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The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, commonly referred to as South Yemen, became independent as the People's Republic of South Yemen in 1967. The President of the Republic served as head of state, appointing a Prime Minister to serve as head of government.

In 1969, the National Liberation Front took power in the country, reorganizing the government. The Chairman of the Presidential Council became the head of state. This was followed closely in 1970 by the renaming of the country to People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. Another reorganization in 1978 made the head of state's title Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council. This lasted until unification with the Yemen Arab Republic in 1990, when the then-Chairman became the Prime Minister of the united Yemen.

1 President of the People's Republic of South Yemen, 1967-1969

Qahtan Mohammed al-Shaabi

30 November 1967

22 June 1969

2 Chairmen of the Presidential Council, 1969-1978

1.	Salim Ali RubaiSalim Ali Rubayyi ( 1935- 1978) was the head of state of South Yemen from 1969 to his death in 1978. Rubayyi led a Marxist wing of the National Liberation Front (NLF) which forced British troops to withdraw from South Yemen in 1967. Rubbayi's radicals gai	23 June 1969	26 June 1978	National Liberation Front
2.	Ali Nasir Mohammed	1 July 1978	27 December 1978	National Liberation Front

3 Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council, 1978-1990

1.	Abdul Fattah Ismail	27 December 1978	21 April 1980	Socialist Party of Yemen
2.	Ali Nasir Mohammed	21 April 1980	24 January 1986	Socialist Party of Yemen
3.	Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas	24 January 1986	22 May 1990	Socialist Party of Yemen

For Presidents after unification in 1990, see: President of Yemen

4 President of the Democratic Republic of Yemen, 1994

South Yemen also rebelled as the Democratic Republic of Yemen for a period of weeks in 1994.

Ali Salim al-Baidh

21 May 1994

7 July 1994

Socialist Party of Yemen

Yemen Yemen, President of South

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