| Secretary–General of the Yemeni Socialist Party | |
|---|---|
| الأمين العام للحزب الاشتراكي اليمني | |
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| Incumbent Abdulrahman Al-Saqqaf since 2015 | |
| Formation | 21 December 1978; 45 years ago (1978-12-21) |
| 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.
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 | 
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Abdul Fattah Ismail عبد الفتاح إسماعيل علي الجوفي (1939–1986) |
21 December 1978 | 21 April 1980 | 1 year |
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Ali Nasir Muhammad علي ناصر محمد الحسني (1939–) |
21 April 1980 | 24 January 1986 | 5 years |
| 3 | 
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Ali Salem al Beidh علي سالم البيض (1939–) |
24 January 1986 | 7 July 1994 | 8 years |
| 4 | Ali Saleh Obad Moqbel | 1994 | 2005 | 10–11 years | |
| 5 | Yasin Said Numan | 2005 | 2015 | 10 years | |
| 6 | Abdulrahman Al-Saqqaf | 2015 | present | 8–9 years | |
See also
References
- Citations
- 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.
