A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different nations, constituent states, independent organizations (such as trade unions), or groups.

The term was chosen for the United States Congress to emphasize the status of each state represented there as a self-governing unit. Subsequent to the use of congress by the U.S. legislature, the term has been adopted by many states within unions, and by unitary nation-states in the Americas, to refer to their legislatures.

The following congresses were formal meetings of representatives of different nations:

Countries with Congresses and presidential systems:

Congress is included in the name of several political parties, especially those in former British colonies:

Many political parties also have a party congress every few years to make decisions for the party and elect governing bodies. This is sometimes called a political convention.

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

For instance, the World Congress on Men's Health WCMH is an annual meeting on men's medical issues.

Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( /koʊlˈbɛər/ or /ˈkoʊlbərt/; born May 13, 1964) is an American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor. He is the host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, a satirical news show in which Colbert portrays a caricatured version of conservative political pundits.

Colbert originally studied to be an actor, but became interested in improvisational theatre when he met famed Second City director Del Close while attending Northwestern University. He first performed professionally as an understudy for Steve Carell at Second City Chicago; among his troupe mates were comedians Paul Dinello and Amy Sedaris, with whom he developed the critically acclaimed sketch comedy series Exit 57.

Colbert also wrote and performed on the short-lived Dana Carvey Show before collaborating with Sedaris and Dinello again on the cult television series Strangers with Candy. He gained considerable attention for his role on the latter as closeted gay history teacher Chuck Noblet. It was his work as a correspondent on Comedy Central's news-parody series The Daily Show, however, that first introduced him to a wide audience.

Sabbam Hari (born on 1st June 1952) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament. He represents Anakapalli constituency. He belongs to Congress party.

Sabbam Hari is from Visakhapatnam,Andhra Pradesh.He is a B.Com graduate from Mrs.AVN College

He came into political limelight when he was elected Mayor, Visakha Municipal Corporation (VMC) and later was elected to Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) From Anakapalli Parliamentary Constituency in 2009.

He is now supporting Congress breakaway party leader, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and his party YSR Congress Party.

Sabbam Hari is married to Lakshmi and has a son and two daughters.

Prannoy L Roy, Ph.D (Bengali: প্রনয রায) (born October 15, 1949) is an Indian journalist and media personality. He is the founder and Executive Chairperson of New Delhi Television (NDTV).

Prannoy Roy was born in Calcutta to a Bengali father ("Hurricane" Roy) who was the chief executive of the Indian unit of a British company and an Irish/English mother who was a teacher. He spent the first few years of his life at Kolkata & studied in La Martiniere, Calcutta. He then attended The Doon School, Dehradun where he was School Captain, later winning a scholarship to Haileybury in the UK for his A-levels and qualified as a Chartered Accountant, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (England and Wales) and has a Ph.D in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. His working career involved: Associate Professor at The Delhi School of Economics, Psephologist, Consultant at Price Waterhouse, created a macro-econometric model of the Indian economy, Economic Advisor at the Ministry of Finance, Govt of India, co-Founder of NDTV.