List of heads of state of Yemen
This article is about the heads of state of modern Yemen. For the heads of government of modern Yemen, see List of heads of government of Yemen.
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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.
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1962)
No. | Portrait | Imam (Birth–Death) |
Reign | House | Claim | ||
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Reign start | Reign end | Duration | |||||
1 | 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 | |
2 | Ahmad bin Yahya (1891–1962) |
17 February 1948 | 19 September 1962 | 14 years, 214 days | Rassids | Son of Yahya | |
3 | 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)
No. | Portrait | Imam (Birth–Death) |
Reign | House | Claim | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reign start | Reign end | Duration | |||||
Muhammad al-Badr (1926–1996)[1] |
27 September 1962 | March 1970 | N/A | Rassids | Son of Ahmad |
Yemen Arab Republic (1962–1990)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took Office | Left Office | Time in Office | |||||
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council | |||||||
1 | Abdullah al-Sallal (1917–1994) |
27 September 1962 | 3 October 1962 | 6 days | Military | ||
President of the Republic | |||||||
(1) | Abdullah al-Sallal (1917–1994) |
3 October 1962 | 5 November 1967 (deposed.) |
5 years, 33 days | Military | ||
Chairman of the Republican Council | |||||||
2 | Abdul Rahman al-Iryani (1908–1998) |
5 November 1967 | 13 June 1974 (deposed.) |
6 years, 220 days | Independent | ||
Chairman of the Command Council | |||||||
3 | Ibrahim al-Hamdi (1943–1977) |
13 June 1974 | 13 June 1975 | 1 year, 0 days | Military | ||
President of the Republic | |||||||
(3) | Ibrahim al-Hamdi (1943–1977) |
13 June 1975 | 11 October 1977 (assassinated.) |
2 years, 120 days | Military | ||
Chairman of the Presidential Council | |||||||
4 | Ahmad al-Ghashmi (1938–1978) |
11 October 1977 | 22 April 1978 | 193 days | Military | ||
President of the Republic | |||||||
(4) | Ahmad al-Ghashmi (1938–1978) |
22 April 1978 | 24 June 1978 (assassinated.) |
256 days | Military | ||
Chairman of the Presidential Council | |||||||
5 | Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi (1934–2006) |
24 June 1978 | 18 July 1978 | 24 days | Military | ||
President of the Republic | |||||||
6 | Ali Abdullah Saleh (1942–) |
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)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took Office | Left Office | Time in Office | |||||
President of the Republic | |||||||
1 | 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 | |||||||
2 | Salim Rubai Ali (1935–1978) |
23 June 1969 | 26 June 1978 (assassinated.) |
9 years, 3 days | National Liberation Front | ||
3 | Ali Nasir Muhammad (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 | |||||||
4 | Abdul Fattah Ismail (1939–1986) |
27 December 1978 | 21 April 1980 | 1 year, 116 days | Yemeni Socialist Party | ||
(3) | Ali Nasir Muhammad (1939–) |
26 April 1980 | 24 January 1986 (deposed.) |
5 years, 273 days | Yemeni Socialist Party | ||
5 | Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (1939–) |
24 January 1986 | 22 May 1990 | 4 years, 118 days | Yemeni Socialist Party |
Democratic Republic of Yemen (1994)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took Office | Left Office | Time in Office | |||||
President of the Republic | |||||||
Ali Salem al Beidh (1939–) (in rebellion.) |
21 May 1994 | 7 July 1994 | 47 days | Yemeni Socialist Party |
Republic of Yemen (post-unification, 1990–present)
- Status
Denotes Acting President
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | ||||
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Elected | Took Office | Left Office | Time in Office | |||||
Chairman of the Presidential Council | ||||||||
1 | Ali Abdullah Saleh (1942–) |
— | 22 May 1990 | 1 October 1994 | 4 years, 132 days | General People's Congress | ||
President of the Republic | ||||||||
(1) | Ali Abdullah Saleh (1942–) |
1999 2006 |
1 October 1994 | 27 February 2012 (resigned.) |
17 years, 149 days | General People's Congress | ||
— | Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (1945–) |
— | 4 June 2011 | 23 September 2011 | 111 days | General People's Congress | ||
23 November 2011 | 27 February 2012 | 96 days | ||||||
2 | Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (1945–) |
2012 | 27 February 2012 | Incumbent | 4 years, 284 days | General People's Congress | ||
President of the Supreme Revolutionary Committee | ||||||||
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi (1979–)[2] |
— | 6 February 2015 | 15 August 2016 | 1 year, 191 days | Houthis | |||
President of the Supreme Political Council | ||||||||
Saleh Ali al-Sammad (1979–)[2] |
— | 15 August 2016 | Incumbent | 114 days | Houthis |
See also
- Modern history of Yemen
- Imams of Yemen
- President of Yemen Arab Republic
- List of leaders of South Yemen
- President of Yemen
Notes
- ↑ In northern Yemen, from March 1969 in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia exile
- 1 2 Appointed by the Houthis, in rebellion during their takeover and its aftermath
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