[10] Other prominent party members include the Egyptian American scientist Farouk El-Baz,[11] the Egyptian Arabic poet Ahmed Fouad Negm, the writer Gamal El-Ghitani, and the telecommunications entrepreneur Khaled Bichara.

[13] However, until the first post-revolutionary parliamentary elections, held in November 2011 and January 2012, several member parties left the Egyptian Bloc, complaining that it included "remnants of the former regime".

Unlike its partners ESDP and Tagammu, the Free Egyptians Party decided to boycott the Shura council elections in January and February 2012, citing the reluctance of authorities to address irregularities during the lower house elections.

[17] After the elections, the Egyptian Bloc collapsed with the ESDP retiring, claiming that the other partners were more concerned over the secular-Islamist divide than over the differences between the former regime and the forces of the revolution.

[19] The Free Egyptians did not take part in the selection of members of the Constituent Assembly in June 2012, lamenting an over-representation of Islamists in it.

[21] Instead, the FEP participated in a number of projects trying to coordinate the secular opposition against the Islamist majority that came out of the election, namely the Egyptian Nation Alliance that was announced in September 2012,[22] the Civil Democratic Movement of October 2012,[23] and the National Salvation Front founded in November 2012.

[25] The Free Egyptians Party supported the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, which followed anti-government protests against him.

The party declared its support for candidate Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in the May 2014 presidential election.

Thus a stalemate was reached, wherein Khalil took control of the party as though the board had approved the new proposals, whilst Sawiris stood firm in his stance against the move, deeming it to be illegal, and continues to exercise great influence on the party.

Sawiris has since filed a lawsuit in Egypt against Essam Khalil for violation of the party's internal bylaws.