The Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation ( ar, التظيم الوحدوي الشعبي الناصري, ''Al-Tantheem Al-Wahdawi Al-Sha'abi Al-Nasseri'') is a
Nasserist
Nasserism ( ) is an Arab nationalist and Arab socialist political ideology based on the thinking of Gamal Abdel Nasser, one of the two principal leaders of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and Egypt's second President. Spanning the domestic a ...
political party
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in
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
.
The party was founded in
Taiz
Taiz ( ar, تَعِزّ, Taʿizz) is a city in southwestern Yemen. It is located in the Yemeni Highlands, near the port city of Mocha, Yemen, Mocha on the Red Sea, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is the capital of Taiz Governorate. W ...
on December 25, 1965.
/ref> The party was legalized in 1989.politburo
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Names
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. Abdul-Malik al-Mikhlafi was elected the new general secretary of the party, replacing Abdul Ghani Thabet. Thabet was general secretary of the party 1990–1993.[Leftist Parties of Yemen](_blank)
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At the last legislative elections in 2003 the party won 1.85% of the popular vote and 3 out of 301 seats.
Electoral history
House of Representatives elections
See also
*Joint Meeting Parties
Before the Yemeni Revolution in 2011 and the following civil war, Yemen was a one party dominant state in which the General People's Congress (GPC) held power.
Legal status
Yemen's Political Parties Law mandates that political parties be viable ...
References
External links
www.alwahdawi.net
1965 establishments in Yemen
Arab nationalism in Yemen
Nasserist political parties
Organizations of the Arab Spring
Organizations of the Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
Political parties established in 1965
Political parties in Yemen
Socialist parties in Yemen
Yemeni Revolution
Formerly banned socialist parties
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