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Egyptian Congress Party حزب المؤتمر المصري | |
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Chairperson | Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida [1] |
Honorary President | Mohammed El-Oraby |
Founder | Amr Moussa [2] |
Founded | 18 September 2012 |
Merger of |
RTP ECP EFP EAUP YEP |
Headquarters | Cairo |
Newspaper | Congress |
Youth wing | Union of Congress Party Youth |
Ideology |
Big tent Social liberalism |
Political position | Centre to centre-left [1] |
National affiliation | For the Love of Egypt [3] |
Colours |
Green Blue |
Slogan | " Together we Build! " ( Arabic: معا نبني) |
House of Representatives | 7 / 596 |
Senate | 3 / 300 |
Website | |
https://www.facebook.com/almotamrparty/ | |
The Congress Party ( Arabic: حزب المؤتمر المصري), or Conference Party, [4] is a secularist political party in Egypt. [5] It was created by the merger of five liberal and leftist parties, [6] as well as remnants of the former NDP-regime. [7]
The Conference Party participated in a 12 January 2015 meeting of multiple parties chaired by Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. [1]
All of the parties that agreed to or considered joining are: [7] [8]
Election | Party Leader | Seats | +/– |
---|---|---|---|
2015 | Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida | 12 / 596
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12 |
2020 | Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida | 7 / 596
|
5 |
Election | Seats | +/– |
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2020 | 3 / 300
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3 |