General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party

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General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party
الأمين العام للحزب الاشتراكي اليمني
Flag of the Yemeni Socialist Party.svg
since 19 December 2014
Formation13 October 1978;46 years ago (1978-10-13)
First holder Abdul Fattah Ismail
Final holder Abdulrahman Al-Saqqaf

The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen became independent as the "People's Republic of Southern 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.

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Predecessors

National Liberation Front (1963–1975)

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the National Liberation Front
No.OfficeholderTook officeLeft officeLength of tenure Term BirthPMDeathRef.
1 Qahtan Shaabi.jpg Qahtan al-Shaabi
(قحطان محمد الشعبي)
19 August 196322 June 19695 years, 307 days 1st4th
(1965–1969)
192019631981 [1]
2 Abdulfatah-1979-188.jpg Abdul Fattah Ismail
(عبد الفتاح إسماعيل)
22 June 196914 October 19756 years, 114 days 4th5th
(1969–1975)
193919631986 [2]

People's Democratic Union (1961–1975)

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Democratic Union
No.OfficeholderTook officeLeft officeLength of tenure Term BirthPMDeathRef.
1 AbdullahBadheeb.jpg Abdullah Badheeb
(عبد الله باذيب)
22 October 196114 October 197513 years, 357 days 1st2nd
(1961–1975)
193119611976 [3]

People's Vanguard Party (1974–1975)

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Vanguard Party
No.OfficeholderTook officeLeft officeLength of tenureBirthPMDeathRef.
1 Anis Hasan Yahya
(أنيس_حسن_يحيى)
April 197414 October 19751 year, 196 days19341974Alive [4]

Unified Nationalist Front Political Organization (1975–1978)

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Unified Nationalist Front Political Organization
No.OfficeholderTook officeLeft officeLength of tenure Term BirthPMDeathRef.
1 Abdulfatah-1979-188.jpg Abdul Fattah Ismail
(عبد الفتاح إسماعيل)
14 October 197513 October 19782 years, 364 days 6th7th
(1975–1978)
193919631986 [2]

Officeholders

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Yemeni Socialist Party
No.OfficeholderTook officeLeft officeLength of tenure Term BirthPMDeathRef.
1 Abdulfatah-1979-188.jpg Abdul Fattah Ismail
(عبد الفتاح إسماعيل)
13 October 197820 April 19801 year, 190 days 1st
(1978–1980)
193919781986 [1]
2 Ali Naser Mukhammed (1981).jpg Ali Nasir Muhammad
(علي ناصر محمد)
21 April 198024 January 19865 years, 278 days 1st2nd
(1978–1986)
19391978Alive [5]
3 Ali Salem al-Beidh (cropped).png Ali Salem al-Beidh
(علي سالم البيض)
6 February 19867 July 19948 years, 151 days 3rd
(1986–1998)
19391978Alive [6]
4 Ali Saleh Obad
(علي صالح عباد)
September 199431 July 200510 years, 333 days 3rd4th
(1986–2005)
194219782019 [7]
5 Yasen-saeed.jpg Yasin Said Numan
(ياسين سعيد نعمان)
31 July 200519 December 20149 years, 141 days 5th
(2005–present)
19471978Alive [8]
6 Abdulrahman Al-Saqqaf
(عبد الرحمن السقاف)
19 December 2014Incumbent10 years, 256 days 5th
(2005–present)
1956?Alive [9]

See also

References

Books

  • Brehoney, Noel (2011). Yemen Divided: The Story of a Failed State in South Arabia. I.B. Tauris. ISBN   978-1-84885-635-6.
  • Halliday, Fred (2002). Revolution and Foreign Policy: The Case of South Yemen, 1967–1987. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   0-521-89164-7.
  • Naumkin, Vitaly V. (2004). Red Wolves of Yemen: The Struggle for Independence. The Oleander Press. ISBN   0-906672-70-8.

Book sections

  • Ishiyama, John (2019). Feliu, Laura; Izquierdo-Brichs, Ferran (eds.). Communism and organizational symbiosis in South Yemen: The People’s Democratic Union, the National Liberation Front and the Yemeni Socialist Party. Routledge. pp. 168–183. ISBN   978-0-367-13445-7.

Web articles

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