# List of populists

The following is a list of populist parties, leaders and movements.

## Africa
### Burundi

* Pierre Nkurunziza

### Cameroon

* Paul Biya

### Egypt

* Gamal Abdel Nasser
* Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

### Equatorial Guinea

* Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

### Gabon

* Ali Bongo Ondimba

### The Gambia

* Yahya Jammeh

### Kenya

* Raila Odinga

### Liberia

* George Weah

### Libya

* Muammar Gaddafi

### Rwanda

* Paul Kagame

### South Africa

* Economic Freedom Fighters
* Freedom Front Plus
* Jacob Zuma

### Sudan

* Omar al-Bashir

### Tanzania

* John Magufuli

### Tunisia

* Kais Saied
* Heart of Tunisia

### Uganda

* Idi Amin
* Yoweri Museveni

### Zambia

* Michael Sata

### Zimbabwe

* ZANU-PF

## Americas
### Argentina

* Carlos Menem (1989-1999)
* Néstor Kirchner (2003-2010)
* Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2007–2015)
* Javier Milei (2023–present)

### Bolivia

* Evo Morales (2006-2019)

### Brazil

* Fernando Collor de Mello (1990-1992)
* Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945)
* Lula da Silva (2003-2011, 2023–present)
* Jair Bolsonaro (2019–2022)

### Canada

* Preston Manning (1997-2000)
* Niki Ashton (2008–present)
* Maxime Bernier (2018–present)
* Rob Ford (2000-2016)
* Doug Ford (2018–present)
* Pierre Poilievre (2022–present)
* Danielle Smith (2009–present)
* Kevin O'Leary

### Chile

* Francisco Javier Errázuriz Talavera
* Joaquín Lavín
* Marco Enríquez-Ominami
* Carlos Bianchi Chelech
* Daniel Jadue
* José Antonio Kast
* Pamela Jiles
* Frente Amplio
* The List of the People
* Party of the People
** Franco Parisi

### Colombia

* Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010)
* Rodolfo Hernández Suárez

### Cuba

* Fidel Castro (1959-2008)

### Ecuador

* Abdalá Bucaram (1996-1997)
* Lucio Gutiérrez (2003-2005)
* Rafael Correa (2007-2017)
* Abdalá Bucaram Jr. (2009-2014)

### El Salvador

* FMLN
* Nuevas Ideas
** Nayib Bukele (2012–present)

### Guatemala

* Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity

### Mexico

* Andrés Manuel López Obrador

### Nicaragua

* Daniel Ortega (1979-1990) (2007–present)

### Paraguay

* Fernando Lugo (2008-2012)

### Peru

* Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000)
* Pedro Castillo
* Keiko Fujimori
* Rafael López Aliaga

### United States

* Huey Long (1928-1935)
* William Jennings Bryan
* George Wallace (1946-1955, 1963-1968, 1971-1979, 1983-1987)
* Edwin Edwards (1964-1996)
* Mike Gravel (1969-1981)
* Ronald Reagan (1967-1989)
* Ron Paul (1976-1977, 1979–1985, 1997–2018)
* Pat Buchanan (1985-2000)
* David Duke (1989-1992)
* Jesse Jackson (1991-1997)
* Bernie Sanders (1991–present)
* Ross Perot (1992-1996)
* Roy Moore (1992–present)
* Joe Arpaio (1993–2017)
* Reform Party (1995–present)
* Jim Jordan (1995–present)
* Greg Abbott (1996–present)
* Dennis Kucinich (1997-2013)
* Steve King (1997-2021)
* Andy Harris (1999–present)
* Andy Biggs (2001–present)
* Ted Cruz (2003–present)
* Tim Ryan
* Louie Gohmert (2005–present)
* John Fetterman (2006–present)
* Sarah Palin (2006–present)
* Tea Party movement
* Matt Gaetz (2010–present)
* Paul Gosar (2011–present)
* Ron Johnson (2011–present)
* JD Vance (2016–present)
* Allen West (2011–present)
* Tulsi Gabbard (2013–present)
* Scott Perry (2013–present)
* Kelli Ward (2013–2023)
* Elizabeth Warren (2013–present)
* Donald Trump, 45th and 47th President (2015–present)
* Amanda Chase (2016–present)
* Josh Hawley (2017–present)
* Jamaal Bowman (2020–present)
* Mary Miller (2020–present)
* Cori Bush (2020–present)
* Andrew Yang
* Ralph Nader
* Occupy movement

### Venezuela

* Rafael Caldera (1994-1999)
* Hugo Chávez (1999-2013)
* Nicolás Maduro (2013–present)

## Asia
### Bangladesh

* Sheikh Hasina

### Mainland China

* Xi Jinping

### Hong Kong

* Civic Passion
* League of Social Democrats
* People Power
* John Lee
* Junius Ho

### India

* Narendra Modi
* Bharatiya Janata Party
* Shiv Sena
* Bal Thackeray
* Yogi Adityanath
* Amit Shah
* Devendra Fadnavis
* LK Advani
* Shyam Prasad Mukherjee

### Indonesia

* Joko Widodo
* Prabowo Subianto

### Iran

* Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
* People's Mujahedin of Iran

### Israel

* Benjamin Netanyahu

### Japan

* Shinzo Abe
* Tōru Hashimoto
* Shintaro Ishihara
* Yuriko Koike
* Junichiro Koizumi
* Tarō Yamamoto

### Malaysia

* Syed Saddiq

### Myanmar

* National League for Democracy

### Pakistan

* Benazir Bhutto
* Imran Khan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

### Philippines

* Rodrigo Duterte
* Joseph Estrada
* Bongbong Marcos

### Sri Lanka

* Mahinda Rajapaksa

### Taiwan

* Chen Shui-bian
* Han Kuo-yu
* Tsai Ing-wen
* Terry Gou

### Thailand

* Thaksin Shinawatra
* Yingluck Shinawatra
* Pheu Thai Party

### Turkey

* Justice and Development Party
** Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
* Peoples' Democratic Party
* Nationalist Movement Party

## Europe
### Austria

* Freedom Party of Austria
* Communist Party of Austria

### Belarus

* Alexander Lukashenko

### Belgium

* Vlaams Belang
* Workers' Party of Belgium

### Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
** Milorad Dodik

### Bulgaria

* Attack
* Revival
* GERB
** Boyko Borisov
* Bulgarian Socialist Party
* Reload Bulgaria
* National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria
* National Movement for Stability and Progress
* There is Such a People

### Croatia

* Homeland Movement
* The Bridge
* Home and National Rally
* Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja
* Croatian Party of Rights
* Croatian Party of Rights 1861
* Croatian Party of Rights Dr. Ante Starčević
* Croatian Democratic Peasant Party
* Human Shield

### Czechia

* ANO 2011
** Andrej Babiš
* Freedom and Direct Democracy
** Tomio Okamura
* Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
* Oath
* Motorists for Themselves
* Law, Respect, Expertise

### Denmark

* Denmark Democrats
* Red-Green Alliance
* Danish People's Party
* New Right

### Estonia

* Conservative People's Party of Estonia
* Estonian Centre Party

### France

* La France Insoumise
** Jean-Luc Mélenchon
* National Rally
** Marine Le Pen
* Reconquête
* Debout la France
* Movement for France
* Pierre Poujade, founder of Poujadism.
* Yellow vests movement

### Finland

* Finns Party
* Left Alliance
* Radical People's Party (1944-1950s)

#### Åland Islands

* Ålandic Democracy

### Georgia

* Georgian Dream
* Alliance of Patriots of Georgia
* Mikheil Saakashvili

### Germany

* Alternative for Germany
* The Left
* Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance - Reason and Justice
* The Homeland

### Greece

* Golden Dawn
* Syriza
* Independent Greeks
* Popular Orthodox Rally
* Greek Solution

### Hungary

* Fidesz
** Viktor Orbán
* Our Homeland Movement

### Iceland

* Pirate Party
* People's Party
* Centre Party

### Ireland

* Sinn Féin
* Socialist Party
* People Before Profit

### Italy

* Silvio Berlusconi (1993–2023)
* Brothers of Italy
* Five Star Movement
* League
* New Force
* CasaPound
* Communist Refoundation Party
* Potere al Popolo

### Latvia

* Latvia First
* National Alliance
* Awakening
* Latvian Association of Regions
* For a Humane Latvia
* Platform 21
* Aldis Gobzems
* Artuss Kaimiņš

### Lithuania

* Labour Party

### Luxembourg

* Alternative Democratic Reform Party
* The Left

### Moldova

* Victory

### Montenegro

* Milo Đukanović
* Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro
* New Serb Democracy
* Movement for Changes
* Democratic People's Party
* True Montenegro

### Netherlands

* Party for Freedom
* Socialist Party
* Forum for Democracy
* Reformed Political Party

### North Macedonia

* Nikola Gruevski

### Norway

* Progress Party
* Red Party

### Poland

* Law and Justice
* Confederation Liberty and Independence
* Left Together
* Kukiz'15
* Real Politics Union

### Portugal

* Chega
* Left Bloc
* Portuguese Communist Party

### Romania

* Alliance for the Union of Romanians
* S.O.S. Romania
* Party of Young People
* Liviu Dragnea
* Social Democratic Party
* Traian Băsescu
* Romanian Socialist Party

### Russia

* Narodniks
* Vladimir Putin
* Vladimir Zhirinovsky

### Serbia

* Serbian Progressive Party
** Aleksandar Vučić
* Socialist Party of Serbia
** Slobodan Milošević
** Ivica Dačić
* Dveri
* Serbian Radical Party
* New Democratic Party of Serbia
* United Serbia
* Do not let Belgrade drown
* Strength of Serbia Movement
* Serbian People's Party
* Enough is Enough
* New Serbia
* Serbian Renewal Movement (formerly)
* Serbian Patriotic Alliance (defunct)
* Yugoslav Left (defunct)

### Slovakia

* Direction - Social Democracy
** Robert Fico
* Slovak National Party
* Vladimír Mečiar
* People's Party Our Slovakia
* Republic
* Slovakia
* We Are Family

### Slovenia

* Slovenian Democratic Party

### Spain

* Podemos
* Vox
* United Left
* Together for Catalonia

### Sweden

* Sweden Democrats
* Left Party
* Alternative for Sweden

### Switzerland

* Swiss People's Party
* Swiss Party of Labour
* Ticino League
* Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland
* Geneva Citizens' Movement

### Ukraine

* Communist Party of Ukraine
* Svoboda
* Radical Party of Oleh Liashko
* Volodymyr Zelensky

### United Kingdom

* British National Party
* Democratic Unionist Party
* Respect Party
* Scottish Socialist Party
* Jeremy Corbyn
* Boris Johnson
* Liz Truss
* UK Independence Party
* Reform UK
** Nigel Farage

## Oceania
### Australia

* John Curtin
* Gough Whitlam
* Pauline Hanson's One Nation
** Pauline Hanson
* Craig Kelly
* Peter Dutton (2022–present)
* Tony Abbott (2009-2015)
* United Australia Party
** Clive Palmer
** Ralph Babet
* Bob Katter
* Australian Greens
* Matthew Guy (2014-2018, 2021–2022)
* Campbell Newman (2011-2015)
* Joh Bjelke-Petersen (1968-1987)
* Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

### New Zealand

* Robert Muldoon (1975-1984)
* New Zealand First
* Christopher Luxon (2021–present)
* David Seymour