Democratic Republic of Yemen

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Democratic Republic of Yemen
جمهورية اليمن الديمقراطية
Jumhūrīyat al-Yaman ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah
Unrecognized state
1994
Flag
Flag
Capital Aden
Languages Arabic
Government Republic
President
 •  1994 Ali Salim al-Beidh
Prime Minister
 •  1994 Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas
Historical era Yemeni Civil War
 •  Established 21 May 1994
 •  Disestablished 7 July 1994
Area
 •  1994 Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).
Currency South Yemeni dinar
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Yemen
Yemen

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The Democratic Republic of Yemen (Arabic: جمهورية اليمن الديمقراطية‎‎ Jumhūrīyat al-Yaman ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah) was declared in May 1994. The DRY, with its capital in Aden, was led by President Ali Salim al-Beidh and Prime Minister Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas and represented a response to the weakening position of the South in the Yemeni civil war of 1994. The new state failed to receive international recognition, despite the sympathy of Saudi Arabia for its position. Its leaders, in addition to Yemeni Socialist Party figures such as al-Beidh and Attas, included some prominent personalities from South Yemeni history such as Abdallah al-Asnaj who had been strenuously opposed to YSP one-party rule in the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.[1]

The secession followed several weeks of fighting that began on 27 April, and lasted from 21 May 1994 until 7 July 1994. The civil war ended after the DRY strongholds of Al Mukalla and Aden fell to government forces.

See also

References

  1. Paul Dresch, A History of Yemen, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000; p. 196

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