Absolute monarchs remain in Brunei, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates and are classified as mixed, meaning there are representative bodies of some kind, but the monarch retains most of his powers.

Absolute monarchies include Brunei, Eswatini, [4] Oman, [5] Saudi Arabia, [6] Vatican City, [7] and the individual emirates composing the United Arab Emirates, which itself is a federation of such monarchies – a federal monarchy.

In absolute monarchies, the power succession is usually hereditary, with the throne being passed to members of the ruling family. Today, seven countries: Brunei, Eswatini, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Vatican City State, and the United Arab Emirates, remain absolute monarchies.

Monarchs of various countries: Examples of absolute monarchs (top row): Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei; Salman, King of Saudi Arabia; Pope Francis; Examples of executive monarchs (middle row): Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein; Mohammed VI, King of Morocco; Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Dragon King Of Bhutan

2024年8月13日 · Largely supplanted today by constitutional monarchies, the world’s current absolute monarchies are Brunei, Eswatini, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Vatican City, and the seven territories of the United Arab Emirates.

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2018年2月23日 · All the monarchies are constitutional except Bahrain (mixed governance), Darussalam (absolute), Oman (absolute), Qatar (mixed), Saudi Arabia (absolute theocracy), Swaziland (absolute), UAE (mixed), and Vatican (absolute theocracy).

2023年10月13日 · In an age where democracy and constitutional monarchies are more common, a few nations continue to embrace the tradition of absolute monarchy, where the ruler's word is law. All five countries that still practice absolute monarchy are from the Middle East.

2019年4月25日 · The nation is an absolute monarchy, with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud acting as prime minister and head of state since 2015.

2020年8月6日 · All the countries situated on the Arabian Peninsula, with the exception of Yemen, are governed by monarchies, and in each of them, the monarch wields great, if not absolute power. Three of these countries, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, are ruled by monarchs known as emirs.