List of political parties in Kuwait
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The Constitution of Kuwait supports the existence of political parties, although political parties in Kuwait have not been legalized since independence in 1961. Nonetheless, the constitution itself does not prohibit parties.
In practice, there are many de facto political parties:
Current parties[]
Name (English) | Name (Arabic) | Acronym | Leader | Political position and ideologies |
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National Democratic Alliance | Al-Tehalef Al-Dimoqrati Al-Watani
التحالف الديمقراطي الوطني |
NDA | Bashar Al-Sayegh | Centre-right |
Kuwait Democratic Forum | المنبر الديمقراطي الكويتي | KDF | Centre-left | |
Kuwaiti Progressive Movement | الحركة التقدمية الكويتية | KPM | Ahmad Aldeyain | Socialism
Left-wing |
Popular Action Movement | حركة العمل الشعبي | PAM | Musallam Al-Barrak | Populism |
Popular Action Bloc | كتلة العمل الشعبي | PAB | Ahmed Al-Sadoun | Centre-right |
Islamic Constitutional Movement | Al-Haraka Al-Dosturiya Al-Islamiyah
الحركة الدستورية الإسلامية |
Hadas
حدس |
Mohammad al-Olaim | Islamism |
Islamic Salafi Alliance | التجمع الإسلامي السلفي | ISA | Khaled AlـSultan Bin Essa | Islamism
Salafism |
National Islamic Alliance | التحالف الوطني الإسلامي | NIA | Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad | Islamism |
Justice and Peace Alliance | تجمع العدالة والسلام | JPA | Saleh Ashour | Islamism |
Civil Conservative Party | حزب المحافظين المدني | CCP | - | Centre-right
Islamic democracy |
Civil Democratic Movement | - | CDM | - | - |
Youth Association of Kuwait | رابطة الشباب الكويتي | YaKuwait | - | - |
Outlawed parties[]
Name (English) | Name (Arabic) | Acronym | Leader | Political position and ideologies |
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Hizb ut-Tahrir | Hizb at-Tahrir
حزب التحرير |
HT | Ata Abu Rashta | Islamism |
See also[]
- Politics of Kuwait
- List of political parties by country
References[]
Categories:
- Lists of political parties by country
- Political parties in Kuwait
- Kuwait politics-related lists
- Lists of organizations based in Kuwait
- Lists of political parties in Asia
- Asian political party stubs
- Kuwait stubs