Nation's Future Party

The Nation's Future Party (حزب مستقبل وطن), also known as the Future of the Nation Party or Mostaqbal Watan, is an Egyptian political party. The party is often seen as a "party of power", created for the sole purpose of backing President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi 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 House of Representatives and a plurality of seats in the Senate. The dominant role of the Homeland'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
Homeland's Future Party was set up in mid-2014 by Egyptian Military Intelligence. Abdel Azim, a former member of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's presidential campaign, told Mada Masr:  A student responsible for Homeland'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 20000 EGP to the campaign office, and later on cheques, including one from the National Bank of Egypt for 150000 EGP. For each street march, 15000 EGP to 20000 EGP would be delivered, and young men organised by government agencies would be paid 100 EGP each to participate in the marches. Instead of being run by volunteers, the campaign office was staffed by civil servants. Campaigning for signatures for Sisi's presidential candidacy by Homeland's Future Party included payments of 50 EGP to each person signing. Party leader Mohamed Badran took his instructions, according to the interviewee, from Major Ahmed Shaaban of Military Intelligence.

2015 parliamentary election
The Future of the Homeland Party ran in the 2015 parliamentary elections as part of the "For the Love of Egypt" 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 Free Egyptians Party that won 65 seats, and ahead of the New Wafd Party, 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 presidential election 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 Free Egyptians Party, the Homeland's Future Party, and the New Wafd Party—as well as the Support Egypt Coalition, which holds 400 out of 597 seats in the Egyptian parliament—began.

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

2020 parliamentary election
In the 2020 Egyptian parliamentary election, the Homeland's Future Party grew significantly and won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and a plurality in the Senate.

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 Homeland's Future Party going into the election and he won with 89% of the vote.

The Egyptian Armed Forces
The party supports the Egyptian Armed Forces, believing Egyptians need to unite behind the army and the Egyptian National Police 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 President of Egypt.