Vice President of Yemen

Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of the Republic of Yemen
Official emblem
Incumbents Aidarus al-Zoubaidi Tareq Saleh Sultan Ali al-Arada Abdullah al-Alimi Bawazeer since 7 April 2022
Presidential Leadership Council
Style	His Excellency
Reports to	Chairman
Inaugural holder	Ali Salem al Beidh
Formation	22 May 1990;35 years ago (1990-05-22)
Salary	250,000 YER monthly [1]

The Vice President of the Republic of Yemen is the second highest political position in Yemen.

As of 7 April 2022, the role is fulfilled by the Deputy Chairmen of the Presidential Leadership Council.

Under the Constitution of Yemen, the Vice President is appointed by the President, and acts as constitutional successor of the President in case of a vacancy. ^[2] The Vice President assists the President in his duties. The President may delegate some of his functions to the Vice President.

The position of the Vice President of Yemen was occupied by Yemen Army general Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar from 4 April 2016, after being appointed by the President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

On April 7, 2022, in a televised address, Hadi resigned, dismissed Vice President Ahmar, and transferred the powers of the President and Vice President to the Presidential Leadership Council, with Rashad al-Alimi, former Interior Minister under President Saleh, as its chairman. The council has seven deputy chairs.

List of vice presidents of the Yemen Arab Republic (1977–1990)

This office was created in 1977. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

No.		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
Vice President
	1		Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi (1934–2006)	11 October 1977	24 June 1978	256 days	Independent
First Vice President
	2		Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi (1934–2006)	18 July 1978	22 May 1990	11 years, 308 days	Independent (until 24 August 1982.)
							General People's Congress
Second Vice President
	3		Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani (1939–2011)	October 1980	December 1986	6 years, 61 days	Independent (until 24 August 1982.)
							General People's Congress

List of vice presidents of the Republic of Yemen (1990–present)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start	Term end	Political party	President (Term)
1		Ali Salem al Beidh علي سالم البيض (born 1939) [9]	22 May 1990	6 May 1994 [10]	Yemeni Socialist Party	Ali Abdullah Saleh (1990–2012)
Office abolished (21 May 1994–3 October 1994)
2		Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi عبدربه منصور هادي (born 1945)	3 October 1994	27 February 2012	General People's Congress
Vacant (27 February 2012–13 April 2015)						Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (2012–2022)
3		Khaled Bahah خالد محفوظ بحاح (born 1965)	13 April 2015	3 April 2016	Independent
4		Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar علي محسن صالح الأحمر (born 1945)	4 April 2016	7 April 2022	General People's Congress
Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council
5		Aidarus al-Zoubaidi	7 April 2022 [11] [12]	Incumbent		Rashad al-Alimi (since 2022)

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9. Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Council.
10. Dismissed during the 1994 Civil War.
11. Narayanan, Ayush (7 April 2022). "A look at Yemen's new presidential leadership council and its powers". Al Arabiya . Retrieved 13 February 2023. The council head is supported by seven other members: Sultan Ali al-Arada, Tariq Muhammad Salih, Abed al-Rahman Abu Zara'a, Abdullah al-Alimi Bawazeer, Othman Hussein Megali, Aidarous Qassem al-Zubaidi, and Faraj Salmin al-Bahsani. These members will share the title of 'Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership'
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