List of Arab nationalist parties

Formerly ruling parties as majority or sole party      Parties officially ruling as majority or sole      Part of ruling government

Below are lists of political parties espousing Pan-Arabist and Arab Nationalist ideologies in various approaches. Arab nationalism or Arabism in its contemporary concept refers to the belief that the Arab people are one people united by language, culture, history, geography and interests, and that a single Arab state will be established to unite the Arabs within the borders drawn by colonial powers.

Ruling as Majority

Country	Emblem	Name	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	Ideology	Legislature	Notes
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic		Polisario Front جبهة البوليساريو	POLISARIO	Brahim Ghali	10 May 1973	Sahrawi nationalism Big tent Social democracy Democratic socialism Arab nationalism Pan-Africanism	National Council: 53 / 53	Currently the sole legal party
Yemen		General People's Congress المؤتمر الشعبي العام	GPC	Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (pro-Hadi faction) [1] Sadeq Amin Abu Rass (pro-Houthi faction) [1] [2] Ahmed Saleh (pro-Saleh faction) [1]	24 August 1982	Yemeni nationalism Arab nationalism Pan-Arabism Big tent	House of Representatives: 170 / 301

Minor Representation in Lower-House

Country	Emblem	Name	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	Ideology	Legislature
Algeria		National Liberation Front جبهة التحرير الوطني	NLF	Abou El Fadhel Baadji  [ ar ]	23 October 1954	Arab nationalism Algerian nationalism Pan-Arabism Anti-imperialism Arab socialism	National Assembly: 98 / 407
		Dignity Party  [ ar ] حزب الكرامة	DP	Mohamed Eddaoui	1997	Nasserism Left-wing nationalism Democratic socialism Left-wing populism	National Assembly: 1 / 407
Egypt		National Progressive Unionist Party حزب التجمع الوطني التقدمي الوحدوي	NPU	Sayed Abdel Aal [3]	1977	Nasserism Left-wing nationalism Democratic socialism Left-wing populism	House of Representatives: 6 / 568
		Arab Democratic Nasserist Party الحزب العربى الديمقراطى الناصرى	ADN	Sameh Ashour	19 April 1992	Arab nationalism Arab socialism Pan-Arabism Nasserism	House of Representatives: 1 / 568
Iraq		Popular Movement in Iraq الحزب العربى الديمقراطى الناصرى	PMI	Sheikh Mohammed Taha al-Hamdoun	2011	Sunni Arab interests Iraqi nationalism Federalism	Council of Representatives: 1 / 568
Israel		United Arab List لقائمة العربية الموحدة	UAL	Mansour Abbas	1996	Conservatism [4] Israeli Arab interests Two-state solution Islamism [5] [6] Islamic democracy [7] Social conservatism	Knesset: 4 / 120
		The Democratic Front for Peace and Equality الجبهة الديمقراطية للسلام والمساواة	Hadash	Ayman Odeh	1977	Communism Eco-socialism Israeli Arab interests Two-state solution Non-Zionism	Knesset: 3 / 120
		Arab Movement for Renewal الحركة العربية للتغيير	Ta'al	Ahmad Tibi	1990s	Arab nationalism [8] [9] Israeli Arab interests Secularism [8] [9] Two-state solution	Knesset: 3 / 120
		Balad Party بلد	Balad	Sami Abu Shehadeh	1995	Arab nationalism [10] Left-wing nationalism [11] Secularism [12] Anti-Zionism [13]	Knesset: 1 / 120
Jordan		Islamic Centre Party حزب الوسط الاسلامي	ICP	Madalla al-Tarawneh	December 2001	Islamic democracy Arab nationalism	Chamber of Deputies: 5 / 130
		National Current Party حزب التيار الوطني	NCP	Saleh Rusheidat  [ ar; de ]	2009	Jordanian nationalism Arab nationalism Pan-Arabism	Chamber of Deputies: 4 / 130
		Jordanian Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي الأردني	Ba'ath	Akram al-Homsi	1966	Neo-Ba'athism Arab nationalism Saddamism	Chamber of Deputies: 1 / 130
Lebanon		Progressive Socialist Party الحزب التقدمي الإشتراكي	PSP	Walid Jumblatt	1 May 1949	Social democracy Third Way Democratic socialism Arab nationalism Pan-Arabism	Parliament of Lebanon: 8 / 128
		Dignity Movement تيار الكرامة	ALP	Faisal Karami	1966	Arab nationalism Anti-Zionism Pan-Arabism	Parliament of Lebanon: 1 / 128
		Union Party حزب الإتحاد	UP	Abdul Rahim Mrad	1960	Nasserism Pan-Arabism	Parliament of Lebanon: 1 / 128
		Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Lebanon Region حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي في لبنان		Assem Qanso	1950 [14]	Socialism Arab nationalism Ba'athism	Parliament of Lebanon: 1 / 128
		Popular Nasserist Organization التنظيم الشعبي الناصري	PNO	Osama Saad	1973	Nasserism Arab socialism Arab nationalism Pan-Arabism Anti-Zionism Left-wing nationalism	Parliament of Lebanon: 1 / 128
Mauritania		Sawab حزب الصواب	Sawab	Abdel Salem Ould Horma	23 May 2004	Ba'athism Arab nationalism	Parliament of Mauritania: 5 / 157
		People's Progressive Alliance Alliance populaire progressiste	PPA	Messaoud Ould Boulkheir		Nasserism Social democracy	Parliament of Mauritania: 7 / 157
		Socialist Democratic Unionist Party الحزب الوحدوي الاشتراكي الديمقراطي	SDU	Mahfouz Weld al-Azizi	20 September 1994	Neo-Ba'athism Arab nationalism	Parliament of Mauritania: 1 / 157
Morocco		Istiqlal Party	PI	Nizar Baraka	April 1937	Conservatism [15] Arab nationalism [16] [17] Monarchism	Parliament of Morocco: 17 / 120
Palestine		Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين	PFLP	Ahmad Sa'adat	1967	Anti-Zionism [18] [19] Pan-Arabism Arab nationalism [20] One-state solution	Legislative Council: 3 / 132
Syria		Arab Socialist Union Party of Syria حزب الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي في سورية	ASU	Safwan al-Qudsi	1973	Arab nationalism Arab socialism Nasserism Pan-Arabism Left-wing nationalism	People's Assembly: 3 / 250
		Socialist Unionist Party حزب الوحدويين الاشتراكيين	SUP	Fayiz Ismail	1962	Nasserism Arab nationalism Arab socialism	People's Assembly: 2 / 250
		National Covenant Party حزب الوحدويين الاشتراكيين	NCP	Fayiz Ismail	1972	Arab nationalism Arab socialism Islamic socialism	People's Assembly: 2 / 250
		Arab Democratic Union Party حزب الاتحاد العربي الديمقراطي	ADU	Iyad Ghassan Osman [21]		Arab nationalism Nasserism	People's Assembly: 1 / 250
Tunisia		Democratic Current التيار الديمقراطي	DC	Ghazi Chaouachi	30 May 2013	Social democracy Third Way Nationalism Progressivism Pan-Arabism [22]	Assembly: 22 / 217
		People's Movement حركة الشعب	PM	Zouhair Maghzaoui	2005	Secularism Democratic socialism Nasserism Arab nationalism	Assembly: 15 / 217
		Popular Front الجبهة الشعبية	PF	Hamma Hammami [23]	7 October 2012	Socialism Secularism Arab nationalism Pan-Arabism	Assembly: 1 / 217
Yemen		Yemeni Socialist Party الحزب الاشتراكي اليمني	YSP	Abdulraham Al-Saqqaf	1978 [24]	Social democracy Arab nationalism	House of Representatives: 8 / 301
		Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation التنظيم الوحدوي الشعبي الناصري	NUP	Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi	25 December 1965	Nasserism Yemeni unionism	House of Representatives: 3 / 301
		Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Yemen Region حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي - قطر اليمن	Ba'ath	Mohammed Al-Zubairy	1951	Ba'athism Arab socialism	House of Representatives: 1 / 301

Formerly ruling as Majority

Country	Emblem	Name	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	Dissolved	Ideology	Legislature at peak
Egypt		Arab Socialist Union الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي	ASU	Gamal Abdel Nasser (first) Anwar Sadat (last)	1962	1978	Pan-Arabism Arab nationalism Arab socialism Secularism Nasserism Left-wing populism [25]	House of Representatives: 360 / 360
Iraq		Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي في العراق	Ba'ath	Saddam Hussein	1947	2003	Ba'athism Saddamism	Chamber of Deputies of Iraq : 165 / 250
		Arab Socialist Union الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي	ASU	Fuad ar-Rikabi	1964	1968	Arab nationalism Arab socialism Pan-Arabism Nasserism Anti-imperialism Republicanism	Sole legal party
Libya		Arab Socialist Union الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي	ASU	Muammar Gaddafi	11 June 1971	3 March 1977	Arab nationalism Arab socialism Pan-Arabism Nasserism	Sole legal party
South Yemen		Yemeni Socialist Party الحزب الاشتراكي اليمني	YSP	Abdulraham Al-Saqqaf	1978 [24]		Arab nationalism Communism Marxism–Leninism	Sole legal party: [26] 111 / 111
Sudan		National Congress Party المؤتمر الوطني	NCP	Omar al-Bashir	1998 [27]	2019	Islamism Arab nationalism Sufism Authoritarianism Militarism Anti-Americanism Anti-Zionism Populism	National Assembly: 350 / 360
		Sudanese Socialist Union الاتحاد الاشتراكي السوداني	SCU	Jaafar Nimeiry	1971	1985	Arab nationalism Arab socialism Anti-communism Authoritarianism Nasserism	National Assembly: 332 / 368
Syria		Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي – قطر سوريا	ASBP	Bashar al-Assad	1973	December 2024	Assadism Anti-Americanism Anti-Zionism Authoritarianism	People's Assembly: 167 / 250
United Arab Republic		National Union الاتحاد الاشتراكي السوداني	NU	Anwar Sadat (First) Kamal el-Din Hussein (Last)	1957	1962	Arab nationalism Arab socialism Pan-Arabism Anti-Zionism Anti-communism Anti-Ikhwanism Republicanism	Sole legal party: [26] 600 / 600

No representation in Lower-House

Nasserist

  Egypt – Dignity Party (Egypt), Egyptian Popular Current

  Europe – Arab European League

  Iraq – Arab Struggle Party, Nasserist Socialist Vanguard Party,

  Lebanon – Al-Mourabitoun, Nasserist Unionists Movement, Arab Movement Party, Union of Working People's Forces, Toilers League, Lebanese Arab Movement

  Palestine – Arab Palestine Organization, Action Organization for the Liberation of Palestine

  Syria – Democratic Arab Socialist Union

  Yemen – Democratic Nasserist Party, Nasserist Reform Organization

Arab Nationalism

  Bahrain – National Justice Movement, Progressive Democratic Tribune

  Egypt – Arab Unification Party, Arab Party for Justice and Equality, Arab Unification Party, Egyptian Arab Union Party, Free Republican Party, National Conciliation Party, United Nasserist Party, Arabic Popular Movement, Arabism Egypt Party

  Iran – Islamic Reconciliation Party

  Israel – Arab Democratic Party, Arab National Party

  Jordan – Jordanian Arab Party

  Kuwait – Kuwait Democratic Forum

  Lebanon – Arab Democratic Party, Democratic Left Movement, Najjadeh Party, People's Movement, Lebanese Arab Struggle Movement, Arab Unification Party

  Palestine – Palestinian Arab Front, Palestinian Liberation Front

  Tunisia – Popular Unity Party, Unionist Democratic Union

Arab Socialism

  Bahrain – National Democratic Action Society, Popular Front for the Liberation of Bahrain, Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf

  Egypt – Egypt Arab Socialist Party

  Iraq – Arab Revolutionary Workers Party

  Israel – Da'am Workers Party

  Jordan – Jordanian Democratic Popular Unity Party

  Lebanon – Arab Socialist Action Party, Lebanese Social Democratic Party, Progressive Arab Front, Socialist Lebanon, Communist Action Organization in Lebanon, Arab Socialist Union

  Sudan – Islamic Socialist Party

  Syria – Social Democratic Unionists

  Tunisia – Democratic Patriots' Unified Party, Workers' Party

Ba'athism

  Algeria – Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of Algeria

  Bahrain – Nationalist Democratic Assembly ^[28]

  Iraq – Arab Socialist Ba'ath, ^[29] Al-Awda

  Jordan – Arab Ba'ath Progressive Party, Jordanian Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party

  Kuwait – Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Kuwait Region

  Lebanon – Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard Party

  Libya – Libyan Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party ^[30]

  Mauritania – National Vanguard Party

  Palestine – Arab Liberation Front, As-Sa'iqa

  Sudan – Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, Sudanese Ba'ath Party

  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic – Sahrawi Socialist Baath Party

  Syria – Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party, Arab Socialist Ba'ath

  Tunisia – Party of the Democratic Arab Vanguard

  Yemen – Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, National Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party

Defunct or Banned

Nasserist

  Egypt – Nasserist People's Congress Party, Senior Nasserist Conference ^[31]

  Lebanon – Progressive Arab Front, Union of Working People's Forces-Corrective Movement, United Nasserite Organization

  Libya – Arab Socialist Union (Libya)

  Saudi Arabia – Arabian Peninsula People's Union

Arab Nationalism

  Egypt – Syrian Unity Party

  Europe – Andalusian Liberation

  Iraq – Al-Muthanna Club, Arab Unity Party, Party of National Brotherhood, Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc

  Israel – Agriculture and Development, Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers, Cooperation and Brotherhood

  Palestine – Arab People's Movement, National Bloc, Palestine Arab Party, Reform Party

Ottoman Empire – Al-ʽAhd (Iraq), Al-Fatat

  Syria – Arab National Party, League of Nationalist Action, National Party

  Tunisia – Destour

  Yemen – Free Yemeni Movement, National Liberation Front

Arab Socialism

  Egypt – Young Egypt Party

  Iraq – Arab Struggle Party, Arabic Toilers' Movement

  Jordan – Jordanian Revolutionary People's Party, National Socialist Party

  Lebanon – Organization of Lebanese Socialists

  Mauritania – Mauritanian National Renaissance Party

  Oman – Dhofar Liberation Front, Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman

  Palestine – Youth Congress Party, Palestine Popular Liberation Organization

  Saudi Arabia – Arab Socialist Action Party

  Yemen – Revolutionary Democratic Party

  Zanzibar – Umma Party

Ba'athism

  Oman – National Democratic Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf

  Yemen – People's Vanguard Party

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