Political Leaders: South Yemen

Leaders of South Yemen
(People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, 1967-1990)

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See the current Republic of Yemen for data since 1990 as well as the former Yemen Arab Republic, or North Yemen, which unified with South Yemen on 22 May 1990 to form the Republic of Yemen.

Parties: NLF: National Liberation Front HIY: Socialist Party of Yemen

Heads of State

President of the Republic
Qahtan Muhammad ash-Sha`bi        30 Nov 1967 - 22 Jun 1969 (+1976)  

Chairmen of the Presidential Council (1)
Salim Rubay` `Ali                 23 Jun 1969 - 26 Jun 1978 (+)a     NLF   
`Ali an-Nasir Muhammad al-Hasani  26 Jun 1978 - 27 Dec 1978          NLF

Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
`Abd al-Fattah Isma`il al-Jawfi   27 Dec 1978 - 26 Apr 1980 (+1986)a NLF, HIY
`Ali an-Nasir Muhammad al-Hasani  26 Apr 1980 - 25 Jan 1986          HIY
Haydar `Abu Bakr al-`Attas        25 Jan 1986 - 22 May 1990          HIY (2)

(1) Members of the Presidential Council (continued after the appointment of its chairman): Muhammad `Ali Haytham, Muhammad Salih al-Awlaqi, `Abd al-Fattah Isma`il al-Jawfi (+1986), Salim Rubay` `Ali (+1978), `Ali Ahmad Nasir `Antar al-Bishi.
(2) Interim head of State as deputy chairman of the PSPA to 8 Feb 1986. After the unification continued as prime minister of the Republic of Yemen.

Prime Ministers

Faysal `Abd al-Latif ash-Sha`bi    6 Apr 1969 - 22 Jun 1969 (+1971) NLF
Muhammad ibn Ali Haytam           23 Jun 1969 -  2 Aug 1971         NLF
`Ali an-Nasir Muhammad al-Hasani   2 Aug 1971 - 14 Feb 1985         NLF, HIY
Haydar Abu `Bakr al-`Attas        14 Feb 1985 -  8 Feb 1986         HIY
Yasin Said Numan                   8 Feb 1986 - 22 May 1990         HIY

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