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Islamic Constitutional Movement

Field	Value
name	Islamic Constitutional Movement
logo	Hadas logo.pngclass=skin-invert
colorcode
secretary_general	Musaed Al Saidi
foundation	31 March 1991
ideology	Islamism
religion	Sunni Islam
headquarters	Kuwait City, Kuwait
international	Muslim Brotherhood
website	www.icmkw.org
country	Kuwait
abbreviation	ICM
native_name_lang	ar
native_name	الحركة الدستورية الإسلامية
position	Right-wing
seats1_title	National Assembly
seats1

Islamic Constitutional Movement (الحركة الدستورية الإسلامية ar, Hadas) is a Kuwaiti Islamist political organization. It's an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.

History and profile

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, most notably is Jassem Mohalhel.

Bader Al-Nashi was secretary general of the Movement between 2003 and July 2009. Its current secretary general is Musaed Al Saidi. It has one member in the current National Assembly of Kuwait.

Electoral history

National Assembly elections

Election	Secretary-General	Seats	+/–
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		1
2022		0
2023		0
2024		2

References

Scott Williamson and Nathan Brown. (20 November 2013).[http://mideastafrica.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/11/20/kuwaits_muslim_brotherhood_under_pressure Kuwaits muslim brotherhood under pressure] {{webarchive. link. (6 October 2014 ''Foreign Policy''. Retrieved 30 September 2014.)
(2010). "Between Religion and Politics". Carnegie Endowment.
(13 July 2009). "HADAS to choose its new leader on August 1st". Ikhwan Web.
[http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=ODEyOTc0NTY5 ICM Secretary General] Kuwait Times (2 August 2009)
(16 December 2013). "Hadas Chooses Al-Olaim as Secretary General (in Arabic)". Al-Rai Newspaper.
[http://www.kuwaitpolitics.org/pg1.htm Muslim Brothers]. kuwaitpolitics.org
(7 January 2021). "مساعد السعيدي أميناً عاماً لـ"حدس"".

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