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Government
[Editor's Note: In late May 1990 the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen)
reunited with the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen)
to form the new Republic of Yemen. The withdrawal of Soviet aid, plus
the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, led South Yemen to accept
an offer to unite with the Yemen Arab Republic. With a population of
12 million, oil reserve assets estimated at up to 4 billion bbl. and
a new capital at Aden, the Republic of Yemen could become a regional
power.]
Long-form name: Yemen Arab Republic; abbreviated YAR.
Type: republic; military regime assumed power in June 1974.
Capital: Sanaa.
Administrative divisions: 11 governorates (muhafazat, singular--
muhafazah); Al Bayda, Al Hudaydah, Al Jawf, Al Mahwit, Dhamar,
Hajjah, Ibb, Marib, Sadah, Sana, Taizz.
Independence: November 1918 (from Ottoman Empire).
Constitution: 28 December 1970, suspended 19 June 1974.
Legal system: based on Turkish law, Islamic law, and local
customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction.
National holiday: Proclamation of the Republic, 26 September (1962).
Executive branch: president, vice president, prime minister,
four deputy prime ministers, Council of Ministers (cabinet).
Legislative branch: unicameral Consultative Assembly (Majlis
ash-Shura).
Judicial branch: State Security Court.
Leaders:
Chief of State--President Col. Ali Abdallah SALIH
(since 18 July 1978); Vice President (vacant);
Head of Government--Prime Minister Abd al-Aziz ABD AL-GHANI
(since 12 November 1983, previously prime minister from
1975-1980 and co-Vice President from October 1980 to November
1983).
Political parties and leaders: no legal political parties;
in 1983 President Salih started the General People's Congress,
which is designed to function as the country's sole political
party.
Suffrage: universal at age 18.
Elections: Consultative Assembly--last held 5 July 1988
(next to be held NA); results--percent of vote NA; seats--
(159 total, 128 elected).
Communists: small number.
Other political or pressure groups: conservative tribal
groups, Muslim Brotherhood, leftist factions--pro-Iraqi
Bathists, Nasirists, National Democratic Front (NDF) supported
by the PDRY.
Member of: ACC, Arab League, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA,
IDB--Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO,
INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, OIC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU,
WHO, WIPO, WMO.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Mohsin A. al-AINI;
Chancery at Suite 840, 600 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington
DC 20037; telephone (202) 965-4760 or 4761; there is a Yemeni
Consulate General in Detroit and a Consulate in San Francisco;
US--Ambassador Charles F. DUNBAR; Embassy at address NA,
Sanaa (mailing address is P.O. Box 1088, Sanaa); telephone
[967] (2) 271950 through 271958.
Flag: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white,
and black with a large green five-pointed star centered
in the white band; similar to the flags of Iraq, which has
three stars, and Syria, which has two stars--all green and
five-pointed in a horizontal line centered in the white
band; also similar to the flag of Egypt, which has a symbolic
eagle centered in the white band.