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Map of Yemen before 1990 unification, showing South Yemen in purple from Aden east through Abyan, Shabwah, Hadhramaut, and Al-Mahra, including Socotra, beside the green Yemen Arab Republic of North Yemen. Imam Muhammad al-Badr, wearing a white turban, walks through a crowd of armed Yemeni tribal supporters in a mountain camp. Abdullah al-Sallal in military uniform, seated at a table with his hands folded. Ali Abdullah Saleh, president of Yemen, wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and red patterned tie, poses and smiles slightly in a formal setting. Vice President Ali Salem al-Beidh, left, and President Ali Abdullah Saleh sit behind a cluster of microphones at a press conference.
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Map of Yemen before 1990 unification, showing South Yemen in purple from Aden east through Abyan, Shabwah, Hadhramaut, and Al-Mahra, including Socotra, beside the green Yemen Arab Republic of North Yemen.
Yemen before unification (1967–90)

Yemen Arab Republic

former country, Yemen
Also known as: North Yemen
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Manfred W. Wenner
Professor of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb. Author of Modern Yemen, 1918–1966 and others.
Manfred W. Wenner
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Yemen Arab Republic, former country in northwestern Yemen from 1962, when the Zaydī Shiʿi Mutawakkilite imamate was overthrown, to 1990, when the republic joined with South Yemen to form a united Yemen. The government, whose capital was in Sanaa, took charge with the support of Egypt and had a notably Pan-Arabist orientation. Its takeover of North Yemen stabilized only during the presidency of Ali Abdullah Saleh (1978–90), whose consolidation of power allowed him to pursue...

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