Congress Party (Egypt)

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]

Egyptian Congress Party حزب المؤتمر المصري
Chairperson	Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida[1]
Honorary President	Mohammed El-Oraby
Founder	Amr Moussa[2]
Founded	18 September 2012
Merger of	Ghad El-Thawra Party Egyptian Citizen Party Freedom Party Egyptian Arab Union Party Young Egypt Party
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/
Politics of Egypt Political parties Elections

The Conference Party participated in a 12 January 2015 meeting of multiple parties chaired by Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.^[1]

Main merger parties

All of the parties that agreed to or considered joining are:^[7][8]

• Ghad El-Thawra Party
• Egyptian Citizen Party
• Freedom Party^[5]
• Arab Egyptian Union
• Masr El-Fatah
• and other smaller parties

Electoral history

House of Representatives

Election	Party Leader	Seats	+/–
2015	Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida	12 / 596	12
2020	Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida	7 / 596	5

Senate

Election	Seats	+/–
2020	3 / 300	3