Justice Party (Egypt)
Justice Party حزب العدل Ḥizb el-Adl | |
|---|---|
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| President | Abdel-Moneim Imam |
| Chairperson | Youssef Hamada Youssef |
| First Secretary | Omar Azziz |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Garden City, Cairo |
| Ideology | Big tent[1] |
| Political position | Centre[2] |
| National affiliation | Civil Democratic Movement[3] (2017-2026) Democratic Path Alliance[4] National Unified List for Egypt (since 2020)[5] |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| Colours | Red, White and Black |
| House of Representatives | 11 / 596 |
| Senate | 4 / 300 |
| Website | |
| eladlparty | |
The Justice Party (Arabic: حزب العدل, romanized: Ḥizb el-Adl) is a political party in Egypt. It was founded after the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 by a group of people from different movements that led to the revolution including the April 6 Youth Movement, the National Association for Change and Kefaya.[6]
History
After the 2011 Egyptian revolution, a group of youth taking part in the revolution announced they would be founding their own party. In May 2011, the party was officially founded[7] after gathering 5,000 signatures from all across Egypt. Its foundation was celebrated with the first party conference being held in Al-Azhar Park.[8] It supports centrism and secularism.[7]
The founding committee for the Justice Party included democracy activists such as Mostafa el-Naggar, Ahmed Shoukry, Abdel-Moneim Imam, Dalia Ziada, in addition to Hisham Akram and Mohamed Gabr. The party had a group of consultants which included Egyptian economist Mona ElBaradei, sister of presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian political scientist Amr el-Shobaky, as well as Abdelgelil Mostafa, the general coordinator of Egyptian Movement for Change, also known as Kefaya, and Egyptian poet and activist Abdul Rahman Yusuf, son of Islamic theologian Yusuf al-Qaradawi.
The party fielded candidates for about a third of Egyptian parliamentary seats during the 2011-2012 parliamentary elections that started in November 2011.[9]
The party joined the Civil Democratic Movement in 2017.[3]
The Justice Party joined the National Unified List for Egypt ahead of the 2020 Egyptian parliamentary election.[10]
The Justice Party became part of the Democratic Path Alliance (DPA), which it established in May 2025 alongside the Egyptian Social Democratic Party and the Reform and Development Party.[11] The DPA began negotiating joining the National Unified List for Egypt ahead of the 2025 Egyptian Senate election,[4] which was completed by October, ahead of the 2025 Egyptian parliamentary election.[5] The party gained 11 seats in the election.[12]
The party announced in early June 2026 that it had left the Civil Democratic Movement, after it had previously suspended its involvement.[13]
Political ideology
The Justice Party welcomes people from different political ideologies on the political right and left, and described itself as a party of political programs rather than a certain political ideology.[9]
Electoral history
People's Assembly elections
| Election | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|
| 2011/2012 | 1 / 596 |
 1 |
House of Representatives elections
| Election | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0 / 596 |
n/a |
| 2020 | 2 / 596 |
2 |
| 2025 | 11 / 596 |
9 |
Senate elections
| Election | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 / 300 |
n/a |
| 2025 | 4 / 300 |
4 |
References
- ↑ "Al-Adl", Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 12 November 2011, archived from the original on 29 April 2014, retrieved 18 December 2025
- ↑ Centrist Adl Party backs Sabahi for Egypt president, Ahram Online, 28 April 2014, retrieved 18 December 2025
- 1 2 "Eight liberal and leftist Egyptian parties to boycott 2018 presidential elections". Ahram Online. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- 1 2 Safaa Essam Eddin (29 June 2025). "Nation's Future leads unified list as parties scramble for Senate seats". Al Manassa. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- 1 2 Gamal Essam El-Din (23 October 2025). "Contenders gear up". Ahram Online. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- ↑ "حزب العدل يحتفل بإعلان تأسيسه.. بعد تخطيه حاجز الـ5000 توكيل" [El Adl Party celebrates its founding after gathering member signatures]. Shorouk News (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- 1 2 "A Partial Guide to the Egyptian Political Parties". Connected in Cairo. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- ↑ "حزب "العدل" يعقد مؤتمره التأسيسى الأول بحديقة الأزهر بارك" [El Adly Party founding conference held in Al Azhar Park]. Youm7 (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- 1 2 "العدل أول حزب وسط يستند إلي قاعدة من شباب الثورة" [ElAdl Party, the first party to include youth of the revolution]. Al Ahram (in Arabic). 6 May 2011. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Gamal Essam El-Din (14 September 2020). "Egypt's Mostaqbal Watan Party leads coalition to run in parliamentary elections". Ahram Online. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
- ↑ Safaa Essam Eddin (25 May 2025). "Egypt parliament approves election law changes, critics warn of political stagnation". Al Manassa. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Gamal Essam El-Din (14 January 2026). "New parliament takes its seats". Ahram Online. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ↑ Egypt’s Civil Democratic Movement faces internal crisis after controversial statement on businessman’s property dispute, Ahram Online, 31 May 2026, retrieved 8 June 2026
External links
- Official website
(in Arabic)
