Post: | Leader |
Body: | South Yemen |
Insignia: | Coat of arms of South Yemen (1970-1990).svg |
Insigniasize: | 100px |
Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms |
First: | Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi (as President) |
Last: | Ali Salem al Beidh (as General Secretary & President) |
Formation: | 30 November 1967 21 May 1994 |
Abolished: | 22 May 1990 7 July 1994 |
Appointer: | General Command, Politburo, Central Committee or any party apparatus |
The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (commonly referred to as South Yemen) became independent as the People's Republic of South Yemen in November 1967, after the British withdrawal from the Federation of South Arabia and the Protectorate of South Arabia. In May 1990, South Yemen unified with the Yemen Arab Republic (commonly referred to as North Yemen) to form the united Republic of Yemen. During the May–July 1994 Civil War, South Yemen seceded from the united Yemen and established the short-lived Democratic Republic of Yemen.
Portrait | Name | Term of office | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Yemeni Socialist Party | ||||||
1 | Abdul Fattah Ismail Arabic: عبد الفتاح إسماعيل علي الجوفي | 21 December 1978 | 21 April 1980 | |||
2 | Ali Nasir Muhammad Arabic: علي ناصر محمد الحسني | 21 April 1980 | 24 January 1986 | |||
3 | Ali Salem al Beidh Arabic: علي سالم البيض | 24 January 1986 | 7 July 1994 |
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
President of the People's Republic of South Yemen | |||||||
1 | Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi Arabic: قحطان محمد الشعبي[1] | 30 November 1967 | 22 June 1969 | National Liberation Front | |||
Chairmen of the Presidential Council | |||||||
2 | Salim Rubai Ali Arabic: سالم ربيع علي "سالمين | 23 June 1969 | 26 June 1978 | National Liberation Front | |||
3 | Ali Nasir Muhammad Arabic: علي ناصر محمد الحسني[2] | 26 June 1978 | 21 December 1978 | National Liberation Front | |||
21 December 1978 | 27 December 1978 | Yemeni Socialist Party | |||||
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council | |||||||
4 | Abdul Fattah Ismail Arabic: عبد الفتاح إسماعيل علي الجوفي[3] | 27 December 1978 | 21 April 1980 | Yemeni Socialist Party | |||
Ali Nasir Muhammad Arabic: علي ناصر محمد الحسني[4] | 21 April 1980 | 24 January 1986 | Yemeni Socialist Party | ||||
5 | Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas Arabic: حيدر أبو بكر العطاس | 24 January 1986 | 22 May 1990 | Yemeni Socialist Party | |||
Yemen Unification (22 May 1990 – 21 May 1994) | |||||||
President of the Democratic Republic of Yemen | |||||||
6 | Ali Salem al Beidh Arabic: علي سالم البيض | 21 May 1994 | 7 July 1994 | Yemeni Socialist Party | |||
Yemen Reunification (7 July 1994 – present) |
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
Prime Ministers of the People's Republic of South Yemen | |||||||
1 | Faysal al-Shaabi Arabic: فيصل عبد الطيف الشعبي | 6 April 1969 | 22 June 1969 | National Liberation Front [5] | |||
2 | Muhammad Ali Haitham Arabic: محمد علي هيثم[6] | 23 June 1969 | See below | National Liberation Front | |||
Prime Ministers of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen | |||||||
Muhammad Ali Haitham Arabic: محمد علي هيثم[7] | See above | 2 August 1971 | National Liberation Front | ||||
3 | Ali Nasir Muhammad Arabic: علي ناصر محمد الحسني[8] | 2 August 1971 | 21 December 1978 | National Liberation Front | |||
21 December 1978 | 14 February 1985 | Yemeni Socialist Party | |||||
4 | Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas Arabic: حيدر أبو بكر العطاس | 14 February 1985 | 8 February 1986 | Yemeni Socialist Party [9] | |||
5 | Yasin Said Numan Arabic: ياسين سعيد نعمان | 8 February 1986 | 22 May 1990 | Yemeni Socialist Party | |||
Yemen Unification (22 May 1990 – 21 May 1994) | |||||||
Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Yemen | |||||||
6 | Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas Arabic: حيدر أبو بكر العطاس | 21 May 1994 | 7 July 1994 | Yemeni Socialist Party |
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council | |||||||
1 | Abdul Fattah Ismail Arabic: عبد الفتاح إسماعيل علي الجوفي[10] | 1970 | 21 December 1978 | National Liberation Front | |||
21 December 1978 | 21 April 1980 | Yemeni Socialist Party | |||||
2 | Ali Nasir Muhammad Arabic: علي ناصر محمد الحسني | 26 April 1980 | 24 January 1986 | Yemeni Socialist Party | |||
3 | Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas Arabic: حيدر أبو بكر العطاس | 24 January 1986 | 22 May 1990 | Yemeni Socialist Party | |||
Yemen Unification (22 May 1990 – 21 May 1994) | |||||||
Yemen Reunification (7 July 1994 – 11 May 2017) | |||||||
President of the National Assembly of the Southern Transitional Council | |||||||
Ahmed Said Bin Breik | 23 December 2017 | Incumbent | Southern Movement |