National Congress

National Congress is a term used in the names of various political parties and legislatures.

Political parties

• Ethiopia: Oromo National Congress, original name of the Oromo People's Congress
• Guyana: People's National Congress Reform
• India:
• Indian National Congress
• Sikkim National Congress
• Nationalist Congress Party
• Iraq: Iraqi National Congress
• Pakistan, Bangladesh: Pakistan National Congress
• Nigeria: Ijaw National Congress
• Papua New Guinea: People's National Congress (Papua New Guinea)
• South Africa: African National Congress
• Sri Lanka: National Congress (Sri Lanka)
• Sudan:
• National Congress Party (Sudan), an Islamist, pan-Arabist party, given the name National Congress Party c. 1988/1989
• Sudanese Congress Party, a social-democratic party, initially created as the National Congress in 1986

National legislatures

• Argentine National Congress
• National Congress of Belgium
• Brazilian National Congress
• National Congress of Chile
• National People's Congress (China)
• National Congress (Ecuador)
• Congress of the Republic of Guatemala
• National Congress of Honduras
• General National Congress (Libya)
• Congress of Paraguay
• Congress of Venezuela

Other uses

• National Congress Battalions, Malta, 1798–1800
• National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, a party congress held every five years
• National Congress of American Indians, an American indigenous rights organization
• National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, national representative body for Indigenous Australians, 2009–2019

See also

• Congress (disambiguation), comparative term
• Congress of Deputies (disambiguation)
• Congress of People's Deputies (disambiguation)
• National Conference (disambiguation)
• National Congress Party (disambiguation)
• National Convention (disambiguation)
• Indian National Congress (disambiguation)
• Kamarajar Deseeya Congress, an Indian political party