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
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
Hizb ut-Tahrir Hizb at-Tahrir
حزب التحرير		 HT Ata Abu Rashta Islamism
Caliphalism

See also

References

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