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Republican People's Party (Egypt)

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Republican People's Party
حزب الشعب الجمهورى
AbbreviationRPP
PresidentHazem Omar
Secretary-GeneralAhmed Abu hashima
Founded12 September 2012
HeadquartersCairo
IdeologyEgyptian nationalism
Secularism
Militarism
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationEgyptian Front
Colors  Gold
House of Representatives
50 / 596
Senate
17 / 300
Website
www.rppegypt.org

The Republican People's Party (Arabic: حزب الشعب الجمهورى, romanizedHezb Al-Shaeb Al-Gomhuri) is an Egyptian political party made up of former government ministers.[1] It is currently headed by Former Chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, Hazem Omar.

The party supported Amr Moussa in the 2012 Egyptian presidential election.[2] Hazem Omar denied that the party was composed of remnants (feloul) of the National Democratic Party, which was in power during the Mubarak era.[3]

It is currently the 2nd largest party in Egypt, with the party having 50 Representatives in the Egyptian House of Representatives and 17 Senators in the Egyptian Senate. Although the party is supportive of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, they nominated party leader Hazem Omar to compete against Sisi in the 2023 Egyptian presidential election. Omar came in 2nd place with 4.5% of the vote. Nearly 2 million people voted for him in the elections.

Electoral history

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Election Votes % Seats
Parliament of Egypt
2015 198,822 0.7%
13 / 596
2020 8.3%
50 / 596
Presidential election
Election Candidate Vote %
2023 Hazem Omar 1,986,352 4.49%

References

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  1. ^ "First parliamentary alliance formed - Egyptian Front Coalition". Ahram Online. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Former ministers support Moussa". Egypt Independent. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Egypt: Republican People's Party and Its Founders to Support Moussa". AllAfrica. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2013.