Yemeni Arab Republic


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Kingdom of Yemen ↔ Republic of Yemen

Arabic

Sanaa

surface 195,000 km²

Residents 7,160,981 (1990)

Existence period 1962-1990

currency

Yemen rial

Time zone UTC + 3

National anthem The will of a people (from 1978)

prefix +967

The Yemeni Arab Republic ( Arabic الجمهوريّة العربية اليمنية, DMG al-Ǧumhūriyya al-'Arabiyya al-Yamaniyya ), also known as Arab Republic of Yemen or colloquially familiar North Yemen , was a 1962 existing to 1990, state in northern Yemen, the Ottoman dominated northwestern since 1990 reunified Yemen .

The country arose after the overthrow of the monarchy in the Kingdom of Yemen on September 26, 1962 and was ruled by a unity party, the General People's Congress .

history

Situation in the North Yemeni civil war between Republicans (black) and Royalists (red) at the end of 1967

The Yemeni Arab Republic (orange) comprised the later governorates of Yemen ʿAmrān , al-Baida ' , ad-Dali' , Dhamar , al-Jauf , Hajjah , al-Hudaida , Ibb , al-Mahwit , Ma'rib , Raima , Sa 'da , Sanaa (as well as the city of Sanaa) and Ta'izz .

The Yemen Arab Republic was proclaimed on September 26, 1962. The first president was Abdullah as-Sallal from 1962 to 1967 . In the following years, however, a civil war broke out with the royalist tribes, who continued to support the overthrown King Muhammad al-Badr and received help from Saudi Arabia . As-Sallal, on the other hand, was supported by Egypt with troops, but they were ordered back in the Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan and Syria in June 1967. In fact, Yemen was united with Egypt until 1967 . Corresponding formal declarations of intent signed in 1964 and 1965 were to be implemented after the end of the war.

From 1967 to 1974 there were border fights with the socialist People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, which had existed in South Yemen since November 1967 . The tenure of President Abdul Rahman al-Iriani from 1971 onwards, whose main focus was on strengthening the central government, did not change that. It took a total of eight years after the state was founded until the country got its own constitution after the end of the civil war . In 1974, then President Al-Irjani was overthrown by Colonel Ibrahim al-Hamdi , who enlisted the help of the military. This repealed the constitution and parliament, but ultimately failed due to resistance from its own people and the influence of South Yemen. In 1977 he was murdered in Sanaa .

In June 1978 the new president, Colonel Ahmed Hussein al-Ghashmi , was killed by a letter bomb allegedly from South Yemen . Only two days later, the South Yemeni President Salim Ruba'i fell victim to a coup d'état, whereupon the already changeable relations with South Yemen after 1972 worsened again blatantly. From July 17, 1978, President Ali Abdullah Salih ruled the country and achieved reunification with South Yemen on May 22, 1990.

politics

Head of state

List of Presidents of the Yemeni Arab Republic:

Abdullah as-Sallal (September 27, 1962 to November 5, 1967)
Abd ar-Rahman al-Iryani (November 5, 1967 to June 13, 1974)
Ibrahim al-Hamdi (June 13, 1974 to October 11, 1977) Military Command Council
Ahmed Hussein al-Ghashmi (October 11, 1977 to June 24, 1978)
Abd al-Karim Abdullah al-Araschi (June 24, 1978 to July 18, 1978)
Ali Abdullah Salih (July 18, 1978 to May 22, 1990)

Head of government

List of Prime Ministers of the Yemen Arab Republic:

1.	Abdullah as-Sallal	September 28, 1962	April 26, 1963
2.	Abd al-Latif Dayfallah	April 26, 1963	5th October 1963
3.	Abd al-Rahman al-Iryani	5th October 1963	February 10, 1964
4th	Hassan al-Amri	February 10, 1964	April 29, 1964
5.	Hamud al-Jaifi	April 29, 1964	January 6, 1965
6th	Hassan al-Amri	January 6, 1965	April 20, 1965
7th	Ahmad Muhammad Numan	April 20, 1965	July 6, 1965
8th.	Abdullah as-Sallal	July 6, 1965	July 21, 1965
9.	Hassan al-Amri	July 21, 1965	September 18, 1966
10.	Abdullah as-Sallal	September 18, 1966	5th November 1967
11.	Muhsin Ahmad al-Aini	5th November 1967	December 21, 1967
12.	Hassan al-Amri	December 21, 1967	July 9, 1969
13.	Abd as-Salam Sabrah	July 9, 1969	July 29, 1969
14th	Muhsin Ahmad al-Aini	July 29, 1969	2nd September 1969
15th	Abdullah Kurschumi	2nd September 1969	5th February 1970
16.	Muhsin Ahmad al-Aini	5th February 1970	February 26, 1971
17th	Abd as-Salam Sabrah	February 26, 1971	3rd May 1971
18th	Ahmad Muhammad Numan	3rd May 1971	August 24, 1971
19th	Hassan al-Amri	August 24, 1971	5th September 1971
20th	Abd as-Salam Sabrah	5th September 1971	18th September 1971
21st	Muhsin Ahmad al-Aini	18th September 1971	December 30, 1972
22nd	Abdullah al-Hajri	December 30, 1972	February 10, 1974
23.	Hassan Muhammad Makki	February 10, 1974	June 22, 1974
24.	Muhsin Ahmad al-Aini	June 22, 1974	January 16, 1975
25th	Abd al-Latif Dayfallah	January 16, 1975	January 25, 1975
26th	Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Ghani	January 25, 1975	October 15, 1980
27.	Abd al-Karim al-Iryani	October 15, 1980	November 13, 1983
28.	Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Ghani	November 13, 1983	May 22, 1990

Individual evidence

^ F. Richard Nyrop, The Yemens: country studies , Washington (1985)
^ Robert Burrowes, The Yemen Arab republic - The Politics of Development , 1962–1986 (1987)

[1] F. Richard Nyrop, The Yemens: country studies , Washington (1985)

[2] Robert Burrowes, The Yemen Arab republic - The Politics of Development , 1962–1986 (1987)