Southern Transitional Council

Southern Transitional Council
المجلس الانتقالي الجنوبي
al-Majlis al-Intiqālī l-Janūbiyy
AbbreviationSTC
FormationAden Historic Declaration
  • Draft committee formed: 20 October 2016
  • Delegated: 4 May 2017
  • Inaugurated: 11 May 2017
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FounderMajor General Aidarus al-Zoubaidi
TypeSecessionist organization
Transitional government authority
PurposeRestoration of sovereignty of South Yemen
HeadquartersTawahi District, Aden, Yemen
OriginsThe Southern Movement
Region
South Yemen
Secretary General
Governor of Aden/ Ahmed Lamlas
Board Chairman & President
Major General Aidarus al-Zoubaidi
Board Vice-Chairman, & Vice-president
Hani Ben Brik
Chairman of the National Assembly
General Ahmed Said Ben Brik
Main organ
Council’s Presidency Board
AffiliationsRepublic of Yemen (2022–)
Websitestcaden.com

The Southern Transitional Council (STC; Arabic: المجلس الانتقالي الجنوبي, romanized: al-Majlis al-Intiqālī l-Janūbiyy) is a secessionist organization in southern Yemen. The 26 members of the STC include the governors of five southern governorates and two government ministers. It was formed by a faction of the Southern Movement. It was established in 2017, and it has called for and worked toward the separation of southern Yemen from the rest of the nation as it previously was until 1990.

Declared on 11 May 2017, the council is headed by the former Governor of Aden Governorate, Aidarus al-Zoubaidi, as president, with former minister of state Hani Bin Breik as vice-president.[2] The formation of the council was authorized a week earlier by the Historic Aden Declaration, announced at a rally protesting the dismissal of al-Zoubaidi from his post as governor.[3] The STC, a major party to the Yemeni Civil War, claims to rule most of the territory in southern Yemen.[4][5][6][7]

In April 2022, STC joined the Presidential Leadership Council, after then-Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi resigned and transferred presidential powers to the newly formed body. STC head Aidarus al-Zoubaidi became the Vice President of the new government.[8][9] STC increased its influence in the council by enlarging its membership to three out of the eight, through internal reorganization in May 2023.[10]

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  3. ^ "Aden Historic Declaration". Southern Hirak. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
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