{{short description|Political party in Egypt}} {{Update|inaccurate=yes|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox political party | colorcode = {{party color|Congress Party (Egypt)}} | chairperson = Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida<ref name="ao12jan">{{Citation|title=Sisi expresses wish for unity among political groups: Party leaders|work=Ahram Online|date=12 January 2015|access-date=27 September 2025|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/120152.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710175012/http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/120152.aspx|archive-date=10 July 2015|first1=Zeinab|last1=el-Gundy}}</ref> | name = Egyptian Congress Party | native_name = حزب المؤتمر المصري | logo = File:Egyptian Congress Party logo.png | leader1_title = Honorary President | leader1_name = Mohammed El-Oraby | leader3_title = Founder | leader3_name = Amr Moussa<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-opposition-idUSBRE9270GL20130308|title=Egypt's opposition scents chance in election debacle|publisher=Reuters|date=8 March 2013|access-date=27 September 2025|first1=Yasmine|last1=Saleh}}</ref> | foundation = 18 September 2012 | headquarters = Cairo | ideology = | youth_wing = Union of Congress Party Youth | position = Centre-left<ref name="ao12jan"/> | national = National Unified List for Egypt (since 2020)<ref name="ao23oct">{{cite web|url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/555362.aspxx|title=Contenders gear up|publisher=Ahram Online|date=23 October 2025|access-date=24 January 2026|first1=Gamal|last1=Essam El-Din}}</ref> | slogan = " Together we Build! "<br/>({{langx|ar|معا نبني}}) | seats1_title = House of Representatives | seats1 = {{Composition bar|4|596|{{party color|Congress Party (Egypt)}}}} | seats2_title = Senate | seats2 = {{composition bar|1|300|{{party color|Congress Party (Egypt)}}}} | colours = {{Color box|{{party color|Congress Party (Egypt)}}|border=darkgray}} Green <br/>{{Color box|#2F3691|border=darkgray}} Blue | native_name_lang = ar | merger = Ghad El-Thawra Party<br/>Egyptian Citizen Party<br/>Freedom Party<br/>Egyptian Arab Union Party<br/>Young Egypt Party | newspaper = ''Congress'' | website = https://www.facebook.com/almotamrparty/ | country = Egypt }}
The '''Egyptian Congress Party'''<ref>{{Cite news|title=Egyptian Congress Party to participate in Friday's protest|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/egyptian-congress-party-participate-friday-s-protest|agency=Egypt Independent|date=18 October 2012|access-date=27 September 2025}}</ref> ({{langx|ar|حزب المؤتمر المصري}}), or '''Egyptian Conference Party''', is a secularist political party in Egypt.<ref name="ahramnov"/>
==History== It was created by the merger of 25 liberal and leftist parties,<ref name="Ahram18Sept">{{Cite news|title=Former Arab League head Amr Moussa establishes Egyptian Conference Party|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/53211/Egypt/Politics-/Former-Arab-League-head-Amr-Moussa-establishes-Egy.aspx/|agency=Ahram Online|date=18 September 2012|access-date=15 January 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025110846/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/53211/Egypt/Politics-/Former-Arab-League-head-Amr-Moussa-establishes-Egy.aspx/|archive-date=25 October 2012}}</ref> as well as remnants of the former National Democratic Party-regime.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/7400/31/Islamism,-ideology-or-a-political-vacuum---.aspx|title=Islamism, ideology or a political vacuum?|first1=Heba|last1=Sewilam|agency=Al-Ahram Weekly|date=2 October 2014|access-date=15 January 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003115850/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/7400/31/Islamism,-ideology-or-a-political-vacuum---.aspx|archive-date=3 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
According to the head of the Egypt Arab Socialist Party, Adel el-Qulla, 10 parties would merge. Omar Semeida, the head of the Egyptian Arab Union Party, indicated that parties which were not interested in merging would join with the party in the Egyptian Nation Alliance.<ref>{{Cite news|title='Civil' powers unite to form 'Conference Party'|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/civil-powers-unite-form-conference-party|agency=Egypt Independent|date=18 September 2012|access-date=15 January 2026|first1=Heba|last1=Fahmy}}</ref>
Several of the parties that agreed to or considered joining were the Ghad El-Thawra Party and the Democratic Front Party,<ref name="Ahram18Sept"/> and several parties that are descended from the National Democratic Party, including the Conservative Party, the Egyptian Freedom Party and the Egyptian Citizen Party.<ref name="ahramnov">{{Cite news|title=NDP holdovers, FJP look for allies ahead of Egypt's legislative polls|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/56978/Egypt/Politics-/NDP-holdovers,-FJP-look-for-allies-ahead-of-Egypts.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250713073418/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/56978/Egypt/Politics-/NDP-holdovers,-FJP-look-for-allies-ahead-of-Egypts.aspx|archive-date=13 July 2025|agency=Ahram Online|date=1 November 2012|access-date=15 January 2026|first1=Osman|last1=El Sharnoubi}}</ref> Also in the newly formed party are: "the Egyptian Arabic Socialist Party, the El-Geel Democratic Party, the Social Peace Party , the Reform and Building Party, the Sufi Egyptian, the Tahrir Party, Masr El-Fatah, the Egyptian Arabic Union, the Revolution's Guards, the Thawra Party, Arab for Justice and Equality (sic), the Social 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."<ref name="Ahram18Sept"/>
The party was one of the founding members of the Egyptian Front.<ref>{{Citation|title=Egyptian Front Coalition: the widest political alliance facing Islamists|work=Cairo Post|date=18 August 2014|access-date=15 January 2026|url=http://thecairopost.com/news/122232/inside_egypt/egyptian-front-coalition-the-widest-political-alliance-facing-islamists|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090239/http://thecairopost.com/news/122232/inside_egypt/egyptian-front-coalition-the-widest-political-alliance-facing-islamists|archive-date=19 August 2014|first1=Amira|last1=El-Fekki}}</ref>
The Conference Party participated in a 12 January 2015 meeting of multiple parties chaired by Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.<ref name="ao12jan"/>
It joined the For the Love of Egypt alliance in September 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.elwatannews.com/news/details/802245|title=انتخابات "الجبهة المصرية" تناقش الشكل المبدأى لقوائم "القاهرة" و"الصعيد"|agency=El Watan News|date=9 September 2015|access-date=27 September 2025|lang=ar}}</ref>
The party joined the National Unified List for Egypt ahead of the 2020 Egyptian parliamentary election.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/0/379989/Egypt/0/Egypts-Mostaqbal-Watan-Party-leads-coalition-to-ru.aspx|title=Egypt's Mostaqbal Watan Party leads coalition to run in parliamentary elections|first1=Gamal|last1=Essam El-Din|agency=Ahram Online|date=2 October 2020|access-date=29 January 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108173617/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/0/379989/Egypt/0/Egypts-Mostaqbal-Watan-Party-leads-coalition-to-ru.aspx|archive-date=8 November 2020}}</ref>
It joined the National Unified List for Egypt ahead of the 2025 Egyptian parliamentary election<ref name="ao23oct"/> and won four seats.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1201/560462/AlAhram-Weekly/Egypt/New-parliament-takes-its-seats.aspx|title=New parliament takes its seats|publisher=Ahram Online|date=14 January 2026|access-date=24 January 2026|first1=Gamal|last1=Essam El-Din}}</ref>
==Electoral history== === House of Representatives === {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Election !Party Leader !Seats !+/– |- |2015 | Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida |{{Composition bar|12|596|{{party color|Congress Party (Egypt)}}}} |{{increase}} 12 |- |2020 | Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida |{{Composition bar|7|596|{{party color|Congress Party (Egypt)}}}} |{{decrease}} 5 |- |2025 | Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida |{{Composition bar|4|596|{{party color|Congress Party (Egypt)}}}} |{{decrease}} 1 |- |}
===Senate=== {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Election !Seats !+/– |- |2020 |{{Composition bar|3|300|{{party color|Congress Party (Egypt)}}}} |{{Increase}} 3 |- |2025 |{{Composition bar|1|300|{{party color|Congress Party (Egypt)}}}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Egyptian political parties}}
Category:2012 establishments in Egypt Category:Liberal parties in Egypt Category:Political parties established in 2012 Category:Political parties in Egypt Category:Secularism in Egypt
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