Democratic Yemen

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Democratic Yemen was a socialist state in southern Arabia that existed from 1967 to 1990 with Aden as its capital before unifying with North Yemen to form the modern Republic of Yemen.

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Democratic Yemen canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf sovereign state
alliedWith Eastern Bloc
Soviet Union
borderedBy Arabian Sea
Gulf of Aden
Oman
Yemen Arab Republic
capital Aden
capitalMovedFrom Crater (Aden)
coatOfArmsDescription eagle with a scroll and national symbols
continent Asia
countryNameInEnglish Democratic Yemen
currency South Yemeni dinar
endDate 1990-05-22
firstHeadOfGovernment Faysal Abd al‑Latif al‑Shaabi
firstHeadOfState Qahtan Muhammad al‑Shaabi
flagDescription red, white, and black horizontal tricolour with a red star in a light blue chevron at the hoist
followedBy Republic of Yemen
linked to: Yemen

Yemen
governmentType Marxist–Leninist one‑party socialist republic
hadInternalConflict 1986 South Yemen Civil War
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister
headOfStateTitle Chairman of the Presidential Council
ideology Arab socialism
Marxism–Leninism
scientific socialism
independenceDate 1967-11-30
independenceFrom United Kingdom
lastHeadOfGovernment Haidar Abu Bakr al‑Attas
lastHeadOfState Ali Salem al‑Beidh
linked to: Ali Salim al-Beidh
legalSystem socialist law
locatedIn Southern Arabia
memberOf Non-Aligned Movement
United Nations
nativeName جمهورية اليمن الديمقراطية الشعبية
officialLanguage Arabic
officialName People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
precededBy Aden Protectorate
Federation of South Arabia
religion Islam
rulingParty Yemeni Socialist Party
shortName South Yemen
startDate 1967-11-30
timeZone UTC+03:00
unificationDate 1990-05-22
unificationFormed Republic of Yemen
linked to: Yemen
unifiedWith Yemen Arab Republic
usedCalendar Gregorian calendar

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