List of political parties in Kuwait
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Political parties in Kuwait have not been legalized since independence in 1961.
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 Secularism National liberalism |
Kuwait Democratic Forum | المنبر الديمقراطي الكويتي | KDF | Bandar Al-Khairan | Centre-left Secularism Arab nationalism Pan-Arabism |
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 Populism Nationalism |
Islamic Constitutional Movement | al-Haraka al-Dosturiya al-Islamiyah الحركة الدستورية الإسلامية | Hadas حدس | Mohammad al-Olaim | Sunni Islamism |
Islamic Salafi Alliance | التجمع الإسلامي السلفي | ISA | Khaled Al-Sultan Bin Essa | Islamism Salafism |
National Islamic Alliance | التحالف الوطني الإسلامي | NIA | Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad | Shi'a Islamism |
Justice and Peace Alliance | تجمع العدالة والسلام | JPA | Saleh Ashour | Islamism |
Civil Conservative Party | حزب المحافظين المدني | CCP | - | Centre-right Nationalism Islamic democracy Paternalistic conservatism |
Civil Democratic Movement | - | CDM | - | - |
Youth Association of Kuwait | رابطة الشباب الكويتي | YaKuwait | - | Centre-left Youth politics |
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 Caliphalism |