Prominent Arab Nationalist Heads of State
- Ahmed Ben Bella
- Bashar al-Assad
- Gaafar Nimeiry
- Gamal Abdel Nasser
- Hafiz al-Assad
- Houari Boumediene
- Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca
- Ibrahim al-Hamdi
- Muammar Gaddafi
- Omar al-Bashir
- Saeb Salam
- Saddam Hussein
- Shukri al-Quwatli
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