Cairo 2009
The 56th Congress of the Liberal International was held in Cairo, Egypt. Hosted by LI member party the Democratic Front Party (DFP), the central theme of this pre-eminent liberal event for 2009 was 'Education for the 21st Century', and gathered hundreds of liberal leaders and thinkers from around the world.
The Executive Committee meeting of LI, that is only for certain delegates representing their party, was held on Thursday the 29th of October in Alexandria. The Congress itself opened on the morning of Friday the 30th of October 2009, and closed during the evening of Saturday the 31st of October.