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 ⓘ