Political Leaders: Yemen

Leaders of Yemen
(Republic of Yemen)

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Look for biographies of the leaders (in Spanish) at CIDOB website.

See also the former North Yemen and Souh Yemen, which unified on 22 May 1990 as the Republic of Yemen.

Parties: MSA: General People's Congress; HIY: Socialist Party of Yemen

Heads of State

Chairman of the Presidential Council
Ali `Abd Allah Saleh al-Hashidi  22 May 1990 -  1 Oct 1994 [picture] MSA (1)

President of the Republic
Ali `Abd Allah Saleh al-Hashidi   1 Oct 1994 -             [picture] MSA

(1) Before the unification, Saleh was the last president of North Yemen, since 18 Jul 1979.

Prime Ministers

Haydar `Abu Bakr al-`Attas       22 May 1990 -  9 May 1994           HIY (2)
Muhammad Said al-`Attar           9 May 1994 -  6 Oct 1994           (acting)
`Abd al-`Aziz `Abd al-Ghani       6 Oct 1994 - 14 May 1997           MSA
Faraj Said ibn Ghanem            14 May 1997 - 29 Apr 1998           n/p
`Abd al-Karim al-`Iriani         29 Apr 1998 -  7 Apr 2001 [picture] MSA (acting to 14 May 1998)
`Abd al-Kadir Bajamal             7 Apr 2001 -  7 Apr 2007 [picture] MSA
Ali Muhammad Mujawar              7 Apr 2007               [picture] MSA

(2) al-`Attas was the last head of State of South Yemen (since 25 Jan 1986).

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