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1988 Yemen Arab Republic parliamentary election

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on 5 July 1988. As political parties were banned, all 1,300 candidates for the 128 seats ran as independents. Around 40 seats were won by tribal candidates, whilst around 30 were won by candidates sympathetic to the
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Of the 159 members of Parliament, 128 were elected in single-member constituencies using the
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Index

Politics of
Yemen


Arab League
Member State of the Arab League
Constitution
Legal system
Human rights
LGBT rights
Presidential Leadership Council
Aden
Chairman
Rashad al-Alimi
Deputy Chairman
Sultan Ali al-Arada
Aidarus al-Zoubaidi
Tareq Saleh
Abdullah al-Alimi Bawazeer
Abed al-Rahman Abu Zara’a
Othman Hussein Megali
Faraj Salmin Al-Buhsani
Supreme Political Council
Sanaa
Chairman
Mahdi al-Mashat
Prime Minister
Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed
Aden
Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour
Sanaa
Cabinet

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