Jemen - Regierung - Profil - 2000

Hauptstadt

Sanaa

Unabhängigkeit

22 Mai 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]; previously North Yemen had become independent on NA November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and South Yemen had become independent on 30 November 1967 (from the UK)

Nationalfeiertag

Proclamation of the Republic, 22 Mai (1990)

Konstitution

16 Mai 1991; amended 29 September 1994

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt:Staatspräsident Lt. Gen. Ali Abdallah SALIH (seit dem 22 May 1990, the former president of North Yemen, assumed office upon the merger of North and South Yemen); Vice Staatspräsident Maj. Gen. Abd al-Rab Mansur al-HADI (seit dem 3 October 1994)
Regierungschef:Prime Minister Dr. Abd al-Karim Ali al-IRYANI (seit dem NA April 1998)
cabinet:Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister
elections:president elected by direct, popular vote for a five-year term; election last held 23 September 1999 (next to be held NA 2004); vice president appointed by the president; prime minister and deputy prime ministers appointed by the president
election results:Ali Abdallah SALIH elected president; percent of vote: Ali Abdallah SALIH 96.3%, Najeeb Qahtan AL-SHAABI 3.7%