Justice Party (Egypt)
Justice Party حزب العدل Ḥizb el-Adl | |
|---|---|
| President | Abdel-Moneim Imam |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Garden City, Cairo |
| Ideology | Big tent[1] |
| Political position | Centre[2] |
| National affiliation | Civil Democratic Movement[3] Democratic Path Alliance[4] National Unified List for Egypt[5] |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| Colours | Red, White and Black |
| House of Representatives | 2 / 568 |
| 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 Monem Emam 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 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.[10] 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]
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] Its policies focus on solving education, health and employment issues in Egypt as well as achieving the demands called for by the Egyptian revolution.
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
- ^ a b "Eight liberal and leftist Egyptian parties to boycott 2018 presidential elections". Ahram Online. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- ^ a b Safaa Essam Eddin (29 June 2025). "Nation's Future leads unified list as parties scramble for Senate seats". Al Manassa. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Safaa Essam Eddin (25 May 2025). "Egypt parliament approves election law changes, critics warn of political stagnation". Al Manassa. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
External links
- Official website (in Arabic)