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Yemen

PartialSovereign state

Yemen

Primary executive

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Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi

Collective head of state Active

Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of the Republic of Yemen · Chair · De jure

Head of government

Salem Saleh Bin Braik

Head of government Active

Prime Minister of the Republic of Yemen · Principal

Yemen

Head of state and presidential race

The current office holder and the people seeking, exploring or being mentioned for the same head-of-state contest.

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Next presidential election

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No scheduled election

next Yemeni presidential election

Presidential election · Head of state · Planned

Candidates: 0
Registered: 0
Polls: 0
Forecasts: 0

Presidential candidates and possible opponents

Pre-registration statuses are shown exactly as sourced. A person is marked registered only after confirmation by the electoral authority.

0 Registered

No verified contender has been attached to the next presidential contest yet.Partial

Candidate–opponent strategy evidence

A directional comparison and factual public-message frame for each sourced pair in the same contest.

Preliminary evidence scenario, not a prediction or guarantee of an electoral result. It uses public sources, makes no causal claim and uses no demographic microtargeting. Methodology

There is not enough compatible, sourced evidence to publish a pairwise analysis for this contest yet.

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Verified country brief

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completeAug 10, 2026

Executive system: Collective executive · One primary executive function
Dominant executive office: Collective head of state
Why this office is primary: Under the transfer-of-power declaration, the Presidential Leadership Council collectively exercises presidential authority and its Chair represents the Council; the Prime Minister leads the internationally recognized Council of Ministers.
Sources: Presidential Leadership Council - Transfer of power and Council mandate, Office of the Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council

Government

Internationally recognized Council of Ministers of Yemen

May 3, 2025 · De jure

Prime Minister s Office of Yemen - Salem Saleh Bin Braik Office of the Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council

Legislature and composition

Unicameral

House of Representatives of Yemen

Apr 27, 2003

House of Representatives

301 Seats

GPC238 / 301

Islah46 / 301

YSP8 / 301

NUPO3 / 301

Arab Socialist Ba ath Party2 / 301

House of Representatives of Yemen Supreme Commission for Elections and Referendum - 2003 parliamentary election result

Next election

Date not scheduled

Next national election in Yemen

Date not scheduled · Other election

Electoral system: No polling date or candidate list has been officially announced.

Supreme Commission for Elections and Referendum of Yemen Office of the Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council

Latest election

Completed

2003 Yemeni parliamentary election

Apr 27, 2003 · Parliamentary election

Electoral system: The 301 members were elected from single-member constituencies by plurality vote. No later nationwide parliamentary election has been held.
Published result: GPC · 238 Seats; Islah · 46 Seats; YSP · 8 Seats

Supreme Commission for Elections and Referendum - 2003 parliamentary election result

Current policy issues

1Ceasefire and an inclusive peace settlementOffice of the Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council
2Humanitarian relief and food securityOffice of the Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council
3Currency, public salaries and economic stabilizationPrime Minister s Office of Yemen - Salem Saleh Bin Braik
4Electricity, water and essential servicesPrime Minister s Office of Yemen - Salem Saleh Bin Braik
5State institutions, security and territorial unityOffice of the Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council

Indexed party landscape

Parties and alliances currently indexed for this jurisdiction. Active and historical labels reflect the source dataset, not an official national register.

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