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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
| Country | Logo | Name | Abbr. | Leader | Founded | Ideology | Legislature | Notes |
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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: 53 / 53
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Currently the sole legal party |
 Syria
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Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي – قطر سوريا |
ASBP | Bashar al-Assad | 7 April 1947 | Neo-Ba'athism | People's Assembly: 167 / 250
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Ruling party since 1973 |
 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
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Minor Representation in Lower-House
Formerly ruling as Majority
| Country | Logo | Name | Abbr. | Leader | Founded | Dissolved | Ideology | Legislature at peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Egypt
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Arab Socialist Union
الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي |
ASU | Gamal Abdel Nasser (first)
Anwar Sadat (last) |
1962 | 1978 | Pan-Arabism | House of Representatives: 360 / 360
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 Iraq
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Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region
حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي في العراق |
Raghad Hussein | 1947 | Neo-Ba'athism | Council of Representatives: 165 / 250
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Arab Socialist Union
الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي |
ASU | Fuad ar-Rikabi | 1964 | 1968 | Arab nationalism | 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 | Sole legal party |
 South Yemen
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Yemeni Socialist Party
الحزب الاشتراكي اليمني |
YSP | Abdulraham Al-Saqqaf | 1978[24] | Arab nationalism | Sole legal party:[26] 111 / 111
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 Sudan
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National Congress Party
المؤتمر الوطني |
NCP | Omar al-Bashir | 1998[27] | 2019 | Islamism | National Assembly: 350 / 360
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Sudanese Socialist Union
الاتحاد الاشتراكي السوداني |
SCU | Jaafar Nimeiry | 1971 | 1985 | Arab nationalism | National Assembly: 332 / 368
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 United Arab Republic
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National Union
الاتحاد الاشتراكي السوداني |
NU | Anwar Sadat (First)
Kamal el-Din Hussein (Last) |
1957 | 1962 | Arab nationalism | Sole legal party:[26] 600 / 600
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No representation in Lower-House
Nasserist
Egypt – Dignity Party (Egypt), Egyptian Popular Current
Iraq – Arab Struggle Party, Nasserist Socialist Vanguard Party,
Lebanon – Al-Mourabitoun, Nasserist Unionists Movement, 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
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
Tunisia – Popular Unity Party, Unionist Democratic Union
Arab Socialism
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
Algeria – Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of Algeria
Bahrain – Nationalist Democratic Assembly[28]
Iraq – Arab Socialist Ba'ath,[29] 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
Libya – Libyan Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party[30]
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
Nasserist
Egypt – Nasserist People's Congress Party, Senior Nasserist Conference[31]
Lebanon – Progressive Arab Front, Union of Working People's Forces-Corrective Movement, United Nasserite Organization
Libya – Arab Socialist Union (Libya)
Saudi Arabia – Arabian Peninsula People's Union
Arab Nationalism
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
Yemen – Free Yemeni Movement, National Liberation Front
Arab Socialism
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
Yemen – Revolutionary Democratic Party
Ba'athism
Oman – National Democratic Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf
Yemen – People's Vanguard Party
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