List of leaders of South Yemen
Leader of South Yemen | |
---|---|
Coat of arms | |
Appointer | General Command, Politburo, Central Committee or any party apparatus |
Formation | November 30, 1967 |
First holder |
Qahtan Mohammed al-Shaabi (as President) |
Final holder |
Ali Salim al-Beidh (as President) |
Abolished | May 22, 1990 |
The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, commonly referred to as South Yemen, became independent as the People's Republic of South Yemen in 1967. In May 1994 South Yemen rebelled once again from the united Yemen and established the short-lived Democratic Republic of Yemen.
As of 2007 and the founding of the Southern Movement, massive protests and rallies by citizens demanding a return to the former southern state have been common, both in the southern provinces of Yemen and internationally. Many southern Yemenis complain that the government (compromised mainly of northern officials) is abusing the unity agreement, claiming unfair distribution of resources and discrimination against them.
Heads of State
Nº | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term start | Term end | Political Party | Notes |
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President of the People's Republic of South Yemen | ||||||
1 | Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi قحطان محمد الشعبي (1920–1981) [1] |
30 November 1967 [1] |
22 June 1969 [1] |
National Liberation Front [2] |
[I] | |
Chairmen of the Presidential Council | ||||||
2 | Salim Rubai Ali سالم ربيع علي "سالمين (1935–1978)[3] |
23 June 1969 | 26 June 1978 | National Liberation Front [2] |
[II] | |
3 | Ali Nasir Muhammad علي ناصر محمد الحسني (b. 1939)[4] |
26 June 1978 | 21 December 1978 | National Liberation Front [2] |
[III] | |
(3) | 21 December 1978 | 27 December 1978 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] | |||
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council | ||||||
4 | Abdul Fattah Ismail عبد الفتاح إسماعيل علي الجوفي (1939–1986)[4] |
27 December 1978 | 21 April 1980 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] |
[IV] | |
(3) | Ali Nasir Muhammad علي ناصر محمد الحسني (b. 1939)[6] |
26 April 1980 | 24 January 1986 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] |
[III] | |
5 | Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas حيدر أبو بكر العطاس (b. 1939) |
24 January 1986 | 22 May 1990 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] |
[V] | |
Yemen Unification (22 May 1990 – 21 May 1994) | ||||||
President of the Democratic Republic of Yemen | ||||||
6 | Ali Salim al-Beidh علي سالم البيض (b. 1939) |
21 May 1994 | 7 July 1994 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] |
[VI] |
Heads of Government
Nº | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term start | Term end | Political Party | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prime Ministers of the People's Republic of South Yemen | ||||||
1 | Faysal al-Shaabi فيصل عبد الطيف الشعبي (?–1971) |
6 April 1969 | 22 June 1969 | National Liberation Front [2] |
[I] | |
2 | Muhammad Ali Haitham محمد علي هيثم (1940–1993)[3] |
23 June 1969 | See below | National Liberation Front [2] |
[II] | |
Prime Ministers of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen | ||||||
(2) | Muhammad Ali Haitham محمد علي هيثم (1940–1993)[3] |
See above | 2 August 1971 [3] |
National Liberation Front [2] |
[II] | |
3 | Ali Nasir Muhammad علي ناصر محمد الحسني (b. 1939)[7] |
2 August 1971 | 21 December 1978 | National Liberation Front [2] |
[III] | |
(3) | 21 December 1978 | 14 February 1985 [7] |
Yemeni Socialist Party [5] | |||
4 | Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas حيدر أبو بكر العطاس (b. 1939)[7] |
14 February 1985 [7] |
8 February 1986 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] |
[III] | |
5 | Yasin Said Numan ياسين سعيد نعمان (b. 1948) |
8 February 1986 | 22 May 1990 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] |
[IV] | |
Yemen Unification (22 May 1990 – 21 May 1994) | ||||||
Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Yemen | ||||||
6 | Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas حيدر أبو بكر العطاس (b. 1939) |
21 May 1994 | 7 July 1994 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] |
[III] |
Heads of Parliament
Nº | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term start | Term end | Political Party | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council | ||||||
1 | Abdul Fattah Ismail عبد الفتاح إسماعيل علي الجوفي (1939–1986)[4] |
1970 | 21 April 1980 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] |
[IV] | |
2 | Ali Nasir Muhammad علي ناصر محمد الحسني (b. 1939)[8] |
26 April 1980 | 24 January 1986 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] |
[III] | |
3 | Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas حيدر أبو بكر العطاس (b. 1939) |
24 January 1986 | 22 May 1990 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] |
[V] |
Heads of Party
Nº | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term start | Term end | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Yemeni Socialist Party | ||||||
1 | Abdul Fattah Ismail عبد الفتاح إسماعيل علي الجوفي (1939–1986) |
21 December 1978 | 21 April 1980 | [I] | ||
2 | Ali Nasir Muhammad علي ناصر محمد الحسني (b. 1939) |
21 April 1980 | 24 January 1986 | [II] | ||
3 | Ali Salim al-Beidh علي سالم البيض (b. 1939) |
6 February 1986 | 22 May 1990 | [III] | ||
Yemen Unification (22 May 1990 – 21 May 1994) | ||||||
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Yemeni Socialist Party | ||||||
(3) | Ali Salim al-Beidh علي سالم البيض (b. 1939) |
21 May 1994 | 7 July 1994 | [III] |
See also
Notes
- Head of state
- Head of government
- Head of parliament
- Head of party
References
- Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jessup, John E. (1998). An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 659. ISBN 0-313-28112-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Halliday 2002, pp. 17.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Halliday 2002, pp. 24.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Halliday 2002, pp. 34.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11 Halliday 2002, pp. 31.
- ↑ Halliday 2002, pp. 35.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Halliday 2002, pp. 39.
- ↑ Halliday 2002, pp. 35.
- Bibliography
- Halliday, Fred (2002). Revolution and Foreign Policy: The Case of South Yemen, 1967-1987. Cambridge University Press. p. 336. ISBN 0-521-89164-7.