List of political parties in Saudi Arabia

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 (Defunct)	الحركة الإسلامية للإصلاح	MIRA	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 العربية	APPU	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
Organization of Saudi Communists (Dissolved)	منظمة الشيوعيين السعوديين	OSC	-	Far-Left Communism

References

^ 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.

[LoC-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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