| Post: | Secretary–General |
| Body: | the Yemeni Socialist Party |
| Insignia: | Emblem of the Yemeni Socialist Party (1978‐1990).svg |
| Insigniasize: | 125px |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the Yemeni Socialist Party |
| First: | Abdul Fattah Ismail |
| Last: | Abdulrahman Al-Saqqaf |
| Incumbent: | Abdulrahman Al-Saqqaf |
| Native Name: | Arabic: الأمين العام للحزب الاشتراكي اليمني |
| Incumbentsince: | 2015 |
| Flag: | Yemeni Socialist Party Flag.svg |
| Flagsize: | 125px |
The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen became independent as the "People's Republic of Southern Yemen" in November 1967, after the British withdrawal from the Federation of South Arabia and the Protectorate of South Arabia. In May 1990, South Yemen unified with the Yemen Arab Republic (commonly referred to as North Yemen) to form the united Republic of Yemen. During the May–July 1994 Civil War, South Yemen seceded from the united Yemen and established the short-lived Democratic Republic of Yemen.
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Yemeni Socialist Party | ||||||
| 1 | Abdul Fattah Ismail Arabic: عبد الفتاح إسماعيل علي الجوفي | 21 December 1978 | 21 April 1980 | year | ||
| 2 | Ali Nasir Muhammad Arabic: علي ناصر محمد الحسني | 21 April 1980 | 24 January 1986 | years | ||
| 3 | Ali Salem al Beidh Arabic: علي سالم البيض | 24 January 1986 | 7 July 1994 | years | ||
| 4 | Ali Saleh Obad Moqbel | 1994 | 2005 | years | ||
| 5 | Yasin Said Numan | 2005 | 2015 | 10 years | ||
| 6 | Abdulrahman Al-Saqqaf | 2015 | present | years | ||