President of the Yemen Arab Republic
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The President of the Yemen Arab Republic, officially the Chairman of the Republican Council of the Yemen Arab Republic, was the head of state in the former North Yemen from 1962 to 1990. There were six presidents of North Yemen.
List of Presidents of the Yemen Arab Republic (1962–1990)
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name Template:Small |
Term start | Term end | Political Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 1 | File:Salal.jpg | Abdullah al-Sallal Template:Lang Template:Small<ref>Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council until 3 October 1962.</ref> |
27 September 1962 | 5 November 1967<ref name="coup">Deposed in a coup d'état.</ref> | Military |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 2 | File:Eryani.JPG | Abdul Rahman al-Iryani Template:Lang Template:Small<ref>Chairman of the Republican Council.</ref> |
5 November 1967 | 13 June 1974<ref name="coup" /> | Independent |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 3 | File:Ibrahim Al-Hamdi on an Airplane.jpg | Ibrahim al-Hamdi Template:Lang Template:Small<ref>Chairman of the Command Council until 13 June 1975.</ref> |
13 June 1974 | 11 October 1977<ref name="assassination">Assassinated.</ref> | Military |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 4 | File:Ahmad al-Ghashmi.jpg | Ahmad al-Ghashmi Template:Lang Template:Small<ref>Chairman of the Presidential Council until 22 April 1978.</ref> |
11 October 1977 | 24 June 1978<ref name="assassination" /> | Military |
| 5 | File:Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi 1990.jpg | Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi Template:Lang Template:Small<ref>Chairman of the Presidential Council.</ref> |
24 June 1978 | 18 July 1978 | Independent |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 6 | File:President Ali Abdullah Saleh.jpg | Ali Abdullah Saleh Template:Lang |
18 July 1978 | 24 August 1982 | Military |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| Template:Small | 24 August 1982 | 22 May 1990 | General People's Congress |
For presidents of Yemen after 1990, see President of Yemen.
See also
[edit]- Imams of Yemen
- Prime Minister of Yemen Arab Republic
- List of heads of state of Yemen
- List of leaders of South Yemen