Prime Minister of South Yemen explained

Post:	Prime Minister
Body:	South Yemen
Insignia:	Coat of arms of South Yemen (1970-1990).svg
Insigniasize:	150px
Insigniacaption:	Emblem of Democratic Yemen
First:	Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi (as President)
Last:	Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (as President)
Formation:	30 November 1967
Abolished:	22 May 1990
Appointer:	General Command, Politburo, Central Committee or any party apparatus

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 Prime Minister, appointed by the President, served as the head of government. The first Prime Minister was not appointed until April of 1969.

Prime Ministers of the People's Republic of South Yemen, 1969-1970

	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Prime Ministers of the People's Republic of South Yemen
1		Faysal al-ShaabiArabic: فيصل عبد الطيف الشعبي	6 April 1969	22 June 1969		National Liberation Front^[1]
2		Muhammad Ali HaithamArabic: محمد علي هيثم ^[2]	23 June 1969	See below		National Liberation Front

Prime Ministers of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, 1970-1990

	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
		Muhammad Ali HaithamArabic: محمد علي هيثم	See above	2 August 1971		National Liberation Front
3		Ali Nasir MuhammadArabic: علي ناصر محمد الحسني ^[3]	2 August 1971	21 December 1978		National Liberation Front
			21 December 1978	14 February 1985		Yemeni Socialist Party^[4]
4		Haidar Abu Bakr al-AttasArabic: حيدر أبو بكر العطاس	14 February 1985	8 February 1986		Yemeni Socialist Party
5		Yasin Said NumanArabic: ياسين سعيد نعمان	8 February 1986	22 May 1990		Yemeni Socialist Party

For Prime Ministers after the unification of Yemen in 1990, see Prime Minister of Yemen.

Prime Ministers of the Democratic Republic of Yemen, 1994

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

	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Yemen
6		Haidar Abu Bakr al-AttasArabic: حيدر أبو بكر العطاس	21 May 1994	7 July 1994		Yemeni Socialist Party

Notes and References

1. Halliday 2002, pp. 17.
2. Halliday 2002, pp. 24.
3. Halliday 2002, pp. 39.
4. Halliday 2002, pp. 31.