title: List of political parties in Kuwait
text: # List of political parties in Kuwait
  
  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 |
  