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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

Name (English) Name (Arabic) Acronym Leader Political position and ideologies
National Assembly Party حزب التجمع الوطني NAAS Yahya Assiri Big tent

Parliamentary democracy

Umma Islamic Party حزب الأمة الإسلامي UIP Abdullah 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 - MIRA Sa'ad al-Faqih -
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

Arab Nationalism

Arabian Peninsula People's Union اتحاد الشعب في الجزيرة العربية APPU Nasser al-Saeed Left-wing

Nasserism

Republicanism

Communist Party in Saudi Arabia الحزب الشيوعي في السعودية CPSA - Far-left

Communism

Republicanism

Organization of Saudi Communists منظمة الشيوعيين السعوديين OSC - 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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