List of populists

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

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

Argentina

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

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 (2018-present)

Canada

 * Preston Manning (1997-2000)
 * Niki Ashton (2008–present)
 * Maxime Bernier (2018–present)
 * Doug Ford (2018–present)
 * Kevin O'Leary


 * Pierre Poilievre (2022–present)

Chile

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

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

 * William Jennings Bryan
 * Edwin Edwards (1964-1996)
 * Mike Gravel (1969-1981)
 * Ronald Reagan (1967-1989)
 * Ron Paul (1976-1977, 1979–1985, 1997–2013)
 * Pat Buchanan (1985-2000)
 * David Duke (1989-1992)
 * Jesse Jackson (1991-1997)
 * Bernie Sanders (1991–present)
 * 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)
 * J. D. 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 President (2017–2021)
 * Amanda Chase (2016–present)
 * Jamaal Bowman (2020–present)
 * Mary Miller (2020-present)
 * Cori Bush (2020–present)
 * Andrew Yang
 * Ralph Nader
 * Occupy movement
 * Josh Hawley
 * Huey Long (1928-1935)

Venezuela

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

Bangladesh

 * Sheikh Hasina

Mainland China

 * Xi Jinping

Hong Kong

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

India

 * Indira Gandhi
 * J. Jayalalithaa
 * Narendra Modi
 * Aam Aadmi Party
 * Samajwadi Party
 * Shiv Sena

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

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

Austria

 * Freedom Party of Austria
 * Communist Party of Austria

Belarus

 * Alexander Lukashenko

Belgium

 * Vlaams Belang
 * Workers' Party of Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

 * Milorad Dodik
 * Alliance of Independent Social Democrats

Bulgaria

 * Attack
 * Revival
 * Boyko Borisov
 * GERB
 * 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
 * Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja
 * Croatian Party of Rights
 * Croatian Party of Rights 1861
 * Croatian Party of Rights Dr. Ante Starčević
 * Croatian Peasant Party
 * Croatian Democratic Peasant Party
 * Human Shield

Czechia

 * Freedom and Direct Democracy
 * Tomio Okamura
 * Andrej Babiš
 * ANO 2011
 * Miloš Zeman
 * Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
 * Law, Respect, Expertise
 * Přísaha

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
 * Marine Le Pen
 * National Rally
 * 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

 * Alliance of Patriots of Georgia
 * Mikheil Saakashvili

Germany

 * Alternative for Germany
 * The Left
 * Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance - Reason and Justice
 * National Democratic Party of Germany

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
 * The 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

 * Chance. Duties. Realization.

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

 * Traian Băsescu
 * People's Party – Dan Diaconescu
 * Liviu Dragnea
 * Social Democratic Party
 * Romanian Socialist Party
 * Alliance for the Union of Romanians

Russia

 * Narodniks
 * Vladimir Putin
 * Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Serbia

 * Aleksandar Vučić
 * Slobodan Milošević
 * Ivica Dačić
 * Dveri
 * Serbian Progressive Party
 * Socialist Party of Serbia
 * 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)

Spain

 * Podemos
 * Vox
 * United Left
 * Together for Catalonia

Slovakia

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

Slovenia

 * Slovenian Democratic Party

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
 * UK Independence Party
 * Reform UK
 * Nigel Farage

Australia

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

New Zealand

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