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A congress is a formal meeting of representatives from different countries (or by extension constituent
Constituent

Constituent may refer to:* Constituent * Constituent ...
 state
State

A state is a political Social contract with effective sovereignty over a geographic area and representing a population. These may be nation states, State or multinational states....
s), or independent organizations (such as different trade unions). The term Congress was chosen for the US Congress
United States Congress

The United States Congress is the Bicameralism legislature of the Federal government of the United States of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
 to emphasize the status of each state represented there as a self-governing unit. Subsequently to the use of congress by the US legislature, the term has been adopted by many states within unions, and by unitary nation-states in the Americas
Americas

The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions....
, to refer to their legislatures.

following congresses were formal meetings of representatives of different nations:




Other countries with Congresses:

i>Congress is included in the name of several political parties
Political Parties

Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy....
, especially those in former British colonies:

It has been used for meetings of independence-minded nationalists or revolutionaries
Revolutionary

A revolutionary is a person who either actively participates in, or advocates revolution. Also, when used as an adjective, the term revolutionary refers to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavour....
:

political parties also have a Party Congress which is held every few years to make decisions for the party and elected governing bodies.






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A congress is a formal meeting of representatives from different countries (or by extension constituent
Constituent

Constituent may refer to:* Constituent * Constituent ...
 state
State

A state is a political Social contract with effective sovereignty over a geographic area and representing a population. These may be nation states, State or multinational states....
s), or independent organizations (such as different trade unions). The term Congress was chosen for the US Congress
United States Congress

The United States Congress is the Bicameralism legislature of the Federal government of the United States of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
 to emphasize the status of each state represented there as a self-governing unit. Subsequently to the use of congress by the US legislature, the term has been adopted by many states within unions, and by unitary nation-states in the Americas
Americas

The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions....
, to refer to their legislatures.

Political congress


Congresses of nations

The following congresses were formal meetings of representatives of different nations:
  • The Congress of Berlin
    Congress of Berlin

    The Congress of Berlin was a meeting of the European Great Powers' and the Ottoman Empire's leading statesmen in Berlin in 1878. In the wake of the Russo-Turkish War, 1877?78, the meeting's aim was to reorganize the countries of the Balkans....
     (1878), reorganizing conditions in the Balkans
    Balkans

    The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic subregion of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia....
    ,
  • The Congress of Gniezno
    Congress of Gniezno

    The Congress of Gniezno took place on March 11 1000. Scholars disagree over the details of the decisions made at the meeting, especially whether the ruler of Poland was pledged the king's crown or not....
     (1000)
  • The Congress of Panama
    Congress of Panama

    The Congress of Panama was a congress organized by Sim?n Bol?var in 1826 so that Latin American countries could become closer and develop a unified policy towards Spain....
     was an 1826 meeting of representatives from several Latin American republics organized by Simon Bolivar in an attempt to promote Pan-American unity.
  • The Congress of Tucumán
    Congress of Tucumán

    The Congress of Tucum?n was the representative assembly of the United Provinces of the River Plate formed in 1816, initially meeting in Tucum?n....
     (1816)
  • The Congress of Vienna
    Congress of Vienna

    The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by the Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815....
     (1815), reorganizing Europe
    Europe

    Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
     after the Napoleon wars,
  • The National Congress of Belgium
    National Congress of Belgium

    The Belgium National Congress was a temporary legislative assembly in 1830, established shortly after the Provisional Government of Belgium had proclaimed Belgian Revolution on October 4 of that year....
     was a temporarily legislative assembly in 1830, decided to create a constitution for the new state
    Belgian Revolution

    The Belgian Revolution was the conflict which led to the secession of the Southern provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the establishment of an independent Kingdom of Belgium....
    .


  • The Congress of the Council of Europe.


Congress within Nations


  • The United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
     Continental Congress
    Continental Congress

    The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution....


Countries with Congresses and presidential system
Presidential system

A presidential system is a system of government where an executive branch exists and presides separately from the legislature, to which it is not wikt:accountable and which cannot, in normal circumstances, wikt:dismiss it....
s:
  • The Congress of Guatemala
    Congress of Guatemala

    The Congress of the Republic is the Unicameralism legislature of the Guatemala.It comprises 158 Chamber of Deputies, who are elected by universal suffrage to serve four-year terms ....
     (Spanish: Congreso de la República) is the unicameral legislature of Guatemala.
  • The Congress of Honduras (Spanish: Congreso nacional) is the legislative branch of the government of Honduras
    Honduras

    Honduras is a democratic republic in Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras ....
    .
  • The Congress of Mexico
    Congress of Mexico

    Congress is the legislative branch of the Federal government of the United Mexican States. Its structure and responsibilities are defined in Articles 50 to 79 of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico....
      is the legislative branch of Mexican
    Mexico

    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
     government.
  • The Congress of Paraguay
    Congress of Paraguay

    Paraguay's Bicameralism Congress consists of a 45-member Senate of Paraguay and an80-member Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay. It serves as the legislature of the Paraguayan state....
     is the bicameral legislature of Paraguay
    Paraguay

    Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay , is one of the only two landlocked countries in South America . It lies on both banks of the Paraguay River and is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest....
    .
  • The Congress of the Argentine Nation
    Argentine National Congress

    The Congress of the Argentine Nation is the legislature of the government of Argentina.Situated at the end of Avenida de Mayo, at the other end of which is located the Casa Rosada, Argentina's parliament is bicameralism and is made up of the 72-seat Argentine Senate and the 256-seat Argentine Chamber of Deputies....
     (Spanish: Congreso de la Nación Argentina) is the legislative branch of the government of Argentina
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
    .
  • The Congress of the Dominican Republic
    Congress of the Dominican Republic

    The Congress of the Dominican Republic is the bicameral legislature of the government of the Dominican Republic, consisting of two houses, the Senate of the Dominican Republic and the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic....
     is the bicameral legislature of the Dominican Republic
    Dominican Republic

    The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are List of divided islands, Saint Martin being the other....
    .
  • The Palau National Congress
    Palau National Congress

    Palau has bicameralism legislature, the Palau National Congress , consisting of the House of Delegates of Palau and the Senate of Palau. The House of Delegates has 16 members, each serving four-year terms in single-seat constituency....
     (Palauan
    Palauan language

    Palauan is one of the two nationally recognized official languages spoken in the Palau . It is a member of the Austronesian languages, and is considered to be one of two languages in Micronesia belonging to the Western Malayo-Polynesian languages group; all others are considered to be members of either the Micronesian languages or Samoic la...
    : Olbiil era Kelulau) is the bicameral legislative branch of the Republic of Palau.
  • The Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia is the unicameral legislature of the Federated States of Micronesia
    Federated States of Micronesia

    The Federated States of Micronesia is an island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, north of Papua New Guinea. The country is a sovereign state in Associated state with the United States....
    .
  • The Congress of the Philippines
    Congress of the Philippines

    The Congress of the Philippines is the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines. It is a bicameralism body consisting of the Senate of the Philippines , and the House of Representatives of the Philippines although commonly in the Philippines the term congress refers to the latter....
     (Filipino
    Filipino language

    The Filipino language is the national language and an official language of the Philippines as designated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution. It is an Austronesian language that is the de facto standard language of Tagalog language....
    : Kongreso ng Pilipinas) is the legislative branch of the Philippine
    Philippines

    The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
     government.
  • The Congress of the Republic of Peru
    Congress of Peru

    The Congress of the Republic of Peru or the National Congress of Peru is the body that assumes legislative power in Peru.Congress consists of 120 members of congress , who are elected for five year periods in office on a proportional representation basis....
     (Spanish: Congreso de la República) is the unicameral legislature of Peru
    Peru

    Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
    .
  • The Congress of the United States
    United States Congress

    The United States Congress is the Bicameralism legislature of the Federal government of the United States of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
     is the bicameral legislative branch of the United States federal government.
  • The National Congress of Bolivia
    National Congress of Bolivia

    The National Congress is the national legislature of Bolivia, based in the nation's de facto Capital , La Paz.The National Congress is Bicameralism, consisting of a lower house and an upper house ....
     is the national legislature of Bolivia
    Bolivia

    The Republic of Bolivia , named after Sim?n Bol?var, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west....
    .
  • The National Congress of Brazil
    National Congress of Brazil

    Brazil's Bicameralism National Congress consists of Senate of Brazil and the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil .*The Federal Senate contains 81 seats: three senators from each States of Brazil and three from the Brazilian Federal District, elected on a majority basis to serve eight-year terms....
      is Brazil's legislature.
  • The National Congress of Chile
    National Congress of Chile

    The National Congress is the Legislature of the government of the Chile.The National Congress of Chile was founded on July 4, 1811. It is a Bicameralism legislature comprised by the Chamber of Deputies of Chile , of 120 members and by the Senate of Chile , formed by 38 parliamentarians....
     (Spanish: Congreso Nacional) is the legislative branch of the government of Chile
    Chile

    Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
    .
  • The National Congress of Ecuador
    National Congress of Ecuador

    The 'National Congress' is the unicameralism legislative branch of the government of Ecuador.Under the Constitution of Ecuador, Congress meets in Quito and is made up of 100 Chamber of Deputies . Each of the country's Provinces of Ecuador returns a minimum of two deputies plus one additional seat for every 200,000 inhabitants....
     is the unicameral legislature of Ecuador.


Other countries with Congresses:
  • In France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
    , the congrès is a formal and exceptional joint meeting of both houses of Parliament
    Parliament of France

    The French Parliament or Parliament of France is the deliberative and legislative branch of the Government of France.The current parliamentary system in France is bicameral, and the Parliament is composed of:...
     in order to ratify an amendment to the Constitution
    Constitution of France

    The current Constitution of France was adopted on October 4, 1958. It is typically called the Constitution of the Fifth Republic, and replaced that of the French Fourth Republic dating from 1946....
    .
  • Spanish Congress of Deputies
    Spanish Congress of Deputies

    The Spanish Congress of Deputies is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch. It has 350 members, elected by popular vote on block lists by proportional representation in constituency matching the Spanish provinces using the D'Hondt method....
     (Spanish: Congreso de los Diputados), the lower house of the Cortes Generales
    Cortes Generales

    The Cortes Generales is the legislature of Spain. It is a bicameral parliament, composed of the Congress of Deputies and the Spanish Senate ....
    , Spain's legislative branch
  • The legislature of the People's Republic of China
    People's Republic of China

    The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
     is known in English
    English language

    English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
     as the National People's Congress
    National People's Congress

    The National People's Congress , abbreviated NPC , is the highest state body and only legislative house in the People's Republic of China....
    . The PRC is nevertheless not a congressional system.


Political party and organizations

Congress is included in the name of several political parties
Political Parties

Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy....
, especially those in former British colonies:
  • The African National Congress
    African National Congress

    The African National Congress has been South Africa's governing party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in May 1994....
     of South Africa
    South Africa

    The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
  • The All Ceylon Tamil Congress
    All Ceylon Tamil Congress

    All Ceylon Tamil Congress , is the oldest Tamil people political party in Sri Lanka. The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Due to the cooperation of the ACTC with the United National Party a group led by S.J.V....
     of Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India....
  • The All People's Congress
    All People's Congress

    The All People's Congress is one of the two major political parties in Sierra Leone, the other is the Sierra Leone People's Party . The party was founded in 1962 by former Sierra Leone's president Siaka Stevens....
     of Sierra Leone
    Sierra Leone

    Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea in the northeast, Liberia in the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest....
  • The Basotho Congress Party
    Basotho Congress Party

    The Basutoland Congress Party is a Pan-Africanism and left-wing political party in Lesotho, led by Ntsukunyane Mphanya.The Basutoland African Congress was founded in 1952 by Ntsu Mokhehle and Potlako Leballo....
     of Lesotho
    Lesotho

    Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave ? entirely surrounded by the South Africa. Formerly Basutoland, it is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations....
  • The Congress of Democrats
    Congress of Democrats

    The Congress of Democrats is a political party in Namibia, led by Ben Ulenga. It is an opposition party represented in the National Assembly of Namibia....
     of Namibia
    Namibia

    Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean coast. It shares borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east, and South Africa to the south....
  • The Indian National Congress
    Indian National Congress

    Indian National Congress-I is a major political party in India. Founded in 1885 by Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Edulji Wacha, Womesh Chandra Bonerjee, Surendranath Banerjee, Monomohun Ghose, Allan Octavian Hume, and William Wedderburn, the Indian National Congress became the leader of the Indian Independence Movement, with over 15 million memb...
     of India
    India

    India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
  • The Lesotho Congress for Democracy
    Lesotho Congress for Democracy

    The Lesotho Congress for Democracy is a political party in Lesotho.In 1997, Prime Minister Ntsu Mokhehle left the Basutoland Congress Party to form with his faction the new Lesotho Congress for Democracy....
     of Lesotho
    Lesotho

    Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave ? entirely surrounded by the South Africa. Formerly Basutoland, it is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations....
  • The Lesotho Peoples' Congress
    Lesotho Peoples' Congress

    The Lesotho Peoples' Congress is a political party in Lesotho. It was formed as a split from the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy by that party's Lesiba faction after Deputy Prime Minister Kelebone Maope resigned from the government in September 2001, and it was registered on October 8 2001....
     of Lesotho
    Lesotho

    Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave ? entirely surrounded by the South Africa. Formerly Basutoland, it is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations....
  • The Malawi Congress Party
    Malawi Congress Party

    The Malawi Congress Party is a political party in Malawi. It was originally known as the Nyasaland African Congress, but became the MCP under Hastings Banda, its first president....
     of Malawi
    Malawi

    The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast and Mozambique, which surrounds it on the east, south and west....
  • The Malaysian Indian Congress
    Malaysian Indian Congress

    e Malaysian Indian Congress is a Malaysian political party and is one of the founding members of the ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional, previously known as the Alliance, that has been in power since the country achieved independence in 1957....
     of Malaysia
    Malaysia

    Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
  • The National Congress of American Indians
    National Congress of American Indians

    The National Congress of American Indians is a Native Americans in the United States organization based in the United States. It was founded in 1944 and its headquarters are in Washington, D.C.....
  • The National Congress of Fiji
    National Congress of Fiji

    The National Congress of Fiji was formed on 10 January 1965 at the Kisan Sangh Hall in Lautoka, in front of 1,500 farmers , led by Ayodhya Prasad....
  • The National Congress of the Canaries
    National Congress of the Canaries

    National Congress of the Canaries is a separatist political party in the Canary Islands, Spain.It supports independence for the Canary Islands....
  • The National Congress (Sudan)
    National Congress (Sudan)

    The National Congress is the governing official political party of Sudan. It was created in 1998 by certain elements in the former National Islamic Front organization, as well as other politicians, as a legal political party....
  • The Nationalist Congress Party
    Nationalist Congress Party

    The Nationalist Congress Party is an Indian political party based primarily in the state of Maharashtra....
     of India
    India

    India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
  • The Nationalist Trinamool Congress of India
    India

    India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
  • The Nepali Congress
    Nepali Congress

    The Nepali Congress is a Nepalese political party. Nepali Congress is credited for successfully carrying out all three political revolutions of Nepal....
     of Nepal
    Nepal

    Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia and is the world's youngest republic. It is bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by India....
  • The Ngwane National Liberatory Congress
    Ngwane National Liberatory Congress

    The Ngwane National Liberatory Congress is a Swazi political party. It was founded on 23 February 1963 as a breakaway party from the Swaziland Progressive Party lead by Dr....
     of Swaziland
    Swaziland

    The Kingdom of Swaziland is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south, and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique....
  • The Pan-Africanist Congress of South Africa
    South Africa

    The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
  • The People's National Congress
    People's National Congress

    The People's National Congress is a socialist political party in Guyana.At the last elections in Guyana, in August 2006, the party won 34% of the vote and 22 of the 65 seats in Parliament....
     of Guyana
    Guyana

    Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana, is the only state of the Commonwealth of Nations on mainland South America....
  • The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
    Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

    The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders....
     of Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India....
  • The Tamil Maanila Congress
    Tamil Maanila Congress

    The Tamil Maanila Congress was a political party in Tamil Nadu. It was started by G K Moopanar by breaking away from the Indian National Congress protesting the decision of the party high command to form an alliance with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam....
     of India
    India

    India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
  • The Ugandan People's Congress of Uganda
    Uganda

    The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
  • The United National Congress
    United National Congress

    The United National Congress is one of the two major political party in the Trinidad and Tobago. It was founded by Basdeo Panday, a lawyer and former trade unionist....
     of Trinidad and Tobago
    Trinidad and Tobago

    The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an island country in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American country of Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles....


It has been used for meetings of independence-minded nationalists or revolutionaries
Revolutionary

A revolutionary is a person who either actively participates in, or advocates revolution. Also, when used as an adjective, the term revolutionary refers to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavour....
:
  • The African National Congress
    African National Congress

    The African National Congress has been South Africa's governing party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in May 1994....
  • The Indian National Congress
    Indian National Congress

    Indian National Congress-I is a major political party in India. Founded in 1885 by Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Edulji Wacha, Womesh Chandra Bonerjee, Surendranath Banerjee, Monomohun Ghose, Allan Octavian Hume, and William Wedderburn, the Indian National Congress became the leader of the Indian Independence Movement, with over 15 million memb...
  • The Iraqi National Congress
    Iraqi National Congress

    The Iraqi National Congress is an umbrella Iraqi opposition group led by Ahmed Chalabi. It was formed with the aid and direction of the United States government following the Gulf War, for the purpose of fomenting the overthrow of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein....


Party congresses

Many political parties also have a Party Congress which is held every few years to make decisions for the party and elected governing bodies. These are sometimes called political convention
Political convention

In politics, a political convention is a meeting of a political party, typically to select party candidates.In the United States, a political convention usually refers to a United States presidential nominating convention, but it can also refer to state, county, or congressional district nominating conventions....
s.

Non-political congresses


Chess congress

A Chess congress is a chess
Chess

Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two Player . Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from History of chess and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older...
 tournament, in one city, where a large number of contestants gather to play competitive chess over a limited period of time; typically one day to one week.

Scientific congress


Congress is an alternative name for a large national or international academic conference
Academic conference

An academic conference is a :wikt:conference for researchers to present and discuss their work. Together with academic or scientific journals, conferences provide an important channel for exchange of information between researchers....
.

Such as World Congress on Men's Health and Gender * , a biennial meeting for Men's Health with a multidisciplinary approach from urology, oncology, cardiology, endocrinology, occupational medicine to psychiatry and beyond.

Transportation

  • Congress
    List of shipwrecks in 1909

    List of shipwrecks in 1909 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1909....
    , a ship caught in a storm at St Ives, Cornwall
    St Ives, Cornwall

    St Ives is a seaside resort, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne....
     in 1909.


Other

  • Congress is the title of an instrumental on the 2005 Enter the Haggis
    Enter the Haggis

    Enter the Haggis is a Canadian world Celtic rock band based in Toronto, Canada. Commonly called ETH, the band has been playing and recording since 1996....
     album, Casualties of Retail
    Casualties of Retail

    Casualties of Retail is an album by Enter the Haggis, released on the United for Opportunity record label on October 25, 2005 . The title comes from a line in the song "Gasoline" ....
    .


See also

  • Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange
    Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange

    The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange is a youth student exchange program founded in 1983. The program, which is dually sponsored by the United States Congress and the German Bundestag, funds exchange programs for German and American students through grants to private exchange organizations in both countries....
  • Congress Poland
    Congress Poland

    Congress Poland [], officially and formally Kingdom of Poland and informally known as Russian Poland was a constitutional personal union of the Russian Empire created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna, replaced by the Central Powers in 1915 with the Kingdom of Poland ....
  • Congressional Country Club
    Congressional Country Club

    The Congressional Country Club is a country club and golf course located in Bethesda, Maryland. Congressional is now, once again, an annual stop on the PGA Tour....
  • List of African Union member states by political system
    List of African Union member states by political system

    African Union member states, have various forms of government. The Constitutive Act of the African Union makes no provision for what type of government a member state may or must have, but S:Constitutive Act of the African Union#Article 30 - Suspension states:This clause has only applied to Mauritania after its Mauritania#August 2005 militar...
  • U. S. Congress