For the Love of Egypt


For the Love of Egypt, also called Out of Love of Egypt, In Egypt's Love, and For Egypt, was an electoral alliance, created by the General Intelligence Service, which contested the 2015 Egyptian parliamentary election.

Background

Many of the public figures who formed the National Alliance, which was supported by Kamal Ganzouri, chose to become part of the For the Love of Egypt list, following Ganzouri's withdrawal from the race in February 2015.

Creation

The For the Love of Egypt alliance was created with a founding meeting on 3 February 2015, chaired by General Ehab Saad of the General Intelligence Service at the Mukhabarat headquarters. Participants were invited to the meeting by Major Ahmed Shaaban, a Military Intelligence officer close to president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who played a major role in organising pro-Sisi political coalitions. The main coordinator for choosing who should be a member of the list was Yaser Selim, a former Mukhabarat officer still working for the Mukhabarat as a civilian, with Sameh Seif El-Yazal having a nominal responsibility in coordinating the list. The creation of the alliance was announced in a press conference on 4 February 2015.

2015 election

In the 2015 Egyptian parliamentary election, the party submitted an electoral list contesting the 45 closed-list seats of the Upper Egypt constituency. Initially, the list however was rejected by Egypt's High Election Committee. In the final announcement, the list however was eventually admitted. In the other three constituencies, the party did not submit an electoral list.
A member of the Tagammu Party was expected to be placed on the list established by For the Love of Egypt, though his name was ultimately left off.
The Tomorrow Party left the alliance and rejoined the Egyptian Front. The Egyptian Patriotic Movement and My Homeland Egypt Party are not part of the alliance. The coalition is seen as being supportive of current president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, although the Reform and Development Party has been skeptical about the support. 24 former members of the National Democratic Party won seats in the first phase of the 2015 election. The Reform and Development Party later became part of the Civil Democratic Movement.