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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...
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Hadas was established on 31 March 1991 following the liberation 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...
from the Iraqi invasion in the Gulf War
Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...
. The group of people that started the Movement and still control it are Kuwaiti Islamists following the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood
Muslim Brotherhood
The Society of the Muslim Brothers is the world's oldest and one of the largest Islamist parties, and is the largest political opposition organization in many Arab states. It was founded in 1928 in Egypt by the Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna and by the late 1940s had an...
, most notably is Jassem Mohalhel.
The Movement pushed candidates in all the elections for Kuwait's National Assembly starting from 1992. However, it suffered a big setback in the elections of 2003 which resulted in only two seats of the 50-seat Parliament out of 15 candidates.
This defeat forced Hadas to restructure its internal system to allow more bottom-level members to be involved in electing the leadership, which allowed a younger generation of activists in the Students' Union of the Eighties to take the lead.
In the election of 2006, Hadas succeeded in becoming one of the largest blocs in the Assembly with six members. In the election of 2008, however, this number was decreased to only three: Jamaan Al-Harbash
Jamaan Al-Harbash
Jamaan Al-Harbash is a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the second district. Born in 1970, Dr. Al-Harbash obtained a PhD in Islamic ideology and worked as a professor at Kuwait University before being elected to the National Assembly in 2006...
, Abdulaziz AlـShayji, and Nasser Al-Sane
Nasser Al-Sane
Nasser Al-Sane is a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the third district. Born in 1955, Dr. Al-Sane obtained a PhD in Business Administration before being elected to the National Assembly in 1992...
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The Current Secretary General of Hadas is Bader Al-Nashi
Bader Al-Nashi
Bader Al-Nashi has been the Secretary General of Hadas, The Islamic Constitutional Movement in Kuwait from 2003 until 2009.-References:...
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