List of political parties in Yemen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Politics of Yemen
Emblem of Yemen (2).svg

Arab League Member State of the Arab League

Constitution
Executive
Legislature
Judiciary
Administrative divisions
Elections
  • Recent elections
    • Parliamentary: 2003
    • next
  • Political parties
Foreign relations
  • Other countries
  • v
  • t

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.[1] The government provides financial support to political parties, including a stipend for newspaper publication.[1]

Elections 2003–2006[]

The GPC captured 238 of 301 seats in parliament in the 2003 elections.[1] 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).[1] 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.[1] 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.[1]

List of parties[]

Party Acronym Leader Political position & ideologies
General People's Congress
المؤتمر الشعبي العام
al-Muʾtamar aš-Šaʿbī al-ʿĀmm 		GPC
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

اتحاد القوي الشعبية اليمنية 		- - -

التجمع الوحدوي اليمني 		- - -

حزب الخضر الاجتماعي 		- - -

حزب التحرير الشعبي الوحدوي 		- - -

الحزب القومي الاجتماعي 		- - -

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.[2][3]
    • The Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) was formed in 2005 by five opposition parties to effect political and economic reform.[1] 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.[1] 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.[4] The spokesperson as of 23 March 2011 is Muhammad Qahtan, who replaced Mohammed Al-Sabri.[5]
    • The Common Forum includes the five biggest opposition groups in Yemen, including Reform, Socialist, Nasserist, Popular Force and al-Haq.[6][7] (Likely just another name for the JMP.)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Country profile: Yemen. Library of Congress Federal Research Division (August 2008). Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ "Yemen's National Council". Notes by Noon. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Yemen opposition forms council to lead transition". Khaleej Times. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  4. ^ Who's who in Yemen's opposition? Archived March 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Al Jazeera English, 28 February 2011
  5. ^ Yemen passes emergency laws to quell protests, The Guardian, 23 March 2011
  6. ^ Yemen activists breaking new ground, BBC News, 2 February 2011
  7. ^ Yemeni police struggle to break up clashing protesters, , 14 February 2011
Retrieved from ""