List of leaders of South Yemen
Leader of South Yemen | |
---|---|
Central Committee or any party apparatus | |
Formation | 30 November 1967 21 May 1994 11 May 2017 |
First holder | Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi (as President) |
Final holder | Ali Salem al Beidh (as General Secretary & President) |
Abolished | 22 May 1990 7 July 1994 |
The
May–July 1994 Civil War, South Yemen seceded from the united Yemen and established the short-lived Democratic Republic of Yemen
.
Heads of party
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
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 | |||
2 | Ali Nasir Muhammad علي ناصر محمد الحسني (1939–) |
21 April 1980 | 24 January 1986 | |||
3 | Ali Salem al Beidh علي سالم البيض (1939–) |
24 January 1986 | 7 July 1994 |
Heads of state
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
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] | ||
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] | ||
3 | Ali Nasir Muhammad علي ناصر محمد الحسني (1939–)[4] |
26 June 1978 | 21 December 1978 | National Liberation Front
[2] | ||
(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] | ||
(3) | Ali Nasir Muhammad علي ناصر محمد الحسني (1939–)[6] |
21 April 1980 | 24 January 1986 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] | ||
5 | Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas حيدر أبو بكر العطاس (1939–) |
24 January 1986 | 22 May 1990 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] | ||
Yemen Unification (22 May 1990 – 21 May 1994) | ||||||
President of the Democratic Republic of Yemen | ||||||
6 | Ali Salem al Beidh علي سالم البيض (1939–) |
21 May 1994 | 7 July 1994 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] | ||
Yemen Reunification (7 July 1994 – 11 May 2017) | ||||||
President of the Southern Transitional Council | ||||||
in rebellion )
|
11 May 2017 | Incumbent | Southern Movement |
Heads of government
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Prime Ministers of the People's Republic of South Yemen | ||||||
1 | Faysal al-Shaabi فيصل عبد الطيف الشعبي (1935–1970) |
6 April 1969 | 22 June 1969 | National Liberation Front
[2] | ||
2 | Muhammad Ali Haitham محمد علي هيثم (1940–1993)[3] |
23 June 1969 | See below | National Liberation Front
[2] | ||
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] | ||
3 | Ali Nasir Muhammad علي ناصر محمد الحسني (1939–)[7] |
2 August 1971 | 21 December 1978 | National Liberation Front
[2] | ||
(3) | 21 December 1978 | 14 February 1985 [7] |
Yemeni Socialist Party [5] | |||
4 | Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas حيدر أبو بكر العطاس (1939–)[7] |
14 February 1985 [7] |
8 February 1986 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] | ||
5 | Yasin Said Numan ياسين سعيد نعمان (1948–) |
8 February 1986 | 22 May 1990 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] | ||
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 (1939–) |
21 May 1994 | 7 July 1994 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] |
Heads of council
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council | ||||||
1 | Abdul Fattah Ismail عبد الفتاح إسماعيل علي الجوفي (1939–1986)[4] |
1970 | 21 December 1978 | National Liberation Front
[2] | ||
(1) | 21 December 1978 | 21 April 1980 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] | |||
2 | Ali Nasir Muhammad علي ناصر محمد الحسني (1939–)[6] |
26 April 1980 | 24 January 1986 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] | ||
3 | Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas حيدر أبو بكر العطاس (1939–) |
24 January 1986 | 22 May 1990 | Yemeni Socialist Party [5] | ||
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 | ||||||
in rebellion )
|
23 December 2017 | Incumbent | Southern Movement |
See also
References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Halliday, Fred (2002). Revolution and Foreign Policy: The Case of South Yemen, 1967-1987. ISBN 0-521-89164-7.