National Socialist Party (Jordan)

National Socialist Party

الحزب الوطني الاشتراكي
National Socialist Party الحزب الوطني الاشتراكي
Abbreviation	NSP
Leader	Suleiman Nabulsi
Founded	1954
Dissolved	1957
Headquarters	Amman, Jordan
Ideology	Socialism; Arab nationalism; Nasserism; Factions:; Republicanism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	National Front
	Politics of Jordan; Political parties; Elections;

The National Socialist Party (Arabic: الحزب الوطني الاشتراكي, Al-Hizb Al-Watani Al-Ishtiraki) was a left-wing socialist political party established in Jordan in 1954.

The party contested the 1956 election on 21 October, becoming the largest party in the 40-member House of Representatives after they won 12 seats. Consequently, King Hussein asked Suleiman Nabulsi, the leader of the party, to form a government. Nabulsi's cabinet included independent ministers and Communists, lasting for less than a couple of months after its policies frequently clashed with that of the Palace. Three days after royalist officials forced Nabulsi's resignation on 10 April 1957, there was an alleged coup attempt by Ali Abu Nuwar (then Army Chief of Staff), said to have sympathized with Nabulsi and the Arab nationalist movement.

The Party led the only democratically elected government in Jordan's history.^[1] As a response to the coup attempt, Hussein declared martial law and banned political parties until 1989.

^ Lawrence Tal (12 November 2002). Politics, the Military and National Security in Jordan, 1955–1967. Political Science. p. 39. ISBN 9780230513921. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

[1] Lawrence Tal (12 November 2002). Politics, the Military and National Security in Jordan, 1955–1967. Political Science. p. 39. ISBN 9780230513921. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

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