List of political parties in Saudi Arabia

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This is a list of political parties in the Saudi Arabia . All parties listed are illegal, as Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy with a government dominated by the royal family. [1] According to The Economist's 2010 Democracy Index, the Saudi government was the seventh most authoritarian regime from among the 167 countries rated. [2]

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List of political parties

Name (English)Name (Arabic)AcronymLeaderPolitical position and ideologies
National Assembly Party حزب التجمع الوطنيNAAS Yahya Assiri Big tent
Parliamentary democracy
Umma Islamic Party حزب الأمة الإسلاميUIPAbdullah al-Salim Islamism
Reformism
Shura
Hizb ut-Tahrir Hizb ut-Tahrir
حزب التحرير		HT Ata Abu Rashta Islamism
Caliphalism
Hezbollah Al-Hejaz Hezbollah Al-Hejaz
حزب الله الحجاز		HH Abdel Karim Hussein Mohamed al-Nasser Shi'a
Islamism
Wilayat al-Faqih
Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (Defunct)الحركة الإسلامية للإصلاحMIRA Sa'ad al-Faqih Islamism
Arab Socialist Action Party – Arabian Peninsula (Dissolved)Hizb al`Amal al Ishtirakiy al-`Arabiy-Al-Jazira al`Arabiyyah
حزب العمل الاشتراكي العربي ـ الجزيرة العربية		ASAP-AP- Marxism
Arab nationalism
Arabian Peninsula People's Union (Dissolved)اتحاد الشعب في الجزيرة العربيةAPPU Nasser al-Saeed Left-wing
Nasserism
Republicanism
Communist Party in Saudi Arabia (Dissolved)al-Hizb ash-Shuyu'i fi as-Sa'udiyah
الحزب الشيوعي في السعودية		CPSA- Far-left
Communism
Republicanism

Marxism-Leninism

Organization of Saudi Communists (Dissolved)منظمة الشيوعيين السعوديينOSC- Far-Left
Communism

See also

References

  1. ↑ Library of Congress, Federal Research Division (2006). "Country Profile: Saudi Arabia" (PDF). Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  2. ↑ The Economist Intelligence Unit. "The Economist Democracy Index 2010" (PDF). The Economist. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
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