List of political parties in Yemen
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Yemen is a one party dominant state in which the General People's Congress (GPC) holds power.
Legal status
Yemen's Political Parties Law mandates that political parties be viable national organizations comprising at least 75 founders and 2,500 members and not restrict membership to a particular region. The government provides financial support to political parties, including a stipend for newspaper publication.
Elections 2003–2006
The GPC captured 238 of 301 seats in parliament in the 2003 elections. In the September 2006 elections for local and governorate councils, the GPC garnered 315 seats in the governorates (74 percent of the popular vote) and 5,078 local council seats (74 percent of the popular vote). In the September 2006 presidential election, the JMP backed opposition candidate Faisal bin Shamlan, whose success in garnering 22 percent of the popular vote was viewed at the time as a first step in challenging the political stronghold of President Saleh and the GPC. However, disputes between the GPC and the JMP in 2007 over election law amendments, coupled with the JMP’s opposition to President Saleh’s proposed democratic reform measures, have halted initial attempts to forge a dialogue between the two parties.
List of parties
Party | Acronym | Leader | Political position & ideologies | |
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General People's Congress المؤتمر الشعبي العام al-Muʾtamar aš-Šaʿbī al-ʿĀmm |
GPC |
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Yemeni Congregation for Reform التجمع اليمني للإصلاح at-Tajammu’u al-Yamanī lil-Iṣlāḥ |
Al-Islah | Mohammed al-Yadumi | ||
Ansar Allah أَنْصَار ٱللَّٰه ʾAnṣār Allāh |
Houthis | Abdul-Malik al-Houthi | ||
Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation التنظيم الوحدوي الشعبي الناصري at-Tanẓīm al-Waḥdawī al-Shaʿbī al-Nāṣirī |
NUPO | Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi | Yemeni unionism Nasserism | |
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي Ḥizb al-Ba‘th al-‘Arabī al-Ishtirākī |
ASBP | Quasim Salaam | Ba'athism Arab socialism | |
National Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي القومي Ḥizb al-Ba‘th al-‘Arabī al-Ishtirākī al-Qawmi |
NASB | Qassam Salam Said | Ba'athism Arab socialism | |
Nasserist Reform Organisation تنظيم التصحيح الشعبي الناصري Tanzim at-Tashikh ash-Shabi an-Nasiri |
NRO | - | ||
Democratic Nasserist Party الحزب الناصري الديمقراطي al-Ḥizb al-Nasiri al-Dimuqrati |
DNP | - | Nasserism Arab nationalism | |
Hizb ut-Tahrir حزب التحرير Ḥizb at-Taḥrīr |
HT | Ata Abu Rashta | Islamism Caliphalism | |
Party of Truth حزب الحق Ḥizb al-Haqq |
HP | - | Islamism | |
Federation of Yemeni Popular Forces اتحاد القوي الشعبية اليمنية |
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Yemeni Unionist Congregation التجمع الوحدوي اليمني |
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Yemeni Green Socialist Party حزب الخضر الاجتماعي |
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Unionist Popular Liberation Party حزب التحرير الشعبي الوحدوي |
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National Socialist Party الحزب القومي الاجتماعي |
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List of coalitions
- The National Council for the Forces of the Peaceful Revolution was declared on 17 August 2011, amidst the Yemeni Revolution, to unite the opposition groups, parties, coalitions, and youth protesters. Among the 143 representatives elected to sit on it are leaders from Al-Islah, the South Yemen Movement, the Alliance of Yemeni Tribes, and the defected First Armoured Division.
- The Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) was formed in 2005 by five opposition parties to effect political and economic reform. It includes the northern-based, tribal, and Islamist-oriented Yemeni Congregation for Reform (Islah) and the secular Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP), which represents the remnants of the former South Yemeni leadership. According to Al Jazeera English, it was formed in 2002 and includes Islah, Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP), Hizb Al-Haq (a semi-religious party), the Unionist party, and the Popular Forces Union party. The spokesperson as of 23 March 2011 is Muhammad Qahtan, who replaced Mohammed Al-Sabri.
- The Common Forum includes the five biggest opposition groups in Yemen, including Reform, Socialist, Nasserist, Popular Force and al-Haq. (Likely just another name for the JMP.)