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Yemeni Socialist Party

The Yemeni Socialist Party (Arabic: الحزب الاشتراكي اليمني, al-Hizb al-Ishtiraki al-Yamani, YSP) is a political party in Yemen. A successor of Yemen's National Liberation Front, it was the ruling party in South Yemen until Yemeni unification in 1990. Originally Marxist–Leninist, the party has gradually evolved into a social democratic opposition party in today's unified Yemen.[3]

Yemeni Socialist Party
الحزب الاشتراكي اليمني

Abdul Rahman al-Saqqaf

1978 (1978)[1]

Unified Political National Front Organisation

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Ideology[edit]

Originally a Marxist–Leninist communist party, the YSP has since moved away from communism and adopted pan-Arab nationalism and social democracy as its main ideologies.[3] The party also supports the implementation of Sharia in Yemen.[8]

(1978–1980)

Abdul Fattah Ismail

(1980–1986)

Ali Nasir Muhammad

(1986–1994)

Ali Salem al Beidh

Ali Saleh Obad (Moqbel) (1994–2005)

(2005–2015)

Yasin Said Numan

Abdulrahman Al-Saqqaf (2015–present)

List of political parties in Yemen

Popular Resistance Committees (Yemen)

Southern Movement

Southern Transitional Council

South Yemen insurgency