My Homeland Egypt Party

My Homeland Egypt Party [1] مصر بلدي Misr Baladi [1]
Leader	Qadry Abu Hussein [2] Ahmed Gamal El Din (formerly) [1]
Founded	December 2013
National affiliation	Egyptian Front [3]
House of Representatives	0 / 568
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The My Homeland Egypt Party is an Egyptian political party composed of "diehards" from the Hosni Mubarak-era National Democratic Party. ^[1]

Overview

The party, an independent popular movement, was formed in December 2013. ^[4] Although Murad Muwafi was considered for the presidency of the party, ^[5] Ahmed Gamal El Din was ultimately selected. ^[1] The organization behind the party, called the Misr Baladi Front, supported Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in the 2014 presidential race. ^[6] Mostafa Bakry, a party "official", stated that the organization was preparing its lists for the 2015 Egyptian parliamentary election. ^[7]

References

1. "Al-Sisi's 'Greetings to Egypt'". Al Ahram Weekly. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
2. "Egyptian Front will return Mubarak-era politics to parliament: Sabbahi". Cairo Post. 20 August 2014. Archived from the original on August 24, 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
3. ""الجبهة المصرية" تعتمد أسماء مرشحي البرلمان تحت اسم "قائمة مصر"". El Watan News. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
4. Amira El Fekki (10 August 2014). "Egyptian National Movement to announce parliamentary alliance on Aug. 17". The Cairo Post. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
5. "Two security service giants in running for presidency of new party". Mada Masr. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
6. ""Misr Balady" front backs Sisi as president". State Information Service. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
7. "Gearing up for a new parliament". Al-Ahram Weekly. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.