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 CountryEmblemNameAbbr.LeaderFoundedIdeologyLegislatureNotesPolisario FrontPOLISARIOBrahim Ghali10 May 1973Sahrawi nationalism
Big tent
Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Arab nationalism
Pan-AfricanismNational Council:General People's CongressGPCAbdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Sadeq Amin Abu Rass
Ahmed Saleh 24 August 1982Yemeni nationalism
Arab nationalism
Pan-Arabism
Big tentHouse of Representatives:
Minor Representation in Lower-House CountryEmblemNameAbbr.LeaderFoundedIdeologyLegislatureNotesNational Liberation FrontNLFAbdelkrim Benmbarek23 October 1954Arab nationalism
Algerian nationalism
Pan-Arabism
Anti-imperialism
Arab socialismNational Assembly:Dignity PartyDPMohamed Eddaoui1997Nasserism
Left-wing nationalism
Democratic socialism
Left-wing populismNational Assembly:Link to imageNational Progressive Unionist Rally PartyNPUSayed Abdel Aal1977Nasserism
Left-wing nationalism
Democratic socialism
Left-wing populismHouse of Representatives:Arab Democratic Nasserist PartyADNSameh Ashour19 April 1992Arab nationalism
Arab socialism
Pan-Arabism
NasserismHouse of Representatives:Popular Movement in IraqPMISheikh Mohammed Taha al-Hamdoun2011Sunni Arab interests Iraqi nationalism
FederalismCouncil of Representatives:United Arab ListUALMansour Abbas1996Conservatism
Israeli Arab interests
Two-state solution
Islamism
Islamic democracy
Social conservatismKnesset:The Democratic Front for Peace and EqualityHadashAyman Odeh15 March 1977Communism
Eco-socialism
Israeli Arab interests
Two-state solution
Non-ZionismKnesset:Arab Movement for RenewalTa'alAhmad Tibi1990sArab nationalism
Israeli Arab interests
Secularism
Two-state solutionKnesset:Balad PartyBaladSami Abu Shehadeh1995Arab nationalism
Left-wing nationalism
Secularism
Anti-ZionismGuide to Israel's political parties, BBC News, 21 January 2013Knesset:Link to imageIslamic Centre PartyICPMadalla al-TarawnehDecember 2001Islamic democracy
Arab nationalismChamber of Deputies:National Current PartyNCPSaleh Rusheidat2009Jordanian nationalism
Arab nationalism
Pan-ArabismChamber of Deputies:Jordanian Arab Socialist Ba'ath PartyBa'athAkram al-Homsi1966Neo-Ba'athism
Arab nationalism
SaddamismChamber of Deputies:Progressive Socialist PartyPSPWalid Jumblatt1 May 1949Social democracy
Third Way
Democratic socialism
Arab nationalism
Pan-ArabismParliament of Lebanon:Dignity MovementALPFaisal Karami1966Arab nationalism
Anti-Zionism
Pan-ArabismParliament of Lebanon:Union PartyUPAbdul Rahim Mrad1960Nasserism
Pan-ArabismParliament of Lebanon:National Banner PartyNBPAli Hijazi1950Socialism
Arab nationalismParliament of Lebanon:Popular Nasserist OrganizationPNOOsama Saad1973Nasserism
Arab socialism
Arab nationalism
Pan-Arabism
Anti-Zionism
Left-wing nationalismParliament of Lebanon:Link to imageSawabSawabAbdel Salem Ould Horma23 May 2004Ba'athism
Arab nationalismParliament of Mauritania:People's Progressive AlliancePPAMessaoud Ould BoulkheirNasserism
Social democracyParliament of Mauritania:Socialist Democratic Unionist PartySDUMahfouz Weld al-Azizi20 September 1994Neo-Ba'athism
Arab nationalismParliament of Mauritania:Istiqlal PartyPINizar BarakaApril 1937ConservatismArab nationalismMonarchismHouse of Representatives:Link to imagePopular Front for the Liberation of PalestinePFLPAhmad Sa'adat1967Anti-Zionism"Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (1) ." Terrorist Group Symbols Database. Anti-Defamation League."Platform of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)" (1969). From Walter Laqueur and Barry Rubin, eds., The Israel-Arab Reader (New York: Penguin Books, 2001).
Pan-Arabism
Arab nationalismProfile: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine BBC News, 18 November 2014
One-state solutionLegislative Council:Arab Socialist Union Party of SyriaASUSafwan al-Qudsi1973Arab nationalism
Arab socialism
Nasserism
Pan-Arabism
Left-wing nationalismPeople's Assembly:Link to imageSocialist Unionist PartySUPFayiz Ismail1962Nasserism
Arab nationalism
Arab socialismPeople's Assembly:Link to imageNational Covenant PartyNCPFayiz Ismail1972Arab nationalism
Arab socialism
Islamic socialismPeople's Assembly:Arab Democratic Union PartyADUIyad Ghassan OsmanArab nationalism
NasserismPeople's Assembly:Democratic CurrentDCGhazi Chaouachi30 May 2013Social democracy
Third Way
Nationalism
Progressivism
Pan-ArabismAssembly:Link to imagePeople's MovementPMZouhair Maghzaoui2005Secularism
Democratic socialism
Nasserism
Arab nationalismAssembly:Popular FrontPFHamma Hammami7 October 2012Socialism
Secularism
Arab nationalism
Pan-ArabismAssembly:Yemeni Socialist PartyYSPAbdulraham Al-Saqqaf13 October 1978Frank Tachau (1994) Political parties of the Middle East and North Africa, Greenwood Press, p638Social democracy
Arab nationalismHouse of Representatives:Nasserist Unionist People's OrganisationNUPAbdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi25 December 1965Nasserism
Yemeni unionismHouse of Representatives:Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Yemen RegionASBP–YRMohammed Al-Zubairy1951Ba'athism
Arab socialismHouse of Representatives:
Formerly ruling as Majority CountryEmblemNameAbbr.LeaderFoundedDissolvedIdeologyLegislature NotesArab Socialist UnionASUGamal Abdel Nasser (first)
Anwar Sadat (last)19622 October 1978Pan-Arabism
Arab nationalism
Arab socialism
Secularism
Nasserism
Left-wing populismHouse of Representatives:Link to imageNational Democratic PartyNDPAnwar Sadat (first) Talaat Sadat (last)2 October 197816 April 2011Populism
Egyptian nationalism
SecularismPeople's Assembly:Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq RegionASBP–IRSaddam HusseinLate 1940s or early 1950s16 May 2003Iraqi nationalism
Ba'athism
Saddamism
Authoritarianism
Militarism
Anti-Americanism
Anti-ZionismNational Assembly:Arab Socialist UnionASUFuad ar-Rikabi19641968Arab nationalism
Arab socialism
Pan-Arabism
Nasserism
Anti-imperialism
RepublicanismArab Socialist UnionASUMuammar Gaddafi11 June 19713 March 1977Arab nationalism
Arab socialism
Pan-Arabism
NasserismYemeni Socialist PartyYSPAbdulraham Al-Saqqaf13 October 1978Arab nationalism
Communism
Marxism–LeninismSupreme People's Council: National Congress PartyNCPOmar al-Bashir199829 November 2019Arab–Islamic nationalism
Salafism
Social conservatism
Authoritarianism
Militarism
Right-wing populism
Anti-Americanism
Anti-ZionismNational Assembly:Sudanese Socialist UnionSSUGaafar Nimeiry25 May 19716 April 1985Arab nationalism
Arab socialism
Anti-communism
Authoritarianism
Militarism
NasserismNational Assembly:Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria RegionASBP–SRBashar al-Assad7 April 194729 January 2025Syrian nationalism
Ba'athism
Assadism
Authoritarianism
Militarism
Anti-Americanism
Anti-ZionismPeople's Assembly:National UnionNUAnwar Sadat (first) Kamal el-Din Hussein (last)28 May 19571962Arab nationalism
Arab socialism
Pan-Arabism
Anti-Zionism
Anti-communism
Anti-Ikhwanism
RepublicanismNational Assembly:
No representation in Lower-House Nasserist – Dignity Party (Egypt), Egyptian Popular Current
– Arab European League
– Arab Struggle Party, Nasserist Socialist Vanguard Party,
– Al-Mourabitoun, Nasserist Unionists Movement, Arab Movement Party, Union of Working People's Forces, Toilers League, Lebanese Arab Movement
– Arab Palestine Organization, Action Organization for the Liberation of Palestine
– Democratic Arab Socialist Union
– Democratic Nasserist Party, Nasserist Reform Organization
Arab Nationalism – National Justice Movement, Progressive Democratic Tribune
– 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
– Islamic Reconciliation Party
– Arab Democratic Party, Arab National Party
– Jordanian Arab Party
– Kuwait Democratic Forum
– Arab Democratic Party, Democratic Left Movement, Najjadeh Party, People's Movement, Lebanese Arab Struggle Movement, Arab Unification Party
– Palestinian Arab Front, Palestinian Liberation Front
– Popular Unity Party, Unionist Democratic Union
Arab Socialism – National Democratic Action Society, Popular Front for the Liberation of Bahrain, Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf
– Egypt Arab Socialist Party
– Arab Revolutionary Workers Party
– Da'am Workers Party
– Jordanian Democratic Popular Unity Party
– Arab Socialist Action Party, Lebanese Social Democratic Party, Progressive Arab Front, Socialist Lebanon, Communist Action Organization in Lebanon, Arab Socialist Union
– Islamic Socialist Party
– Social Democratic Unionists
– Democratic Patriots' Unified Party, Workers' Party
Ba'athism – Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of Algeria
– Nationalist Democratic Assembly
– Arab Socialist Ba'ath, Al-Awda
– Arab Ba'ath Progressive Party, Jordanian Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
– Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Kuwait Region
– Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard Party, Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Lebanon Region
– Libyan Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
– National Vanguard Party
– Arab Liberation Front, As-Sa'iqa
– Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, Sudanese Ba'ath Party
– Sahrawi Socialist Baath Party
– Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party, Arab Socialist Ba'ath
– Party of the Democratic Arab Vanguard
– Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, National Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Defunct or Banned Nasserist – Nasserist People's Congress Party, Senior Nasserist Conference
– Progressive Arab Front, Union of Working People's Forces-Corrective Movement, United Nasserite Organization
– Arab Socialist Union (Libya)
– Arabian Peninsula People's Union
Arab Nationalism – Syrian Unity Party
– Andalusian Liberation
– Al-Muthanna Club, Arab Unity Party, Party of National Brotherhood, Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc
– Agriculture and Development, Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers, Cooperation and Brotherhood
– Arab People's Movement, National Bloc, Palestine Arab Party, Reform Party
Ottoman Empire – Al-ʽAhd (Iraq), Al-Fatat
– Arab National Party, League of Nationalist Action, National Party
– Destour
– Free Yemeni Movement, National Liberation Front
Arab Socialism – Young Egypt Party
– Arab Struggle Party, Arabic Toilers' Movement
– Jordanian Revolutionary People's Party, National Socialist Party
– Organization of Lebanese Socialists
– Mauritanian National Renaissance Party
– Dhofar Liberation Front, Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman
– Youth Congress Party, Palestine Popular Liberation Organization
– Arab Socialist Action Party
– Revolutionary Democratic Party
– Umma Party
Ba'athism – National Democratic Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf
– People's Vanguard Party
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