General People's Congress المؤتمر الشعبي العام | |
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| Chairperson (disputed) | Rashad al-Alimi (pro-Hadi faction)[1][2] Sadeq Amin Abu Rass (pro-Houthi faction)[3][1] Ahmed Saleh (pro-Ahmed Saleh faction)[1] |
| Spokesperson | Abdo al-Janadi |
| Founder | Ali Abdullah Saleh |
| Founded | 24 August 1982 |
| Headquarters | Sanaa |
| Newspaper | Al-Motamar |
| Ideology | Yemeni nationalism Arab nationalism Pan-Arabism Economic liberalism Big tent[4] |
| Political position | Centre[5] |
| House of Representatives | 168 / 301 |
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The General People's Congress (GPC; Arabic: المؤتمر الشعبي العام) is a political party in Yemen. It has been the de jure ruling party of Yemen since 1993, three years after unification. The party is dominated by a nationalist line, and its official ideology is Arab nationalism, seeking Arab unity. In the course of the Yemeni Civil War, the party's founder and leader Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed, while the GPC fractured into three factions backing different sides in the conflict.[6]
- ^ a b c Tawfeek al-Ganad (20 September 2022). "Weak and Divided, the General People's Congress Turns 40". Sana'a Center For Strategic Studies. Sanaa. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "The General People's Congress in Ma'rib Governorate salutes its leadership, members and supporters on the 40th anniversary of its founding". Al-Methaq News (in Arabic). General People's Congress. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Yemeni party names new leader after Saleh killed". Reuters. 7 January 2018.
- ^ Burrowes, Robert D. (2010). Historical Dictionary of Yemen. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 134.
- ^ Burrowes, p111
- ^ "Death of a leader: Where next for Yemen's GPC after murder of Saleh?". Middle East Eye. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.