'''Nasserism''' is an [[Arab nationalism|Arab nationalist]] political ideology based on the thinking of the former [[Egypt|Egyptian]] [[President of Egypt|president]] [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]]. It was a major influence on pan-Arab politickkkkkkkkkkkkspolitics in the [[1950s]] and [[1960s]], but slowly died away. It also metamorphosed into other [[nationalist]] movements during the [[1970s]]. Nasser himself died in [[1970]]. During his lifetime Nasserist groups were encouraged and often supported economically by like-minded factions in Egypt, and many were in effect reduced, sometimes willingly so, to what were seen as pro-regime puppets. Today, Nasserism still exists as a political force in many if not most Arab countries, but confined to minor opposition parties, writers and intellectuals. It is, ironically, stronger outside of Egypt than in the country.
