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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 edit


Name (English)	Name (Arabic)	Acronym	Leader	Political position and ideologies
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 edit


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

Summary

Current parties edit

Outlawed parties edit

See also edit

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