List of political parties in Saudi Arabia
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This is a list of political parties in the Saudi Arabia. Many, if not all, of the 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]
List of political parties
[edit]Name (English) | Name (Arabic) | Acronym | Leader | Political position and ideologies |
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National Assembly Party | حزب التجمع الوطني | NAAS | Yahya Assiri | Big tent |
Umma Islamic Party | حزب الأمة الإسلامي | UIP | Abdullah al-Salim | Islamism |
Hizb ut-Tahrir | Hizb ut-Tahrir
حزب التحرير |
HT | Ata Abu Rashta | Islamism |
Hezbollah Al-Hejaz | Hezbollah Al-Hejaz
حزب الله الحجاز |
HH | Abdel Karim Hussein Mohamed al-Nasser | Shi'a Islamism |
Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia | - | MIRA | Sa'ad al-Faqih | Islamism |
Arab Socialist Action Party – Arabian Peninsula | Hizb al`Amal al Ishtirakiy al-`Arabiy-Al-Jazira al`Arabiyyah
حزب العمل الاشتراكي العربي ـ الجزيرة العربية |
ASAP-AP | - | Marxism |
Arabian Peninsula People's Union | اتحاد الشعب في الجزيرة العربية | APPU | Nasser al-Saeed | Left-wing |
Communist Party in Saudi Arabia | الحزب الشيوعي في السعودية | CPSA | - | Far-left |
Organization of Saudi Communists | منظمة الشيوعيين السعوديين | OSC | - | Far-Left |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Library of Congress, Federal Research Division (2006). "Country Profile: Saudi Arabia" (PDF). Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- ^ The Economist Intelligence Unit. "The Economist Democracy Index 2010" (PDF). The Economist. Retrieved 6 July 2011.