Yemeni Socialist Party

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The Yemeni Socialist Party is a major leftist political party in Yemen that has played a prominent role in the country’s modern political history, including the former ruling party of South Yemen.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political party
abbreviation YSP
activeIn North Yemen
linked to: Yemen Arab Republic

South Yemen
unified Yemen
bannedOrRepressed faced repression after 1994 civil war
color red
country Yemen
formerRulingPartyOf People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
founded 1978
goals democratic reforms in Yemen
social justice in Yemen
governed People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
hasArabicName الحزب الاشتراكي اليمني
hasChairperson Abdulrahman al-Saqqaf
Ali Salim al-Beidh
Yasin Said Numan
hasPublication party newspapers and magazines
hasWing women's wing
youth wing
headquartersLocation Aden
Sana'a
linked to: Sanaʽa
historicalContext Cold War-era Marxist government in South Yemen
ideology Arab socialism
secularism
socialism
influencedBy Marxism–Leninism
languageOfName Arabic
legalStatus legal political party in Yemen
memberOf Joint Meeting Parties
opposedTo General People's Congress
opposes Islamist political dominance
participatedIn 1993 Yemeni parliamentary election
2003 Yemeni parliamentary election
Yemeni unification negotiations
participatesIn Yemeni opposition politics
politicalPosition left-wing
precededBy National Front for the Liberation of South Yemen
region Middle East
roleInHistory former ruling party of South Yemen
major party in Yemeni unification process
shiftedIdeology from Marxism–Leninism to democratic socialism
significantEvent 1994 Yemeni Civil War
suffered assassinations of leaders in early 1990s
timeInPower 1978-1990 in South Yemen
usesSymbol red star

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People's Democratic Republic of Yemen rulingParty Yemeni Socialist Party
National Liberation Front (South Yemen) mergedInto Yemeni Socialist Party
subject linked to: National Liberation Front
National Liberation Front (South Yemen) succeededBy Yemeni Socialist Party
subject linked to: National Liberation Front
South Yemen Civil War belligerent Yemeni Socialist Party
South Yemen Civil War relatedTo Yemeni Socialist Party
Parliament of Yemen politicalPartiesRepresented Yemeni Socialist Party
1994 Yemeni Civil War hasParticipant Yemeni Socialist Party
1994 Yemeni Civil War relatedTo Yemeni Socialist Party
Joint Meeting Parties composedOf Yemeni Socialist Party
Yemeni Socialist Party hasArabicName الحزب الاشتراكي اليمني
linked to: Yemeni Socialist Party
Democratic Yemen rulingParty Yemeni Socialist Party
PDRY rulingParty Yemeni Socialist Party
Salim Rubai Ali politicalParty National Front for the Liberation of South Yemen
linked to: Yemeni Socialist Party
Salim Rubai Ali politicalParty Yemeni Socialist Party
Ali Nasir Muhammad memberOf Yemeni Socialist Party
Ali Nasir Muhammad politicalParty Yemeni Socialist Party
Haider Abu Bakr al-Attas memberOfPoliticalParty Yemeni Socialist Party
Ali Salim al-Beidh memberOf Yemeni Socialist Party