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What type of government does Saudi Arabia have?

Saudi Arabia is ruled by a hereditary monarch who holds governing power with no elected legislature or constitution able to limit that authority, a structure classified as an absolute monarchy.

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Sources

  1. 1.Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook: Saudi Arabia.
  2. 2.Basic Law of Governance, Saudi Arabia, 1992.
  3. 3.Encyclopaedia Britannica. Saudi Arabia Government and Society.
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