{{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 politics|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 (Egypt)|House of Representatives]] | seats1 = {{Composition bar|4|596|{{party color|Congress Party (Egypt)}}}} | seats2_title = [[Senate (Egypt)|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 (Egypt)|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 [[secularism|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 (Egypt)|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 (Egypt)|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 [[Democratic Generation Party|El-Geel Democratic Party]], the [[Social Peace Party]] , the Reform and Building Party, the Sufi Egyptian, the Tahrir Party, [[Young Egypt Party|Masr El-Fatah]], the [[Arab Egyptian Union|Egyptian Arabic Union]], the [[Revolutionary Guards Party|Revolution's Guards]], the Thawra Party, [[Arab Party for Justice and Equality|Arab for Justice and Equality]] (sic), the [[Social Justice Party (Egypt)|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 Egyptian parliamentary election|2015]] | Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida |{{Composition bar|12|596|{{party color|Congress Party (Egypt)}}}} |{{increase}} 12 |- |[[2020 Egyptian parliamentary election|2020]] | Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida |{{Composition bar|7|596|{{party color|Congress Party (Egypt)}}}} |{{decrease}} 5 |- |[[2025 Egyptian parliamentary election|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 Egyptian Senate election|2020]] |{{Composition bar|3|300|{{party color|Congress Party (Egypt)}}}} |{{Increase}} 3 |- |[[2025 Egyptian Senate election|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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