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Almost all government is focused in the capital city of Sanaa. Yemen's Local Authority Law broke down centralized government and forced locally elected district governments to exist. After the 2006 elections, future measures were put into action so that governors could now be elected directly. In May of 2008, governors were directly elected for the first time. Despite the measures that were taken, the General People's Congress continues to dominate local and district governments. In rural Yemen, direct state control is weak, and tribal confederations act as sub-states.

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“Politics of Yemen.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Oct. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Yemen.

History, Geo. “Yemen - Summary of 28 Years of History.” YouTube, YouTube, 19 July 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Am70v8y5A.

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-the electoral process is a 2 stage process
-the House of Representatives endorses 2 candidates
-those 2 candidates are put out to a popular vote
-voting age is 18
-age requirement for the House of Representatives is 25

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-the constitution calls for an independent judiciary
-The Supreme Court is based in Sanaa
-the Quran is a basis for all laws and no other law may contradict it
-court cases are typically debated by the religious basis or interpretations of the law
-judges are typically religious scholars

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-In 2012 there were 10,243,364 registered voters
-there were 6 presidents of North Yemen
-in the 2003, the General People's Congress received 58% of votes

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-president has a 7 year term
-prime minister, vice president, and deputy prime ministers are all appointed by the president
-the prime minister provides advice to the president on the election of the Council of Ministers

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-consisted of 301 members
-members were elected for a 6 year term
-contained a Consultative Council that was made up of 59 members (all members were appointed by the president)

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Yemen was a republic with a bicameral legislature. The government consisted of an elected president, a House of Representatives with 301 seats, and an appointed 111-member Shura Council. Power was shared among these three things. The prime minister was the head of the government while the head of the state was the president. A constitution was written and allowed that the president be elected by popular vote and the Prime Minister be appointed by the president.

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In the beginning, Yemen was divided into a North and South. However, Yemen was reunified in May of 1990 due to the election of a new president and vice president. The new presidential council appointed a Prime Minister, then a Cabinet was formed.

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For hundreds of years Yemen was ruled by imams who had absolute power over all processes that took place. A revolution in 1962 ended this and now stressed the idea of having an active and visible leader.

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by Kelsey Burge & Logan Schuhmacher