What were the original members of the Arab League?
Member states of the Arab League
1942– The United Kingdom promotes the idea of the Arab League.
1945– Leaders of seven states in the Middle East sign the Alexandria Protocol, thus establishing the first Organization with a Pan-Arabic ideology in the 20th century. The founding members were Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Jordan (entering under the name of Transjordan), and Yemen (which from 1967 was generally known under the name North Yemen).
1953– Libya joins the Arab League two years after independence.
19 January 1956– Sudan joins the Arab League, two weeks after independence from the United Kingdom and Egypt.
1 October 1958– Morocco and Tunisia join the Arab League, two years after independence.
20 July 1961– Kuwait joins the League 31 days after independence, and becomes the first Asian state to join the League after the founding states.
16 August 1962– Algeria accedes to the Arab League, less than two months after independence.
1967– South Yemen joins the Arab League upon its independence.
1971– the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain join the Arab League.
26 November 1973– Mauritania joins the Arab League thirteen years after independence.
14 February 1974– Somalia joins the Arab League fourteen years after independence.
9 September 1976– Palestinian Liberation Organisation joins the Arab League.[11] Its seat is assumed by the State of Palestine following the declaration of independence in 1988.[11]
4 September 1977– Djibouti joins the Arab League two months before its independence from France that same year.
1979– Egypt suspended from the Arab League; readmitted in 1989.
22 May 1990– North and South Yemen unify.
1993– The Comoros accede to the Arab League.
January 2003– Eritrea joins the Arab League as an observer.
2003– Brazil joins the Arab League as an observer for one summit.
September 2006– Venezuela joins the Arab League as an observer for one summit.
April 2007– India joins the Arab League as an observer state for the summit.
22 February 2011– Libya suspended from the Arab League.[12]
June 2011– South Sudan gains independence from Sudan, but does not join the Arab League.[13]
16 November 2011– Syria suspended from the Arab League.