List of political parties in Jordan

This article lists political parties in Jordan. Jordan has 30 different political parties, but apart from the oppositional Islamic Action Front and neutral Jordanian National Youth Party, none of them play a real role because of lack of organization and clear political platforms. There is no clear picture on the political parties in Jordan, but sources mention the following parties.

The parties

Parliamentary parties

×	Party	Founded	Secretary General	Website
1	The Islamic Action Front Party	1992	Hamzeh Mansour	[1]
2	The Jordanian Communist Party	1951	Munir Hamarneh	[2]
3	Jordanian Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party	1993	Akram al-Homsi	-
4	Jordanian Democratic People's Party	1993	Abla Abu Elbah	[3]
5	Jordanian Democratic Popular Unity Party	1993	Saeed Thyab	[4]
6	Arab Progressive Baath Party	1993	Fouad Dabor	-
7	Arab Islamic Democratic Movement	1993	Osama Banat	-
8	National Constitutional Party	1997	Amed Alshunnak	-
9	The Direct Democratic Nationalistic Movement Party	1997	Nashaat Ahmed Hassan	-
10	Muslim Centre Party	2001	Haitham Alamaerah	[5]
11	Al Resalah Party	2002	Hazem Qashou	[6]
12	Jordanian National Party	2007	Mona Abu Bakr	-
13	Jordanian United Front Party	2007	Amjad almajali	[7]
14	Al-Rafah Party	2009	Mohammad Al Shomali	-
15	Al-Hayat Jordanian Party	2008	Daher Amro	[8]
16	National Current Party	2009	Abdul Hadi Al Majali	-
17	Justice and Development Party (Jordan)	2004	Ali Al Shorafa	[9]
18	Freedom and Equality Party	2009	Hamed Abu Zaid	-
19	Jordanian Arab Party	2011	Mazin Riyal	-
20	Al–Ahrar Party	1994	Ahmed Alzubi	[10]
21	Al Mustaqbal Party	1992	Abed al Salam Freihat	-
22	The Progressive Party	1993	Na’el Barakat	-
23	Jordanian Arab Constitutional Front Party	1994	Milhem Tell	-
24	Jordanian Left Democratic Party	1995	Mousa al-Ma’aitah	-
25	Jordan Peace Party	1996	Shaher Khreis	-
26	Arab Jordanian al Ansar Party	1995	Muhammad Majali	-
27	Arab Land Party	1996	Muhammad Al Oran	-
28	Al-Umma Party	1996	Ahmad Al-Hanandeh	-
29	National Democratic Public Movement Party	1997	Muhammad Al-Amer	-
30	Jordanian Labor Party	1998	Muhammad al Khataibah	-

Defunct and banned parties

• Hizb ut-Tahrir
• National Socialist Party (Hizb al-Watani al-Ishtiraki)

Political society

The Old Guard of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is an unofficial political group in Jordan that was significantly powerful in Jordan during the regime of King Hussein. It reacquired influence following King Abdullah's attempt to promote transparency and political reform in Jordan as part of the National Agenda.

The Old Guard is made of 5 Jordanian Muslim families and 2 Jordanian Christian families. Although the roots of these influential groups trace back to various regions in Jordan, the oligarch nature of the group (largely tribal in structure) are in Amman, Jordan. Most Old Guards are highly educated Western professionals in various fields of Jordanian services and manufacturing industries who live and work in Amman, Jordan. Others are government officials leading various government branches.

See also

• List of political parties by country
• Politics of Jordan

External links

• (Arabic) Jordan's political parties from Arab Decision website
• (Arabic) The same page in English
• Ministry of Interior - Political Parties