Islamic Constitutional Movement
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Islamic Constitutional Movement الحركة الدستورية الإسلامية | |
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| Abbreviation | ICM |
| Secretary-General | Musaed Al Saidi |
| Founded | 31 March 1991 |
| Headquarters | Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| Ideology | Islamism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| International affiliation | Muslim Brotherhood |
| National Assembly | 1 / 64 |
| Website | |
| www.icmkw.org | |
Islamic Constitutional Movement (الحركة الدستورية الإسلامية Al-Haraka Al-Dosturiya Al-Islamiyah, Hadas) is a Kuwaiti Islamist political organization.[1] It's an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.
History and profile
[edit | edit source]ICM was established on 31 March 1991 following the liberation of Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion in the Gulf War. The group of people who started the Movement and still control it are Kuwaiti Islamists following the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood,[1][2] most notably is Jassem Mohalhel.
Bader Al-Nashi was secretary general of the Movement between 2003 and July 2009.[3][4] Its current secretary general is Musaed Al Saidi.[5] It has one member in the current National Assembly of Kuwait.
Electoral history
[edit | edit source]National Assembly elections
[edit | edit source]| Election | Secretary-General | Seats[6] | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Essa al-Shaheen | 4 / 50
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New |
| 1996 | 6 / 50
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Increase 2 | |
| 1999 | 4 / 50
|
Decrease 2 | |
| 2003 | Bader al-Nashi | 2 / 50
|
Decrease 2 |
| 2006 | 6 / 50
|
Increase 4 | |
| 2008 | 4 / 50
|
Decrease 2 | |
| 2009 | Nasser al-Sane | 2 / 50
|
Decrease 2 |
| 2012 (Feb) | 4 / 50
|
Increase 2 | |
| 2012 (Dec) | 0 / 50
|
Decrease 4 | |
| 2013 | 0 / 50
|
Steady 0 | |
| 2016 | Mohammed al-Olaim | 4 / 50
|
Increase 4 |
| 2020 | Musaid al-Saidi[7] | 3 / 50
|
Decrease 1 |
| 2022 | 3 / 50
|
Steady 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 / 50
|
Steady 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 / 50
|
Decrease 2 |
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Scott Williamson and Nathan Brown. (20 November 2013).Kuwaits muslim brotherhood under pressure Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Foreign Policy. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
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- ^ ICM Secretary General Kuwait Times (2 August 2009)
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- ^ Muslim Brothers. kuwaitpolitics.org
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