The Revolutionary Committee of Qatif (Arabic: اللجنة الثورية القطيف) was the name of the Ba'athist junta that ruled Qatif from the Ba'athist military coup d'état in 1961 to the creation of the Arab Republic of Qatif in June 1972. During this time the official name of the country was simply "Qatif" (Arabic: القطيف).