might join the alliance.<ref name="aawsat21july">{{cite news |first1=Waleed Abdul |last1=Rahman |url=http://www.aawsat.net/2014/07/article55334523 |title=Egypt: New independent alliance prepares to fight parliamentary elections |agency=Asharq Al-Awsat |date=21 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522200658/http://www.aawsat.net/2014/07/article55334523/egypt-new-independent-alliance-prepares-to-fight-parliamentary-elections |archive-date=22 May 2015 |url-status=dead |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref>

Abdel-Hakim Abdel Nasser, son of former Egyptian president [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]], was one of the founders of the alliance.<ref name="ahram_jockeying">{{cite news |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/6980/17/Political-jockeying.aspx |title=Political jockeying |agency=Al-Ahram Weekly |date=14 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001152945/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/6980/17/Political-jockeying.aspx |archive-date=1 October 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=20 August 2014}}</ref>

===Structure=== {{As of|2018|01}}, the 25-30 Alliance was led by [[Haitham El-Hariri]].<ref name="Ahram_14MPs">{{cite news | last1= el-Din | first1= Gamal Essam | title= Egyptian parliament's 25-30 opposition bloc did not endorse any candidate for upcoming presidential elections | date= 30 January 2018|newspaper= [[Al-Ahram]] | url= http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/1187/289076/Egypt/-Presidential-Elections--/Egyptian-parliaments--opposition-bloc-did-not-endo.aspx |access-date=28 January 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110012531/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/1187/289076/Egypt/-Presidential-Elections--/Egyptian-parliaments--opposition-bloc-did-not-endo.aspx |archive-date=10 November 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Policies and strategy=== The alliance included 25% quotas for women and youth in its [[electoral list]]s.<ref name="aawsat21july" />

The electoral strategy of the members of the alliance was to run for individual seats rather than as a formal group.<ref name="youm7_140929">{{cite news |url=http://www1.youm7.com/story/2014/9/29/%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81_25_30__%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_150_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%86%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3_%D8%B9%D9%84/1885647 |title=تحالف 25/30: تلقينا 150 سيرة ذاتية لمرشحين محتملينوننافس على "الفردى" |language=ar|agency=Youm7 |date=29 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110014707/https://www.youm7.com/story/2014/9/29/%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81-25-30-%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7-150-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%88%D9%86%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3/1885647 |archive-date=10 November 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=29 September 2014}}</ref>

The alliance stated in March 2015 that it was not part of the [[Reawakening of Egypt]] list.<ref name="balad_not_reawakening">{{Cite news |url=http://www.el-balad.com/1418111 |title=تحالف "25- 30" ينفى وقف أنشطته الانتخابية.. ويؤكد: لن نؤيد قائمة صحوة |language=ar |agency=El Balad |date=3 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110015033/https://www.elbalad.news/1418111 |archive-date=10 November 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref>

===2015 Parliament=== The 25-30 Alliance obtained roughly 30 seats in the [[2015 Egyptian parliamentary election]],<ref name="estiklal">{{cite news |url=https://www.alestiklal.net/en/article/egypt-s-parliamentary-elections-a-political-banquet-served-by-the-seats-of-power |title=Egypt’s Parliamentary Elections: A Political Banquet Served by the Seats of Power |agency=Al-Estiklal |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> though the number of seats held by the alliance decreased to 14 by 2018.<ref name="Ahram_14MPs" />

On 14 February 2019, 25-30 Alliance member of parliament [[Ahmed Tantawi]] was one of the 16 members who voted against the parliamentary motion for amending the Egyptian constitution that led to the [[2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum]] in April 2019. The motion was supported by 485 members.<ref name="LucasPiazzese_constit_amend">{{cite news | last1=Lucas | first1=Scott | last2=Piazzese | first2=Giovanni | title= Egypt: hopes for democratic future die as al-Sisi marches country towards dictatorship – with parliament's blessing | date=13 March 2019 |newspaper=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]] | url=https://theconversation.com/egypt-hopes-for-democratic-future-die-as-al-sisi-marches-country-towards-dictatorship-with-parliaments-blessing-113491 |access-date=10 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110022658/https://theconversation.com/egypt-hopes-for-democratic-future-die-as-al-sisi-marches-country-towards-dictatorship-with-parliaments-blessing-113491 |archive-date=10 November 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===2020 Parliament=== The size of the alliance decreased further by 2020, with only two members (Diaa El-Din Dawood and Ahmed el-Sharkawy) regaining their seats.<ref name="estiklal"/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:2014 establishments in Egypt]] [[Category:Political opposition organizations]] [[Category:Political party alliances in Egypt]] [[Category:Politics of Egypt]] [[Category:Political parties established in 2014]]