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1968 South Yemen coup d'état
Part of the Arab Cold War
Date 14 May 1968 Location South Yemen Result Coup successful Overthrow of Al-Shaabi and his allies Nasserist and right-wing elements purged from the UNFPO South Yemen becomes a Marxist–Leninist state. Official name of South Yemen changes to "People's Democratic Republic of Yemen" in 1970
Belligerents
Al-Shaabi's government Nasserist faction of the UNFPO Supported by:  Egypt	Marxist faction of the UNFPO Supported by:  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Qahtan al-Shaabi President of South Yemen Faysal al-Shaabi Prime Minister of South Yemen	Abd al-Fattah Ismail Salim Rubai Ali
Casualties and losses
No deaths

The Corrective Move (Arabic: الحركة التصحيحية, romanized: al-ḥaraka at-taṣḥīḥiyya), officially referred to as the "Glorious Corrective Move" and often referred to as the "Corrective Step", Happened after the takeover of the Yemeni Unified Nationalist Front Political Organization (UNFPO) by the Marxist faction led by Abdel Fattah Ismail and Salim Rubai Ali, in an internal bloodless coup on 14 May 1968 that overthrew the Nasserist President Qahtan al-Shaabi. The Marxist takeover later led to the creation of the Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP), and South Yemen's transformation into a socialist state.

Background

Initially, right-wing elements in the ruling UNFPO Party carried out a coup in March 1968, leading to their temporary dominance. However, this was followed by a counter-coup on 14 May 1968, led by left-wingers, notably Abdel Fattah Ismail and Salem Robaya Ali. The corrective move aimed "to restore the revolution to its correct course", which was aligned with socialism through Marxism, and was significantly influenced by the Soviet Union.

References

1. https://etheses.lse.ac.uk/430/
2. https://etheses.lse.ac.uk/430/
3. ^ Burrowes, R.D. (2010). Historical Dictionary of Yemen. Scarecrow Press. p. 390. ISBN 9780810855281. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
4. Brehony, N. (2013). Yemen Divided: The Story of a Failed State in South Arabia. I. B. Tauris. p. 45. ISBN 9781780764917. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
5. ^ Mehra, R. N. (1978). "Democratic Yemen (south Yemen) Under Marxist Rule (1968-1978)-a Case Study". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 39: 895–901. ISSN 2249-1937.

v t e People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
History	Timeline 1963: Aden Emergency 1967: British withdrawal from Aden 1969: Corrective Move Al-Wadiah War 1972: First Yemenite War 1979: Second Yemenite War 1986: South Yemen civil war 1990: Yemeni unification
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