The Vice President of the Republic of Yemen is the second highest political position in Yemen.
| Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of the Republic of Yemen | |
|---|---|
 | |
since 7 April 2022 | |
| Presidential Leadership Council | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Reports to | Chairman |
| Inaugural holder | Ali Salem al Beidh |
| Formation | 22 May 1990 |
| Salary | 250,000 YER monthly[1] |
As of 7 April 2022, the role is fulfilled by the Deputy Chairmen of the Presidential Leadership Council.
Under the Constitution of Yemen, the Vice President is appointed by the President, and acts as constitutional successor of the President in case of a vacancy.[2] The Vice President assists the President in his duties. The President may delegate some of his functions to the Vice President.
The position of the Vice President of Yemen was occupied by Yemen Army general Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar from 4 April 2016, after being appointed by the President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.[3][4] [5]
On April 7, 2022, in a televised address, Hadi resigned, dismissed Vice President Ahmar, and transferred the powers of the President and Vice President to the Presidential Leadership Council, with Rashad al-Alimi, former Interior Minister under President Saleh, as its chairman. The council has seven deputy chairs, one of whom is the leader of the Southern Transitional Council, Aidarus al-Zoubaidi.[6]
List of vice presidents of the Yemen Arab Republic (1977–1990)
editThis office was created in 1977.[7][8][9]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| Vice President | |||||||
| 1 | 
|
Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi (1934–2006) |
11 October 1977 | 24 June 1978 | 256 days | Independent | |
| First Vice President | |||||||
| 2 |
|
Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi (1934–2006) |
18 July 1978 | 22 May 1990 | 11 years, 308 days | Independent (until 24 August 1982.) | |
| General People's Congress | |||||||
| Second Vice President | |||||||
| 3 | 
|
Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani (1939–2011) |
October 1980 | December 1986 | 6 years, 61 days | Independent (until 24 August 1982.) | |
| General People's Congress | |||||||
List of vice presidents of the Republic of Yemen (1990–present)
edit| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term start | Term end | Political party | President (Term) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
Ali Salem al Beidh علي سالم البيض (born 1939)[10] |
22 May 1990 | 6 May 1994[11] | Yemeni Socialist Party | Ali Abdullah Saleh (1990–2012) |
| Office abolished (21 May 1994–3 October 1994) | ||||||
| 2 | 
|
Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi عبدربه منصور هادي (born 1945) |
3 October 1994 | 27 February 2012 | General People's Congress | |
| Vacant (27 February 2012–13 April 2015) | Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (2012–2022) | |||||
| 3 | 
|
Khaled Bahah خالد محفوظ بحاح (born 1965) |
13 April 2015 | 3 April 2016 | Independent | |
| 4 | 
|
Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar علي محسن صالح الأحمر (born 1945) |
4 April 2016 | 7 April 2022 | General People's Congress | |
| Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council | ||||||
| 5 | 
|
Aidarus al-Zoubaidi | 7 April 2022[12][13] | Incumbent | Rashad al-Alimi (since 2022) | |
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- ^ Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Council.
- ^ Dismissed during the 1994 Civil War.
- ^ Narayanan, Ayush (7 April 2022). "A look at Yemen's new presidential leadership council and its powers". Al Arabiya. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
The council head is supported by seven other members: Sultan Ali al-Arada, Tariq Muhammad Salih, Abed al-Rahman Abu Zara'a, Abdullah al-Alimi Bawazeer, Othman Hussein Megali, Aidarous Qassem al-Zubaidi, and Faraj Salmin al-Bahsani. These members will share the title of 'Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership'
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vice-president, Aidaroos al-Zubaidi.