Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name. Yemen Arab Republic

Type: republic; military regime assumed power in June 1974

Capital: Sanaa

Political subdivisions: 11 provinces

Legal system: based on Turkish law, Islamic law, and local customary law; first constitution promulgated December 1970, suspended June 1974; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

National holiday: Proclamation of the Republic, 26 September

Branches: President, Prime Minister, Cabinet; People’s Constituent Assembly

Government leaders: Col. ‘Ali ‘Abdallah SALIH, President (since 1978); ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ‘ABD AL-GHANI, Prime Minister (since 1983)

Communists: small number

Political parties or pressure groups: 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; conservative tribal groups, Muslim Brotherhood, and leftist factions—pro-Iraqi Ba'thists, Nasirists, National Democratic Front (NDF) supported by South Yemen—exert political influence

Member of: 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

NOTE: The information regarding Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.