The Nation's Future Party (), also known as the Future of the Nation Party, the Future of the Homeland Party, the Homeland's Future Party, or Mostaqbal Watan, is an Egyptian political party. The party is often seen as a "

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", created for the sole purpose of backing President

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil El-Sisi (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has been serving as the sixth and current president of Egypt since 2014. After the 2011 Egyptian revolution and 201 ...

and his policies. Originally a minor party, it has grown to become Egypt's largest political party and currently controls the majority of seats in the

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and a plurality of seats in the

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. The dominant role of the Nation's Future Party in modern Egyptian politics has been compared to that of the National Democratic Party, which ruled from 1978 until the 2011 revolution.

History

Nation's Future Party was set up in mid-2014 by Egyptian Military Intelligence. Abdel Azim, a former member of

's presidential campaign, told ''

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'': A student responsible for Nation's Future Party campaigning in his governorate was interviewed by ''Mada Masr''. He stated that a Military Intelligence officer in civilian clothes frequently delivered cash payments of typically to the campaign office, and later on cheques, including one from the

National Bank of Egypt National Bank of Egypt (NBE; ) is a bank founded in Egypt in June 1898, and is the country's largest bank (2013) in terms of assets, deposits, loans, bank-capital, number of total branches, and employees.Mohamed Badran took his instructions, according to the interviewee, from Major Ahmed Shaaban of Military Intelligence.

2015 parliamentary election

The Nation's Future Party ran in the 2015 parliamentary elections as part of the "

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" electoral alliance, which won all 120 party seats in the parliament. It was subsequently allocated 53 seats in parliament, making it the second-largest party after the

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that won 65 seats, and ahead of the

New Wafd Party The New Wafd Party (), officially the Egyptian Wafd Party and also known as the Al-Wafd Party, is a nationalist liberal party in Egypt. It is the extension of one of the oldest and historically most active political parties in Egypt, Wafd Part ...

, Egypt's oldest political party.

2018 presidential election

In 2018, after all political parties, except for the Ghad Party led by Moussa Mostafa Moussa, failed to field candidates for the

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in March that year, calls to merge Egypt's 104 political parties into four or five strong parties increased. In response, efforts to strengthen the presence of powerful parties in the Egyptian political scene, primarily led by the

, the Nation's Future Party, and the

—as well as the Support Egypt Coalition, which holds 400 out of 597 seats in the Egyptian parliament—began. The Nation's Future Party and the

alliance announced that the alliance would merge into the party. Following the announcement, around 50 MPs resigned from their parties in May 2018 and joined the Nation's Future Party; most of these came from the Free Egyptians and Wafd parties but there were many independents and other party members.

2020 parliamentary election

2023 Egyptian presidential election by governorate

In the 2020 Egyptian parliamentary election, the Nation's Future Party grew significantly and won a majority of seats in the

and a plurality in the

2023 presidential election

In October 2023, President El-Sisi announced that he'll be running for a 3rd term in office in 2023 Presidential election. El-Sisi was in Alliance with the Nation's Future Party going into the election and he won with 89% of the vote.

Policies

The Egyptian Armed Forces

The party supports the

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, believing Egyptians need to unite behind the army and the

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in their fight against terrorism in defence of the nation.

Economic reforms

Party leaders have often stated their support for the IMF-backed economic reform program, believing it is the only way to help Egypt recover from the effects of the 2011 revolution and to create a modern, powerful Egyptian state despite the resulting hardships.

Foreign affairs

Reaching out to African states has also been a priority. The party has regularly lobbied the government to improve relations with the African continent, which were arguably non-existent for the latter part of the Mubarak era. The party regularly sends diplomatic delegations to foreign countries in preparation for state visits by the

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Electoral history

Presidential

House of Representatives

Senate

Notes

References

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