Islamic Constitutional Movement | |
Secretary General: | Musaed Al Saidi |
Foundation: | 31 March 1991 |
Ideology: | Islamism |
Religion: | Sunni Islam |
Headquarters: | Kuwait City |
International: | Muslim Brotherhood |
Website: | www.icmkw.org |
Country: | Kuwait |
Abbreviation: | ICM |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Native Name: | الحركة الدستورية الإسلامية |
Seats1 Title: | National Assembly |
Islamic Constitutional Movement (Arabic: الحركة الدستورية الإسلامية , Hadas) is a Kuwaiti Islamist political organization.[1] Its an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.
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.
Election | Secretary-General | Seats[6] | +/– |
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1992 | Essa al-Shaheen | New | |
1996 | 2 | ||
1999 | 2 | ||
2003 | Bader al-Nashi | 2 | |
2006 | 4 | ||
2008 | 2 | ||
2009 | Nasser al-Sane | 2 | |
2012 (Feb) | 2 | ||
2012 (Dec) | 4 | ||
2013 | 0 | ||
2016 | Mohammed al-Olaim | 4 | |
2020 | Musaid al-Saidi[7] | 1 | |
2022 | 0 | ||
2023 | 0 | ||
2024 | 2 |