Governments in the ME
Regimes and Rulers in the Middle East - February 2011
Name of State | Type of Regime | Head of Executive | Title | Parliament |
Algeria | Authoritarian | Abdul Aziz Buteflika | President | Elected Parliament |
Egypt | Authoritarian | Unknown | President | Elected Parliament |
Libya | Authoritarian | Muammar Qadhafi | Colonel | Elected People's Congress |
Morocco | Monarchy | Mohammed VI | King | Elected House of Representatives |
Tunisia | Unknown | Fouad Mebazaa | President | Elected Parliament |
Israel | Democracy | Benjamin Netanyahu | Prime Minister | Elected Knesset |
Jordan | Monarchy | Abdullah II | King | Elected Chamber of Deputies/ Appointed higher chamber |
Lebanon | Democracy | Michel Suleiman | President | Elected Parliament |
Palestinian Authority | Democracy | Mahmoud Abbas | President | Elected Parliament |
Syria | Authoritarian | Bashar al-Assad | President | Elected Parliament |
Turkey | Democracy | Recep Tayep Erdoğan | Prime Minister | Elected Parliament |
Bahrain | Monarchy | Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa | King | Elected Chamber of Deputies/ Appointed higher chamber |
Iran | Authoritarian | Ali Hoseini Khamenei | Vali-e-Faqih | Elected Parliament |
Iraq | Democracy | Nouri al-Maliki | Prime Minister | Elected Parliament |
Kuwait | Monarchy | Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabr al-Sabah | Emir | Elected National Assembly |
Oman | Monarchy | Qabus ibn Said al-Said | Sultan | Elected Consultative Council |
Qatar | Monarchy | Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani | Emir | Appointed Advisory Council |
Saudi Arabia | Monarchy | Abdallah ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud | King | Appointed Consultative Council |
UAE | Monarchy | Khalifa ibn Zayid al-Nuhayan | President | Appointed Federal National Council |
Sudan | Authoritarian | Omar al-Bashir | President | non |
Yemen | Authoritarian | Ali Abdallah Salih | President | non |
