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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. According to The Economist's 2010 Democracy Index, the Saudi government was the seventh most authoritarian regime from among the 167 countries rated.

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 الحركة الإسلامية للإصلاح 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
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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