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Yemen: South Yemen: Heads of State: 1967-1990

Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya
30 Nov 1967 - 22 Jun 1969 Qaḥṭān Muḥammad al-Shaʿbī
Majlis al-Riʾāsa
22 Jun 1969 - 23 Jun 1969 Muḥammad ʿAlī Haytham
22 Jun 1969 - 23 Jun 1969 Muḥammad Sāliḥ al-ʿAwlaqī
22 Jun 1969 - 23 Jun 1969 ʿAbd al-Fattaḥ Ismāʿīl ʿAlī al-Jawfī
22 Jun 1969 - 23 Jun 1969 Sālim Rubayʿ ʿAlī
22 Jun 1969 - 23 Jun 1969 ʿAlī Aḥmad Nāṣir ʿAntar al-Bishī
Raʾīs Majlis al-Riʾāsa
23 Jul 1969 - 26 Jun 1978 Sālim Rubayʿ ʿAlī 
26 Jun 1978 - 27 Dec 1978 ʿAlī Nāṣir Muḥammad al-Ḥasanī
Raʾīs Riʾāsat Majlis al-Shaʿb al-Aʿlā
27 Dec 1978 - 26 Apr 1980 ʿAbd al-Fattaḥ Ismāʿīl ʿAlī al-Jawfī 
26 Apr 1980 - 24 Jan 1986 ʿAlī Nāṣir Muḥammad al-Ḥasanī 
Nāʾib Raʾīs Riʾāsat Majlis al-Shaʿb al-Aʿlā
25 Jan 1986 - 8 Feb 1986 Ḥaydar Abū Bakr al-ʿAṭṭās
Raʾīs Riʾāsat Majlis al-Shaʿb al-Aʿlā
8 Feb 1986 - 22 May 1990 Ḥaydar Abū Bakr al-ʿAṭṭās