Saudi Arabia Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Type: monarchy

Capital: Riyadh

Political subdivisions: 14 provinces

Legal system: based on Islamic law, several secular codes have been introduced; commercial disputes handled by special committees, has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

National holiday: 23 September

Branches: King rules in consultation with royal family and Council of Ministers

Gowrnment leader: FAHD bin 'Abd al-‘Aziz AlSa'ud, King and Prime Minister (since 1982)

Communists: negligible

Member of: Arab League, FAO, G-77, GCC, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB—Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, International Maritime Satellite Organization, INTERPOL, ITU, IWC—International Wheat Council, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OPEC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, W MO

NOTE: The information regarding Saudi Arabia on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Saudi Arabia 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Saudi Arabia 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.