Golden eagle; national colors: red, white, black.
Title | "al-qumhuriyatu l-muttahida" (United Republic) |
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Lyric/music | Abdullah Abdulwahab NOA'MAN/Ayyoab Tarish ABSI |
Date of Independence | 22 May 1990 (Republic of Yemen was established with the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and the Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen]); notable earlier dates: North Yemen became independent on 1 November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and became a republic with the overthrow of the theocratic Imamate on 27 September 1962; South Yemen became independent on 30 November 1967 (from the UK) |
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National holiday | Unification Day, 22 May (1990) |
Legal system | mixed legal system of Islamic (sharia) law, Napoleonic law, English common law, and customary law |
International law organization participation | has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt |
Constitution | |
History | Adopted by referendum 16 May 1991 (following unification); note - after the National Dialogue ended in January 2015, a Constitutional Drafting Committee appointed by the president worked to prepare a new draft constitution that was expected to be put to a national referendum before being adopted; however, the start of the current conflict in early 2015 interrupted the process |
Amendments | Amended several times, last in 2009 |
Citizenship | |
Citizenship by birth | no |
Citizenship by descent only | the father must be a citizen of Yemen; if the father is unknown, the mother must be a citizen |
Dual citizenship recognized | no |
Residency requirement for naturalization | 10 years |
Executive Branch | |
Chief of state | Chairperson, Presidential Leadership Council Rashad Muhammad al-ALIMI, Dr. (since 19 April 2022) |
Head of government | Prime Minister Ahmad Awad Bin MUBAREK (since 5 February 2024) |
Cabinet | 24 members from northern and southern Yemen, with representatives from Yemen's major political parties |
Elections/appointments | formerly, the president was directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 7-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 21 February 2012 (next election NA); note - a special election was held on 21 February 2012 to remove Ali Abdallah SALIH under the terms of a Gulf Cooperation Council-mediated deal during the political crisis of 2011; vice president appointed by the president; prime minister appointed by the president |
Election results | Abd Rabuh Mansur HADI (GPC) elected consensus president |
Legislative branch | |
Description | Bicameral Parliament or Majlis consists of: Shura Council or Majlis Alshoora (111 seats; members appointed by the president; member term is continuous); note - Shura Council serves in an advisory role to the president; it has no legislative responsibilities House of Representatives or Majlis al Nuwaab (301 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 6-year terms) |
Elections | Shura Council - last appointments NA (next appointments NA) House of Representatives - last held in April 2019 (next to be held in NA) |
Election results | Percent of vote by party - GPC 58%, Islah 22.6%, YSP 3.8%, Unionist Party 1.9%, other 13.7%; seats by party - GPC 238, Islah 46, YSP 8, Nasserist Unionist Party 3, National Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party 2, independent 4; composition - men 245, women 0, percent of women 0% |
Judicial branch | |
Highest court(s) | Supreme Court (consists of the court president, 2 deputies, and nearly 50 judges; court organized into constitutional, civil, commercial, family, administrative, criminal, military, and appeals scrutiny divisions) |
Judge selection and term of office | Judges appointed by the Supreme Judicial Council, which is chaired by the president of the republic and includes 10 high-ranking judicial officers; judges serve for life with mandatory retirement at age 65 |
Subordinate courts | Appeal courts; district or first instance courts; commercial courts |
Diplomatic representation in the US | |
Chief of mission | Ambassador Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed AL-HADHRAMI (since 7 June 2022) |
Chancery | 2319 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 |
Telephone | [1] (202) 965-4760 |
FAX | [1] (202) 337-2017 |
Email address and website | [email protected] https://www.yemenembassy.org/ |
Diplomatic representation from the US | |
Chief of mission | Ambassador Steven H. FAGIN (since 1 June 2022); note - the embassy closed in March 2015; Yemen Affairs Unit currently operates out of US Embassy Riyadh |
Embassy | Previously - Sa'awan Street, Sanaa |
Mailing address | 6330 Sanaa Place, Washington DC 20521-6330 |
Telephone | US Embassy Riyadh [966] 11-488-3800 previously - [967] 1 755-2000 |
FAX | US Embassy Riyadh [966] 11-488-7360 |
Email address and website | [email protected] https://ye.usembassy.gov/ |
National heritage | |
Total World Heritage Sites | 5 (4 cultural, 1 natural) |
Selected World Heritage Site locales | Old Walled City of Shibam (c); Old City of Sana'a (c); Historic Town of Zabid (c); Socotra Archipelago (n); Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib (c) |
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