From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yemeni Socialist Party
Yemeni Socialist Party
Yemeni Socialist Party abroad. Political organizations in this Muslim country
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The YSP evolved through several stages of struggle to
liberate, unify and transform the Yemeni society. Its in-
auguration in 1978 by Abdul Fattah Ismail, its first leader,
came as a result of the progressive unification process of
a number of Yemeni revolutionary groups in both South
and North Yemen, including the Unified Political Nation-
al Front Organization, itself the result of merging three
parties, namely the National Front for the Liberation of
Occupied South Yemen (NLF), Democratic Popular Union
Party (Marxist), and Popular Vanguard Party of South Ye-
men (left Ba’ath Party); and the Yemeni Popular Unity
Party in North Yemen, itself the result of merging of
Leader Yasin Said Numan 5 leftist organizations, namely: Revolutionary Democra-
tic Party of Yemen, Popular Vanguard Party in North
Former Abdul Fattah Ismail, Ali Nasser Muhammad,
leaders Ali Salim al-Beidh Yemen, Organisation of Yemeni Revolutionary Resistors,
Popular Democratic Union and Labour Party.
Founded 1978 Surviving many upheavals and civil strife in Yemen,
Ideology Socialism the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the crisis of inter-
national socialism, the YSP was instrumental in achiev-
National Socialist International
ing Yemeni unity and the establishment of multi-party
affiliation
democracy in the Republic of Yemen in May 1990.
Website Subsequent to the 1994 civil war the party’s infra-
http://www.aleshteraki.net
structure and resources were confiscated by the GPC gov-
ernment and its cadres and members are regularly sub-
Politics of Yemen jected to unwarranted arrests and torture. As a result, at
Political parties
the last legislative elections on 27 April 2003, the party
Elections
only won 3.8% of the popular vote and eight out of 301
seats in the House of Deputies, the Parliament.
The Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) ( ,الحزب االشتراكي اليمنيal-
Hizb al-Ishtiraki al-Yamani) is a political party in Yemen.
It was the ruling party in South Yemen before uni- Current situation
fication in 1990. Now YSP is an opposition party in the
The main strands constituting the composite ideology of
Republic of Yemen.
the YSP are pan-Arab nationalism, Marxism, and social
democratic trends. Since its inception the YSP has
General secretaries evolved through 7 distinct stages. Currently, the YSP
along with other parties in the opposition coalition, in-
• Abdul Fattah Ismail (1978 – 1980)
cluding Islah Party (Muslim Brotherhood/tribal/Salafist)
• Ali Nasser Muhammad (1980 – 1986)
are waging a peaceful struggle for free and fair elections,
• Ali Salim al-Beidh (1986 – 1994)
peaceful transfer of power, and reformation of the Ye-
• Ali Saleh Obad (Moqbel) (1994 – 2005)
meni political system .
• Dr. Yasin Said Numan (2005 – present)
History See also
• Joint Meeting Parties
In Yemen, radical and progressive ideas came in the
1940s and 1950s with the first waves of Yemeni students
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Categories: Communism in Yemen, Political parties established in 1978, Political parties in Yemen, Socialist Interna-
tional, Ruling Communist parties, Communist parties in the Middle East, South Yemen
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