List of heads of state of Yemen
The following is a list of the heads of state of modern Yemen, from the establishment of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen in 1918 to the present day.
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Member State of the Arab League |
Judiciary |
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1970)
Portrait | Imam (Birth–Death) |
Reign | House | Claim | |||
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Reign start | Reign end | Duration | |||||
Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869–1948) |
30 October 1918 | 17 February 1948 (assassinated.) |
29 years, 110 days | Rassids | Imam of the Zaidiyyah since 4 June 1904 | ||
Ahmad bin Yahya (1891–1962) |
17 February 1948 | 19 September 1962 | 14 years, 214 days | Rassids | Son of Yahya | ||
Muhammad al-Badr (1926–1996) |
19 September 1962 | 26 September 1962 (deposed.) |
7 days | Rassids | Son of Ahmad |
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen in Exile (1962–1970)
Portrait | Imam (Birth–Death) |
Reign | House | Claim | |||
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Reign start | Reign end | Duration | |||||
Muhammad al-Badr (1926–1996)[lower-alpha 1] |
27 September 1962 | 1 December 1970 | 8 years, 65 days | Rassids | Son of Ahmad |
Yemen Arab Republic (1962–1990)
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
President of the Republic | ||||||
Abdullah al-Sallal (1917–1994)[lower-alpha 2] |
27 September 1962 | 5 November 1967 (deposed.) |
5 years, 39 days | Military | ||
Chairman of the Republican Council | ||||||
Abdul Rahman al-Eryani (1910–1998) |
5 November 1967 | 13 June 1974 (deposed.) |
6 years, 220 days | Independent | ||
President of the Republic | ||||||
Ibrahim al-Hamdi (1943–1977)[lower-alpha 3] |
13 June 1974 | 11 October 1977 (assassinated.) |
3 years, 120 days | Military | ||
Ahmad al-Ghashmi (1938–1978)[lower-alpha 4] |
11 October 1977 | 24 June 1978 (assassinated.) |
256 days | Military | ||
Chairman of the Presidential Council | ||||||
Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi (1934–2006) |
24 June 1978 | 18 July 1978 | 24 days | Military | ||
President of the Republic | ||||||
Ali Abdullah Saleh (1947–2017) |
18 July 1978 | 22 May 1990 | 11 years, 308 days | Military (until 24 August 1982.) | ||
General People's Congress |
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967–1990)
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
President of the Republic | ||||||
Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi (1920–1981) |
30 November 1967 | 22 June 1969 (deposed.) |
1 year, 204 days | National Liberation Front | ||
Chairman of the Presidential Council | ||||||
Salim Rubai Ali (1935–1978) |
23 June 1969 | 26 June 1978 (assassinated.) |
9 years, 3 days | National Liberation Front | ||
Ali Nasir Muhammad (born 1939) |
26 June 1978 | 27 December 1978 | 184 days | National Liberation Front (until 21 December 1978.) | ||
Yemeni Socialist Party | ||||||
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council | ||||||
Abdul Fattah Ismail (1939–1986) |
27 December 1978 | 21 April 1980 | 1 year, 116 days | Yemeni Socialist Party | ||
Ali Nasir Muhammad (born 1939) |
26 April 1980 | 24 January 1986 (deposed.) |
5 years, 273 days | Yemeni Socialist Party | ||
Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (born 1939) |
24 January 1986 | 22 May 1990 | 4 years, 118 days | Yemeni Socialist Party |
Democratic Republic of Yemen (1994)
Portrait | President (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Ali Salem al Beidh (born 1939) (in rebellion.) |
21 May 1994 | 7 July 1994 | 47 days | Yemeni Socialist Party |
STC secession attempt (2017–present)
Portrait | President (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Aidarus al-Zoubaidi (born 1967) (in rebellion.) |
11 May 2017 | Incumbent | 3 years, 263 days | Southern Movement |
Republic of Yemen (post-unification, 1990–present)
- Status
Denotes Acting President
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
President of the Republic | |||||||
Ali Abdullah Saleh (1947–2017)[lower-alpha 5] |
1999 2006 |
22 May 1990 | 27 February 2012 (resigned.) |
21 years, 281 days | General People's Congress | ||
Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (born 1945) |
— | 4 June 2011 | 23 September 2011 | 111 days | General People's Congress | ||
23 November 2011 | 27 February 2012 | 96 days | |||||
2012 | 27 February 2012 | Incumbent | 8 years, 337 days | ||||
President of the Supreme Revolutionary Committee | |||||||
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi (born 1979)[lower-alpha 6] (in rebellion.) |
— | 6 February 2015 | 15 August 2016 | 1 year, 191 days | Ansar Allah | ||
President of the Supreme Political Council | |||||||
Saleh Ali al-Sammad (1979–2018)[lower-alpha 6] (in rebellion.) |
— | 15 August 2016 | 19 April 2018 (killed.) |
1 year, 247 days | Ansar Allah | ||
Mahdi al-Mashat (born 1986)[lower-alpha 6] (in rebellion.) |
— | 25 April 2018 | Incumbent | 2 years, 281 days | Ansar Allah |
See also
Notes
- In northern Yemen, from March 1969 in exile in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia.
- Styled as Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council until 3 October 1962.
- Styled as Chairman of the Command Council until 13 June 1975.
- Styled as Chairman of the Presidential Council until 22 April 1978.
- Styled as Chairman of the Presidential Council until 1 October 1994.
- Appointed by the Houthis, in rebellion during their takeover and its aftermath
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