The American Monarchist Party is a United States political party, an outgrowth of the independent American Monarchist Society which was founded March 25, 1999 by Manoutchehr M. Eskandari-Qajar, Head of the Political Science department of Santa Barbara City College. The American Monarchist Party believes: *Modern experience shows that kings generally rule better, not worse, than do presidents *Monarchy provides the stability which is essential to the solution of major problems. *A king or queen is much freer than a president, in that he or she is not tied to any party, as a republican leader invariably is. *Monarchy is an intelligible and honest form of government *A king or queen is the living representative of a nation's history. The American Monarchist Party currently holds no national or local offices.