Historical country records

Yemen historical timeline

Yemen (Aden)

Date or termOfficeholder or eventCategory
16 Jan 1839British occupation of AdenLeaders
Sep 1839subordinated to Bombay (see provinces of British India)Leaders
1873Aden protectorates acquiredLeaders
1932Aden a separate province of British IndiaLeaders
1 Apr 1937British colony and protectoratesLeaders
11 Feb 1959Federation of Arab Emirates of the South - Lahj (from 5 Oct 1959) - `Aqrabi (from Feb 1960) - `Awdhali - Lower `Awlaqi (from Feb 1960) - Upper `Awlaqi Sheikhdom - Bayhan - Dali` - Fadli - Lower Yafa` - Wahidi (from 1 Apr 1962)Leaders
4 Apr 1962Federation of South Arabia - Aden (from 18 Jan 1963) - Lahj - `Alawi (from 1965) - `Aqrabi - `Awdhali - Lower `Awlaqi - Upper `Awlaqi Sultanate (from Jun 1964) - Upper `Awlaqi Sheikhdom - Bayhan - Dali` - Fadli - Hawshabi (from 30 Mar 1963) - Sha`ib (from 30 Mar 1963) - Lower Yafa` - Maflahi (from 1965) - WahidiLeaders
30 Nov 1967independence (People's Republic of South Yemen)Leaders
30 Nov 1970People's Democratic Republic of YemenLeaders
Sep 1839 - Jun 1854Stafford Bettesworth HainesAgents
Jun 1854 - Sep 1854James OutramAgents
Sep 1854 - 1859William Marcus CoghlanAgents
1859 - 1863William Marcus CoghlanResidents
1863 - 1867William Lockyer MerewetherResidents
1867 - 1870Edward Lechmere RussellResidents
1870 - 1872Charles William TremenheereResidents
1872 - 1878John William SchneiderResidents
1878 - 1882Francis Adam Ellis LochResidents
1882 - 1885James BlairResidents
1885Frederick Mercer Hunter (acting)Residents
1885 - 1890Adam George Forbes HoggResidents
1890 - 1895John JoppResidents
1895 - 1898Charles Alexander CunninghamResidents
1898 - 1900Garratt O'Moore Creagh (1st time)Residents
1900 - 1901H.E. PentonResidents
1901 - 1902Garratt O'Moore Creagh (2nd time)Residents
1902 - 1904Pelham James MaitlandResidents
1904 - 1906Harry Macan MasonResidents
1906 - 1910Ernest de BrathResidents
1910 - Apr 1919James Alexander BellResidents
1919 - 1921James Marshall StewartResidents
1921 - 1925Thomas Edwin ScoltResidents
1925 - 22 Apr 1928John Henry Keith StewartResidents
22 Apr 1928 - 7 Mar 1931George Stewart SymesResidents
7 Mar 1931 - 1932Bernard Rawdon ReillyResidents
1932 - 1 Apr 1937Bernard Rawdon ReillyChief commissioner
1 Apr 1937 - 24 Oct 1940Sir Bernard Rawdon ReillyGovernors
24 Oct 1940 - 1 Jan 1945John Hathorn Hall (from 1941, Sir John Hathorn Hall) (b. 1894 - d. 1979)Governors
1 Jan 1945 - 1950Reginald Stuart Champion Stuart Champion) (b. 1895 - d. 1982)Governors
1950 - Apr 1951William Goode (acting)Governors
Apr 1951 - 13 Jul 1956Sir Tom HickinbothamGovernors
13 Jul 1956 - 23 Oct 1960Sir William LuceGovernors
23 Oct 1960 - 18 Jan 1963Sir Charles Hepburn JohnstonGovernors
18 Jan 1963 - 17 Jul 1963Sir Charles Hepburn JohnstonHigh commissioners
17 Jul 1963 - 21 Dec 1964Sir Gerald Kennedy Nicholas Trevaskis (b. 1915 - d. 1990)High commissioners
21 Dec 1964 - 22 May 1967Sir Richard Gordon TurnbullHigh commissioners
22 May 1967 - 30 Nov 1967Sir Humphrey TrevelyanHigh commissioners
30 Nov 1967 - 22 Jun 1969Qahtan Muhammad al-ShaabiPresident
23 Jun 1969 - 26 Jun 1978Salem Rubayyi AliChairmen of the Presidential Council
26 Jun 1978 - 27 Dec 1978Ali Nasir MuhammadChairmen of the Presidential Council
27 Dec 1978 - 21 Apr 1980Abdul Fattah IsmailChairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council
21 Apr 1980 - 24 Jan 1986Ali Nasir MuhammadChairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council
24 Jan 1986 - 22 May 1990Haidar Abu Bakr al-AttasChairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council
17 Jan 1963 - 24 Jun 1963Hassan Ali BayumiChief ministers
9 Jul 1963 - 7 Mar 1965Zayn Abdu BaharunChief ministers
7 Mar 1965 - 25 Sep 1965Abdul-Qawi MakkawiChief ministers
6 Apr 1969 - 22 Jun 1969Faysal al-ShaabiPrime ministers
24 Jun 1969 - 2 Aug 1971Muhammad Ali HaithamPrime ministers
2 Aug 1971 - 14 Feb 1985Ali Nasir MuhammadPrime ministers
14 Feb 1985 - 8 Feb 1986Haidar Abu Bakr al-AttasPrime ministers
8 Feb 1986 - 22 May 1990Yasin Said NumanPrime ministers

Yemen (Sana)

Date or termOfficeholder or eventCategory
Sep 1597Qasimi State, called Yemen from c.1905Leaders
1872Ottoman occupationLeaders
1876 - 1905Ottoman annexationLeaders
30 Oct 1918independenceLeaders
2 Sep 1926Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen internationally recognizedLeaders
27 Sep 1962Yemen Arab RepublicLeaders
Imams and (from 2 Sep 1926)kingsLeaders
1686 - 1716Muhammad Nasir ibn AhmadBanu´l Qasim dynasty
1718 - 1723Qasim ibn Hussein (1st time)Banu´l Qasim dynasty
1723Nasir Muhammad ibn IshaqBanu´l Qasim dynasty
1723 - 1727Qasim ibn Hussein (2nd time)Banu´l Qasim dynasty
1727 - 1728Muhammad al-Hadi al-Majid ibn AliBanu´l Qasim dynasty
1728 - 6 Mar 1748Mansur ibn QasimBanu´l Qasim dynasty
1748 - 4 Sep 1775Abbas ibn MansurBanu´l Qasim dynasty
15 Sep 1775 - 24 Oct 1809Ali ibn al-AbbasBanu´l Qasim dynasty
24 Oct 1809 - 10 Sep 1816Ahmad ibn AliBanu´l Qasim dynasty
10 Sep 1816 - 27 Nov 1835Abdullah ibn AhmadBanu´l Qasim dynasty
27 Nov 1835 - 1836Ali ibn Abdullah (1st time)Banu´l Qasim dynasty
1836 - Feb 1840Abdullah ibn al-HassanBanu´l Qasim dynasty
Feb 1840 - 8 Jan 1844Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-HadiBanu´l Qasim dynasty
1841 - 1844al-Qasim ibn AhmadBanu´l Qasim dynasty
8 Jan 1844 - Dec 1845Ali ibn Abdullah (2nd time)Banu´l Qasim dynasty
Dec 1845 - 1848Muzaffar ad-Din Muhammad ibn YahyaBanu´l Qasim dynasty
1848 - 1849Ahmad ibn HashimBanu´l Qasim dynasty
1849 - 1850Ali ibn Abdullah (3rd time)Banu´l Qasim dynasty
1850al-`Abbas ibn `Abd ar-RahmanBanu´l Qasim dynasty
1850 - 1852Ghalib ibn Muhammad (1st time)Banu´l Qasim dynasty
1852 - 1857Ahmad ibn Ahmad al-HaymiBanu´l Qasim dynasty
1857 - 1858Sheikh Abdullah ibn YusufBanu´l Qasim dynasty
1858 - 1872Ghalib ibn Muhammad (2nd time)Banu´l Qasim dynasty
1859 - 1863al-Husayn ibn MuhammadBanu´l Qasim dynasty
1872 - 1876Muhsin ibn AhmadBanu´l Qasim dynasty
Oct 1878 - 1890Sharaf ad-Din Muhammad (at Sa`da)Banu´l Qasim dynasty
1882 - 1901Muhammad al-Huthi al-MahdiBanu´l Qasim dynasty
May 1891 - 4 Jun 1904Muhammad ibn Yahya Hamid ad-DinBanu´l Qasim dynasty
4 Jun 1904 - 17 Feb 1948Yahya ibn MuhammadBanu´l Qasim dynasty
18 Feb 1948 - 14 Mar 1948Abdullah ibn Ahmad al-WazirBanu´l Qasim dynasty
15 Mar 1948 - 31 Mar 1955Ahmad ash-Shams (1st time)Banu´l Qasim dynasty
31 Mar 1955 - 5 Apr 1955Abdullah ibn YahyaBanu´l Qasim dynasty
5 Apr 1955 - 18 Sep 1962Ahmad ash-Shams (2nd time)Banu´l Qasim dynasty
19 Sep 1962 - 27 Sep 1962Muhammad al-Badr [from 1967 in at-Ta´if, Saudi Arabia])Banu´l Qasim dynasty
27 Sep 1962 - 5 Nov 1967Abdullah as-SallalPresidents
5 Nov 1967 - 13 Jun 1974Abdul Rahman al-IryaniPresidents
13 Jun 1974 - 11 Oct 1977Ibrahim Muhammad al-HamadiPresidents
11 Oct 1977 - 24 Jun 1978Ahmad al-GhashmiPresidents
24 Jun 1978 - 18 Jul 1978Abdul Karim Abdullah al-ArashiPresidents
18 Jul 1978 - 22 May 1990Ali Abdullah SalehPresidents
1948Ali ibn Abdullah al-WazirPrime ministers
1948 - 1955Hassan ibn YahyaPrime ministers
28 Sep 1962 - 26 Apr 1963Abdullah as-Sallal (1st time)Prime ministers
5 Oct 1962 - Oct 1962Ahmad al-SayariPrime ministers
Oct 1962 - 1968Hassan ibn YahyaPrime ministers
26 Apr 1963 - 5 Oct 1963Abdul Latif Dayfallah (1st time)Prime ministers
5 Oct 1963 - 10 Feb 1964Abdul Rahman al-IryaniPrime ministers
10 Feb 1964 - 29 Apr 1964Hassan al-Amri (1st time)Prime ministers
29 Apr 1964 - 6 Jan 1965Hamoud al-JaifiPrime ministers
6 Jan 1965 - 20 Apr 1965Hassan al-Amri (2nd time)Prime ministers
20 Apr 1965 - 6 Jul 1965Ahmad Muhammad Numan (1st time)Prime ministers
21 Jul 1965 - 18 Sep 1966Hassan al-Amri (3rd time)Prime ministers
18 Sep 1966 - 5 Nov 1967Abdullah as-Sallal (2nd time)Prime ministers
5 Nov 1967 - 21 Dec 1967Mohsin al-Aini (1st time)Prime ministers
21 Dec 1967 - 9 Jul 1969Hassan al-Amri (4th time)Prime ministers
9 Jul 1969 - 29 Jul 1969Abdul Salam Sabrah (1st time)Prime ministers
29 Jul 1969 - 2 Sep 1969Mohsin al-Aini (2nd time)Prime ministers
2 Sep 1969 - 5 Feb 1970Abdullah KurshumiPrime ministers
5 Feb 1970 - 26 Feb 1971Mohsin al-Aini (3rd time)Prime ministers
26 Feb 1971 - 3 May 1971Abdul Salam Sabrah (2nd time)Prime ministers
3 May 1971 - 24 Aug 1971Ahmad Muhammad Numan (2nd time)Prime ministers
24 Aug 1971 - 5 Sep 1971Hassan al-Amri (5th time)Prime ministers
5 Sep 1971 - 18 Sep 1971Abdul Salam Sabrah (3rd time)Prime ministers
18 Sep 1971 - 30 Dec 1972Mohsin al-Aini (4th time)Prime ministers
30 Dec 1972 - 10 Feb 1974Qadi Abdullah al-HajriPrime ministers
10 Feb 1974 - 22 Jun 1974Hassan Muhammad MakkiPrime ministers
22 Jun 1974 - 16 Jan 1975Mohsin al-Aini (5th time)Prime ministers
16 Jan 1975 - 25 Jan 1975Abdul Latif Dayfallah (2nd time)Prime ministers
25 Jan 1975 - 15 Oct 1980Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani (1st time)Prime ministers
15 Oct 1980 - 13 Nov 1983Abdul Karim al-IryaniPrime ministers
13 Nov 1983 - 22 May 1990Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani (2nd time)Prime ministers

Yemen

Date or termOfficeholder or eventCategory
22 May 1990unification as Republic of YemenLeaders
22 May 1990 -Ali Abdullah SalehPresident
22 May 1990 - 9 May 1994Haidar Abu Bakr al-AttasPrime ministers
9 May 1994 - 6 Oct 1994Muhammad Said al-Attar (acting)Prime ministers
6 Oct 1994 - 14 May 1997Abdul Aziz Abdul GhaniPrime ministers
14 May 1997 - 29 Apr 1998Faraj Said Bin GhanemPrime ministers
29 Apr 1998 - 7 Apr 2001Abdul Karim al-IryaniPrime ministers
7 Apr 2001 - 7 Apr 2007Abdul Qader BajamalPrime ministers
7 Apr 2007 -Ali Muhammad MujawarPrime ministers

Democratic Republic of Yemen

Date or termOfficeholder or eventCategory
21 May 1994 - 7 Jul 1994former Yemen (Aden) in secession as Democratic Republic of YemenLeaders
21 May 1994 - 7 Jul 1994Ali Salim al-BaidhPresident
21 May 1994 - 7 Jul 1994Haidar Abu Bakr al-AttasPrime minister