International relations The following congresses were formal meetings of representatives of different nations: • The
Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668), which ended the
War of Devolution • The
Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748), which ended the
War of the Austrian Succession • The
Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818) • The
Congress of Berlin (1878), which settled the
Eastern Question after the
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) • The
Congress of Gniezno (1000) • The
Congress of Laibach (1821) • The
Congress of Panama, an 1826 meeting organized by
Simón Bolívar • The
Congress of Paris (1856), which ended the Crimean War • The
Congress of Troppau (1820) • The
Congress of Tucumán (1816) • The
Congress of Utrecht (1712–1713) • The
Congress of Verona (1822) • The
Congress of Vienna (1814–15), which settled the shape of Europe after the
Napoleonic Wars • The
Congress of the Council of Europe.
Legislatures in
Buenos Aires ====
Presidential and
semi-presidential systems==== In the mid-1770s, the
British colonies that became the United States of America adopted for their joint
convention the word "Congress" - to emphasize each colony's status as a
state in its own right. The term has been adopted by many
countries to refer to their
legislatures. • The
United States Congress is the bicameral legislative branch of the
United States federal government. • The
Continental Congress (1774–1781) was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the
Congress of the Confederation (1781–1789), legislature of the
United States under the
Articles of Confederation. • The
Confederate States Congress of 1861–1865 operated in the
Confederate States of America during the
American Civil War. • The
Congress of Guatemala () is the
unicameral legislature of
Guatemala. • The
National Congress of Honduras () is the legislative branch of the government of
Honduras. • The
Congress of Mexico () is the legislative branch of the
Mexican government. • The
Congress of Paraguay is the bicameral legislature of
Paraguay. • The
Congress of the Argentine Nation () is the legislative branch of the government of
Argentina. • The
Congress of the Dominican Republic is the
bicameral legislature of the
Dominican Republic. • The
Palau National Congress (
Palauan:
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. • The
Congress of the Philippines (
Filipino:
Kongreso ng Pilipinas) is the legislative branch of the
Philippine government. • The
Congress of the Republic of Peru () is the unicameral legislature of
Peru. • The
Congress of Colombia () is the bicameral legislature of
Colombia. • The
National Congress of Bolivia was the national legislature of
Bolivia before being replaced by the
Plurinational Legislative Assembly. • The
National Congress of Brazil () is the bicameral legislature of Brazil. • The
National Congress of Chile () is the legislative branch of the government of
Chile. • The
National Congress of Ecuador was the unicameral legislature of
Ecuador before being replaced by the
National Assembly. • France: • The
Congress of the French Parliament refers specifically to when both houses of France's legislature sit together as a single body, usually at the Palace of Versailles, to vote on revisions to the Constitution, to listen to an address by the President of the French Republic, and, in the past, to elect the President of the Republic. • The
Congress of New Caledonia is the national legislature under the semi-presidential system of the autonomous
sui generis collectivity.
Non-presidential systems •
Spanish Congress of Deputies (Spanish:
Congreso de los Diputados) is the lower house of the
Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch. • The
National Congress of Belgium was a temporary legislative assembly in 1830, which created a constitution for the
new state. • The legislature of the
People's Republic of China is known in
English as the
National People's Congress. • The
Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union was the legislature and nominal supreme institution of state power in the
Soviet Union. •
Congress of People's Deputies of Russia was modeled after the Soviet Union's and existed in 1990–1993. • The
Congress of Cuba was the bicameral legislature of Cuba from 1902 to 1959.
Parties Many political parties have a
party congress every few years to make decisions for the party and elect governing bodies, while others call it a
party convention. Congress is included in the name of several
political parties, especially those in former British colonies: •
India •
Indian National Congress •
All India Trinamool Congress •
Kerala Congress •
Nationalist Congress Party •
Tamil Maanila Congress •
YSR Congress •
Janta Congress Chhattisgarh •
All India N.R. Congress •
Canary Islands •
National Congress of the Canaries •
Eswatini •
Ngwane National Liberatory Congress •
Fiji •
National Congress of Fiji •
Guyana •
People's National Congress •
Lesotho •
Basotho Congress Party •
Lesotho Congress for Democracy •
Lesotho People's Congress •
Malawi •
Malawi Congress Party •
Malaysia •
Malaysian Indian Congress •
Namibia •
Congress of Democrats •
Nepal •
Nepali Congress •
Pakistan •
Peoples Revolutionary Congress Pakistan •
Pakistan Christian Congress •
Sierra Leone •
All People's Congress •
South Africa •
African National Congress •
Congress of the People •
Pan-Africanist Congress •
Sri Lanka •
All Ceylon Tamil Congress •
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress •
Sudan •
National Congress (Sudan) •
Trinidad and Tobago •
United National Congress •
Uganda •
Ugandan People's Congress •
Iraqi National Congress Political organizations •
National Congress of American Indians •
Congress of Racial Equality •
Continental Congress 2.0 ==Labor congresses==