List of Arab nationalist parties
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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
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 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
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Polisario Front
جبهة البوليساريو |
POLISARIO | Brahim Ghali | 10 May 1973 | Sahrawi nationalism | National Council: 51 / 51 |
Sole legal party |
 Yemen |
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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 | House of Representatives: 170 / 301 |
Majority government |
Minor Representation in Lower-House
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Formerly ruling as Majority
[edit]| Country | Emblem | Name | Abbr. | Leader | Founded | Dissolved | Ideology | Legislature | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Egypt |
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Arab Socialist Union
الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي |
ASU | Gamal Abdel Nasser (first)
Anwar Sadat (last) |
1962 | 2 October 1978 | Pan-Arabism | House of Representatives:[a] 313 / 360 |
Sole legal party |
| Link to image | National Democratic Party
الحزب الوطني الديمقراطي |
NDP | Anwar Sadat (first)
Talaat Sadat (last) |
2 October 1978 | 16 April 2011 | Populism | People's Assembly: 424 / 518 |
Supermajority government | |
 Iraq |
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Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region
حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي في العراق |
ASBP–IR | Saddam Hussein | Late 1940s or early 1950s | 16 May 2003 | Iraqi nationalism | National Assembly: 165 / 250 |
Sole legal party |
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Arab Socialist Union
الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي |
ASU | Fuad ar-Rikabi | 1964 | 1968 | Arab nationalism | N/a | Sole legal party | |
 Libya |
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Arab Socialist Union
الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي |
ASU | Muammar Gaddafi | 11 June 1971 | 3 March 1977 | Arab nationalism | N/a | Sole legal party |
 South Yemen |
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Yemeni Socialist Party
الحزب الاشتراكي اليمني |
YSP | Abdulraham Al-Saqqaf | 13 October 1978[24] | N/a | Arab nationalism | Supreme People's Council:[26] 71 / 111 |
Sole legal party |
 Sudan |
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National Congress Party
حزب المؤتمر الوطني |
NCP | Omar al-Bashir | 1998[27] | 29 November 2019[28] | Arab–Islamic nationalism | National Assembly: 323 / 426 |
Supermajority government |
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Sudanese Socialist Union
الاتحاد الاشتراكي السوداني |
SSU | Gaafar Nimeiry | 25 May 1971 | 6 April 1985 | Arab nationalism | National Assembly: 138 / 151 |
Sole legal party | |
 Syria |
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Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي – قطر سوريا |
ASBP–SR | Bashar al-Assad | 7 April 1947 | 29 January 2025 | Syrian nationalism | People's Assembly: 169 / 250 |
Supermajority government |
| United Arab Republic |
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National Union
الاتحاد الوطني |
NU | Anwar Sadat (first)
Kamal el-Din Hussein (last) |
28 May 1957 | 1962 | Arab nationalism | National Assembly:[b] 600 / 600 |
Sole legal party |
No representation in Lower-House
[edit]Nasserist
[edit] Egypt – Dignity Party (Egypt), Egyptian Popular Current
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
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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
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
Arab Socialism
[edit] 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
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
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Algeria – Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of Algeria
Bahrain – Nationalist Democratic Assembly[29]
Iraq – Arab Socialist Ba'ath,[30] 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, Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Lebanon Region
Libya – Libyan Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party[31]
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
[edit]Nasserist
[edit] Egypt – Nasserist People's Congress Party, Senior Nasserist Conference[32]
Lebanon – Progressive Arab Front, Union of Working People's Forces-Corrective Movement, United Nasserite Organization
Arab Nationalism
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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
Arab Socialism
[edit] 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
Ba'athism
[edit] Oman – National Democratic Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Three factions of the ASU:
- Arab Socialist Organisation: 295 members.
- Liberal Socialist Organisation: 15 members.
- National Progressive Unionist Rally Organisation: 3 members.
- ↑ The Provisional Constitution of the United Arab Republic proclaiming a 600-member National Assembly with:
- 400 members from Egypt.
- 200 members from Syria.
References
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- 1 2 Frank Tachau (1994) Political parties of the Middle East and North Africa, Greenwood Press, p638
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