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Egyptian Congress Party حزب المؤتمر المصري
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Chairperson	Omar El-Mokhtar Semeida
Honorary President	Mohammed El-Oraby
Founder	Amr Moussa
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
National affiliation	For the Love of Egypt
Colours	Green Blue
Slogan	" Together we Build! " (Arabic: معا نبني)
House of Representatives	7 / 596
Senate	3 / 300
Website
https://www.facebook.com/almotamrparty/
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The Congress Party (Arabic: حزب المؤتمر المصري), or Conference Party, is a secularist political party in Egypt. It was created by the merger of five liberal and leftist parties, as well as remnants of the former NDP-regime.

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

Main merger parties

All of the parties that agreed to or considered joining are:

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

References

^ "Sisi expresses wish for unity among political groups: Party leaders", Ahram Online, 12 January 2015, retrieved 12 January 2015
"Analysis: Egypt's opposition scents chance in election debacle". Reuters. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
"انتخابات "الجبهة المصرية" تناقش الشكل المبدأى لقوائم "القاهرة" و"الصعيد"". El Watan News. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
"Egyptian Congress Party to participate in Friday's protest". Egypt Independent. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
^ "NDP holdovers, FJP look for allies ahead of Egypt's legislative polls". Ahram Online. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
"Islamism, ideology or a political vacuum?". Al-Ahram Weekly. 2 October 2014. Archived from the original on 3 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
^ "Former Arab League head Amr Moussa establishes Egyptian Conference Party". Ahram Online. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
"'Civil' powers unite to form 'Conference Party'". Egypt Independent. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2013.

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