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This is a list of the heads of state of modern Yemen, from the establishment of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen to the present day.

Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1962)

Rassids Dynasty (1918–1962)

Imam Reign Claim
Nº Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Reign start Reign end Duration
1 Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din
(1869–1948) 		30 October 1918 17 February 1948
(Assassinated) 		29 years, 110 days Imam of the Zaidiyyah since 4 June 1904
2 Ahmad bin Yahya
(1891–1962) 		17 February 1948 19 September 1962 14 years, 214 days Son of Yahya
3 Muhammad al-Badr
(1926–1996) 		19 September 1962 26 September 1962
(Deposed) 		7 days Son of Ahmad

Yemen Arab Republic (1962–1990)

President Term of office Political party
Nº Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Took office Left office Duration
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;"|1 Abdullah al-Sallal
(1917–1994)[1] 		27 September 1962 5 November 1967
(Deposed) 		5 years, 39 days Military
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"|2 Abdul Rahman al-Iryani
(1908–1998)[2] 		5 November 1967 13 June 1974
(Deposed) 		6 years, 220 days Independent
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;"|3 Ibrahim al-Hamdi
(1943–1977)[3] 		13 June 1974 11 October 1977
(Assassinated) 		3 years, 120 days Military
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;"|4 Ahmad al-Ghashmi
(1938–1978)[4] 		11 October 1977 24 June 1978
(Assassinated) 		256 days Military
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;"|5 Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi
(1934–2006)[5] 		24 June 1978 18 July 1978 24 days Military
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;"|6 Ali Abdullah Saleh
(1942–) 		18 July 1978 24 August 1982 11 years, 308 days Military
style="background:Template:General People's Congress (Yemen)/meta/color; color:black;"|(6) 24 August 1982 22 May 1990 General People's Congress

People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967–1990)

Head of State Term of office Political party
Nº Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Took office Left office Duration
President of the Republic
style="background:Template:National Liberation Front (Yemen)/meta/color; color:white;"|1 Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi
(1920–1981) 		30 November 1967 22 June 1969
(Deposed) 		1 year, 204 days National Liberation Front
Chairman of the Presidential Council
style="background:Template:National Liberation Front (Yemen)/meta/color; color:white;"|1 Salim Rubai Ali
(1935–1978) 		23 June 1969 26 June 1978
(Assassinated) 		9 years, 3 days National Liberation Front
style="background:Template:National Liberation Front (Yemen)/meta/color; color:white;"|2 Ali Nasir Muhammad
(1939–) 		26 June 1978 21 December 1978 184 days National Liberation Front
style="background:Template:Yemeni Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white;"|(2) 21 December 1978 27 December 1978 Yemeni Socialist Party
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council
style="background:Template:Yemeni Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white;"|1 Abdul Fattah Ismail
(1939–1986) 		27 December 1978 21 April 1980 1 year, 116 days Yemeni Socialist Party
style="background:Template:Yemeni Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white;"|2 Ali Nasir Muhammad
(1939–) 		26 April 1980 24 January 1986
(Deposed) 		5 years, 273 days Yemeni Socialist Party
style="background:Template:Yemeni Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white;"|3 Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas
(1939–) 		24 January 1986 22 May 1990 4 years, 118 days Yemeni Socialist Party

Democratic Republic of Yemen (1994)

Head of State Term of office Political party
Nº Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Took office Left office Duration
President of the Republic
style="background:Template:Yemeni Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Ali Salem al Beidh
(1939–)[6] 		21 May 1994 7 July 1994
(Defeated) 		47 days Yemeni Socialist Party

Republic of Yemen (post-unification, 1990–present)

Status
  Denotes Acting President
President Term of office Political party
Nº Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Took office Left office Duration
style="background:Template:General People's Congress (Yemen)/meta/color; color:black;"|1 Ali Abdullah Saleh
(1942–)[7] 		22 May 1990 27 February 2012
(Resigned) 		21 years, 281 days General People's Congress
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:General People's Congress (Yemen)/meta/color; color:black;"|– Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi
(1945–) 		4 June 2011 23 September 2011 111 days General People's Congress
23 November 2011 27 February 2012 96 days
style="background:Template:General People's Congress (Yemen)/meta/color; color:black;"|2 Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi
(1945–) 		27 February 2012 Incumbent 12 years, 271 days General People's Congress
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi
(1979–)[8] 		6 February 2015 Incumbent 9 years, 292 days Houthis

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Styled as Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council until 3 October 1962
  2. ^ Styled as Chairman of the Republican Council
  3. ^ Styled as Chairman of the Command Council until 13 June 1975
  4. ^ Styled as Chairman of the Presidential Council until 22 April 1978
  5. ^ Styled as Chairman of the Presidential Council
  6. ^ In rebellion during the 1994 Civil War
  7. ^ Styled as Chairman of the Presidential Council until 1 October 1994
  8. ^ Styled as President of the Supreme Revolutionary Committee, in rebellion during the Houthi takeover and its aftermath
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