Umma Party
Chairman	Ahmed Al-Sabahi Khalil
Founded	June 25, 1983
Headquarters	Cairo
Political Ideology	Socialism, Social Democracy
See also	Politics of Egypt Political parties in Egypt Elections in Egypt

The Umma Party (Arabic: حزب الأمة, Hizb Al-Umma) is a small Egyptian political party with a total membership of around 185 members. The party platform presses for promoting the so-called socialist democracy and adopting the Islamic sharia as the main source of legislation. The Party expresses full support to efforts to establish peace with Israel.

Party principles

• The party considers Egypt a part of the Arab and Islamic world.
• The party calls for establishing a socialist and democratic system in Egypt.
• The party presses for promoting peace and enhancing international cooperation.
• The party calls for building the society on principles of labor and production.

The Party nominated its head, Ahmed Al-Sabahi, to run for Egypt's first contested presidential elections. The Party fielded one candidate in the 2000 legislative polls.

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External links

• sis.gov.eg

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