List of political parties in Kuwait - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Political Parties

Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy...

are illegal in the Gulf

Persian Gulf

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state of Kuwait
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...

. They have not been legalized since independence in 1961. Nonetheless, the constitution itself does not explicitly prohibit parties.

Candidates for election (e.g., to the National Assembly of Kuwait

National Assembly of Kuwait

The National Assembly of Kuwait, known as the Majlis Al-Umma , is the legislature of Kuwait. The current speaker of the Assembly is Jassem Al-Kharafi. The Emir unconstitutionally dissolved the National Assembly in 1986 and restored it after the Gulf War in 1992...

) stand in a personal capacity. In practice, however, several political groups act as de facto parties:

The Kuwaiti Democratic Forum
The Islamic Constitutional Movement (Hadas) Hadas Hadas Hadas was established on 31 March 1991 following the liberation of Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion in the Gulf War. The group of people that started the Movement and still control it are Kuwaiti Islamists following the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood, most notably is Jassem Mohalhel.The...
The National Democratic Alliance National Democratic Alliance (Kuwait) The National Democratic Alliance is a liberal political bloc in Kuwait. Of the fifty elected members of Kuwait National Assembly, two belong to the NDA: Mohammed Al-Abduljader and Mohammed Al-Sager...
The National Islamic Alliance National Islamic Alliance (Kuwait) The National Islamic Alliance is a hard-line Shia political party in Kuwait. It is alleged to have links with Iran and Hezbollah which it denies. Of the fifty elected members of Kuwait National Assembly, two belong to the National Islamic Alliance: Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad and Ahmed Lari....
The Islamic Salafi Alliance Islamic Salafi Alliance (Kuwait) The Islamic Salafi Alliance is a Sunni political party in Kuwait headed by Khaled AlـSultan Bin Essa. An affiliate of the Heritage Revival Society, the Alliance opposes women's empowerment. One of the main objectives of the Islamic Salafi Alliance is to enforce Sharia law in the country. It...
The Popular Action Bloc Popular Action Bloc (Kuwait) The Popular Action Bloc is a political bloc in Kuwait headed by veteran former Speaker Ahmed Al-Sadoun. The group focuses on populist issues like housing and salary raise, and reform...
The Justice and Peace Alliance Justice and Peace Alliance (Kuwait) The Justice and Peace Alliance is a moderate Shia political bloc in Kuwait. Of the fifty elected members of Kuwait National Assembly, only one belongs to the Justice and Peace Alliance: Saleh Ashour....
The Kuwaiti Ba'ath Party
The Hizb ut-Tahrir Hizb ut-Tahrir Hizb ut-Tahrir is an international Sunni. pan-Islamic political organisation but keeps it open for all including shias,some of its beliefs are against sunni school of thought, whose goal is for all Muslim countries to unify as an Islamic state or caliphate ruled by Islamic law and with a caliph...

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