List of heads of state of Yemen

This article lists the previous heads of state of North Yemen , South Yemen and United Yemen.

North Yemen

Kings of the Kingdom of Yemen
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
1	Yahya Muhammad Hamid ad-Din	September 2, 1926	February 17, 1948
2	Ahmad ibn Yahya	March 15, 1948	September 18, 1962
3	Muhammad al-Badr	September 19, 1962	March 8, 1969

North Yemen : Presidents of the Yemeni Arab Republic
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
1	Abdullah as-Sallal	September 27, 1962	5th November 1967
2	Abdul Rahman al-Iryani	5th November 1967	June 13, 1974
3	Ibrahim al-Hamdi	June 13, 1974	October 11, 1977
4th	Ahmed Hussein al-Ghashmi	October 11, 1977	June 24, 1978
5	Abd al-Karim Abdullah al-Arashi	June 24, 1978	July 18, 1978
6th	Ali Abdullah Salih	July 18, 1978	May 22, 1990

South Yemen

President of the People's Republic of South Yemen
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
1	Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi	November 30, 1967	June 22, 1969

Chairwoman of the Presidential Council of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
1	Salim Rubai Ali	June 23, 1969	June 26, 1978
2	Ali Nasir Muhammad	June 26, 1978	December 27, 1978

Chairwoman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
1	Abdul Fattah Ismail	December 27, 1978	April 21, 1980
2	Ali Nasir Muhammad	April 21, 1980	January 24, 1986
3	Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas	January 24, 1986	May 22, 1990

President of the Democratic Republic of Yemen
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
1	Ali Salim al-Beidh	May 21, 1994	July 7, 1994

United Yemen

Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Republic of Yemen
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
1	Ali Abdullah Salih	May 22, 1990	September 30, 1994

Yemen : President of the Republic of Yemen
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
1	Ali Abdullah Salih	October 1, 1994	February 25, 2012
2	Abed Rabbo Mansur Hadi	February 25, 2012