Democratic Republic of Yemen

This article is about the 1994 breakaway unrecognized state. For the 1967–1990 state, see South Yemen.

Democratic Republic of Yemen جمهورية اليمن الديمقراطية Jumhūriyyat al-Yaman ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah
May 1994–July 1994
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Anthem: الجمهورية المتحدة al-Jumhūrīyah al-Muttaḥidâh "United Republic"
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Status	Unrecognized state
Capital	Aden
Common languages	Arabic
Government	Unitary Marxist–Leninist[1]one-party socialist republic
President
• 1994	Ali Salim al-Beidh
Prime Minister
• 1994	Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas
Historical era	Yemeni Civil War
• Established	May 1994
• Disestablished	July 1994
Area
• Total	360,133 km^2 (139,048 sq mi)
Currency	South Yemeni dinar
Preceded by Succeeded by Yemen Yemen

The Democratic Republic of Yemen (Arabic: جمهورية اليمن الديمقراطية Jumhūriyyat al-Yaman ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah), was a breakaway state that fought against the mainland Yemen in the 1994 Yemeni Civil War. It was declared in May 1994 and covered all of the former South Yemen.

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 civil war of 1994. The new state failed to receive international recognition. 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.^[2]

History

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

See also

• People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY)
• History of Yemen
• South Yemen Movement

References

1. "Au Yémen, l'indéracinable Ali Abdallah Saleh". La Croix (in French). 10 October 2016. ISSN 0242-6056. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
2. Dresch, Paul (2000). A History of Yemen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 196.

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