List of political parties in Kuwait

Kuwait
This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Kuwait
Constitution Constitution (1961) Politics Human rights
Demographics Governorates of Kuwait
Legislature National Assembly Speaker: Marzouq Al-Ghanim Politics No-confidence votes
Political parties Popular Action Bloc National Democratic Alliance National Islamic Alliance Hadas Justice and Peace Alliance
Ruling family House of Sabah Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Government Prime Minister Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah Cabinet
Recent elections Parliamentary 2012 (Feb) 2012 (Dec) 2013 2016
Related topics Administrative divisions (Governorates Districts) Foreign relations History of Kuwait
Other countries Atlas

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

Liberal

• Kuwait Liberal Bloc

Secular

• Progressive Kuwaiti Movement^[1][2][3]
• National Democratic Alliance^[4]
• Kuwait Democratic Forum^[5]

Populist

• Popular Action Movement (7ashd)^[6][7]
• Popular Action Bloc

Youth groups

The Kuwait youth groups are secular (consisting of youth from diverse social groups):

• Civil Democratic Movement^{[8][9][10][11]}
• Youth Association of Kuwait

Sunni Islamist

• Hadas (Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood)
• Islamic Salafi Alliance

Shia Islamist

• National Islamic Alliance
• Justice and Peace Alliance (moderate Shia)

See also

• Politics of Kuwait
• List of political parties by country

References