The Politics of Yemen are in an uncertain state due to the Houthi takeover in Yemen. An armed group known as the Houthis or Ansar Allah seized control of the Northern Yemeni government and announced it would dissolve parliament,as well as install a "presidential council","transitional national council",and "supreme revolutionary council" to govern the country for an interim period. However,the deposed president,Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi,has declared he is still in office and is working to establish a rival government in Aden.
The president of the Republic of Yemen is the head of state of Yemen. Under the Constitution of Yemen,the president is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and head of the executive branch of the Yemeni government.
Abd al-Karim Ali al-Iryani was the Prime Minister of Yemen from 29 April 1998 to 31 March 2001. Al-Eryani,along with President Ali Abdullah Saleh,was the Secretary General of the General People's Congress (GPC).
Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani was a Yemeni politician who served as Prime Minister of Yemen from 1994 to 1997,under President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Ghani was a member of the General People's Congress party.
Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas was appointed Prime Minister of Yemen by President Ali Abdullah Saleh when the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and Yemen Arab Republic united in 1990 to form present-day Yemen. Al-Attas served until 1994. He is a member of the Yemeni Socialist Party.
Ali Nasir Muhammad Al-Husani is the former leader of South Yemen serving as General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party between 1980 and 1986. He was twice president of South Yemen and once the Prime Minister. He served as the Prime Minister from 2 August 1971 until 14 February 1985 and as Chairman of the Presidential Council from 26 June 1978,after overthrowing and executing Salim Rubai Ali,until 27 December 1978.
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is King of Saudi Arabia,reigning since 2015 and had previously served as Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 2015 to 2022. The 25th son of King Abdulaziz,the founder of Saudi Arabia,he assumed the throne on 23 January 2015. Prior to his accession,he was Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 18 June 2012 to 23 January 2015. Salman is the 3rd oldest living head of state and the oldest living monarch besides being the country's first head of state born after the unification of Saudi Arabia. He has a reported personal wealth of at least $18 billion,which makes him the third wealthiest royal in the world and one of the wealthiest individuals in the world.
Yemeni unification took place on May 22,1990,when the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen was united with the Yemen Arab Republic,forming the Republic of Yemen.
Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi is a Yemeni politician and former field marshal of the Yemeni Armed Forces who served as the president of Yemen from 2012 until 2022,when he stepped down and transferred executive authority to the Presidential Leadership Council,with Rashad al-Alimi as its chairman. He was the vice president to Ali Abdullah Saleh from 1994 to 2012.
The Yemeni Revolution followed the initial stages of the Tunisian Revolution and occurred simultaneously with the 2011 Egyptian revolution and other Arab Spring protests in the Middle East and North Africa. In its early phase,protests in Yemen were initially against unemployment,economic conditions and corruption,as well as against the government's proposals to modify Yemen's constitution. The protesters' demands then escalated to calls for the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Mass defections from the military,as well as from Saleh's government,effectively rendered much of the country outside of the government's control,and protesters vowed to defy its authority.
Ali Mohsen Saleh al-Ahmar,sometimes spelled Muhsin,is a Yemeni military officer who served as the vice president of Yemen from 2016 to 2022,when he was dismissed by President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi,who transferred the powers of the president and vice president to the Presidential Leadership Council. He is a general in the Yemeni Army and was the commander of the northwestern military district and the 1st Armoured Division. He played a leading role in the creation of the General People's Congress.
The international reactions to the Yemeni Revolution were not as pronounced as reactions to similar events during the Arab Spring,but a number of governments and organisations made statements on Yemen before and after the departure of longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh from power in February 2012.
The Houthi takeover in Yemen,also known as the September 21 Revolution,or 2014–15 coup d'état,was a popular revolution against Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi led by the Houthis and their supporters that pushed the Yemeni government from power. It had origins in Houthi-led protests that began the previous month,and escalated when the Houthis stormed the Yemeni capital Sanaa on 21 September 2014,causing the resignation of Prime Minister Mohammed Basindawa,and later the resignation of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and his ministers on 22 January 2015 after Houthi forces seized the presidential palace,residence,and key military installations,and the formation of a ruling council by Houthi militants on 6 February 2015.
The aftermath of the Houthi takeover in Yemen refers to developments following the Houthis' takeover of the Yemeni capital of Sana'a and dissolution of the government,which eventually led to a civil war and the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.
Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour is a Yemeni politician who served as Governor of Aden during the Houthi takeover in Yemen. He is a member of the General People's Congress,sitting on its permanent committee since 1995. An ally of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi,he condemned the 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état and received the deposed leader after his flight from the Houthi-controlled capital of Sanaa on 21 February 2015. He is also a vocal opponent of the separatist movement in the former South Yemen,saying the movement is too fractured and small to achieve its goals.
On 26 March 2015,Saudi Arabia,leading a coalition of nine countries from West Asia and North Africa,launched an intervention in Yemen following a request from Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi for military support after his forces were ousted from Sanaʽa by Houthi insurgents during the Yemeni Civil War. Government forces,Houthi rebels,and other armed groups fought after the draft constitution and power-sharing arrangements collapsed,despite progress made by the UN during the political transition at that time. Violence escalated in mid-2014. Houthis and allied insurgents seized control of Sana'a in September 2014 and thereafter. In response,President Hadi asked Saudi Arabia to intervene against the Iranian-backed Houthis.
International reactions to the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen of 2015 were mixed. Most other Arab League nations and several Western governments backed the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition,but other governments warned against an escalation in the violent situation in Yemen.
The Supreme Political Council is a largely unrecognised executive body formed by the Houthi movement and the General People's Congress (GPC) to rule Yemen. Formed on 28 July 2016,the presidential council consists of nine members and was headed by Saleh Ali al-Sammad as president until his death from a drone air strike on 19 April 2018 with Qassem Labozah as vice-president. The territory that it rules consists most of the former North Yemen,which united with South Yemen in 1990.
Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed is a Yemeni politician who has been the prime minister of Yemen since 15 October 2018. He previously served as the minister of public works in Bin Dagher's cabinet.
Rashad Muhammad al-Alimi is a Yemeni politician currently serving as the chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council since 7 April 2022.
