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 Ideology Political position
National Democratic Alliance al-Tehalef al-Dimoqrati al-Watani
التحالف الديمقراطي الوطني 		NDA Bashar Al-Sayegh Secularism
National liberalism 		Centre-right
Kuwait Democratic Forum المنبر الديمقراطي الكويتي KDF Bandar Al-Khairan Secularism
Arab nationalism
Pan-Arabism 		Centre-left
Kuwaiti Progressive Movement الحركة التقدمية الكويتية KPM Ahmad Aldeyain Socialism
Anti-capitalism
Anti-imperialism Marxism-Leninism 		Left-wing to far-left
Popular Action Movement حركة العمل الشعبي PAM Musallam Al-Barrak Populism Centre-right
Popular Action Bloc كتلة العمل الشعبي PAB Ahmed Al-Sadoun Populism
Nationalism 		Centre-left
Islamic Constitutional Movement al-Haraka al-Dosturiya al-Islamiyah
الحركة الدستورية الإسلامية 		Hadas
حدس 		Mohammad al-Olaim Sunni Islamism Right-wing
Islamic Salafi Alliance التجمع الإسلامي السلفي ISA Khaled Sultan bin Essa Islamism
Salafism 		Far-right
National Islamic Alliance التحالف الوطني الإسلامي NIA Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad Shi'a Islamism
Justice and Peace Alliance تجمع العدالة والسلام JPA Saleh Ashour Shi'a Islamism
Civil Conservative Party حزب المحافظين المدني CCP Mohammed Al-Mutayrat Nationalism
Islamic democracy
Paternalistic conservatism 		Centre-right
Civil Democratic Movement CDM
Youth Association of Kuwait رابطة الشباب الكويتي YaKuwait Youth politics Centre-left

Outlawed parties

Name (English) Name (Arabic) Acronym Leader Ideology Political position
Hizb ut-Tahrir Hizb at-Tahrir
حزب التحرير 		HT Ata Abu Rashta Islamism
Caliphalism 		Far-right

See also

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