Conventional Long Name: Republic of Yemen
Capital City: Sanaa
Type of Government: currently in transition
Date of Independence: May, 22, 1990
National Holidays: Unification Day, May 22
Chief of State: President Abd Rabuh Mansur Hadi
Capital City: Sanaa
Type of Government: currently in transition
Date of Independence: May, 22, 1990
National Holidays: Unification Day, May 22
Chief of State: President Abd Rabuh Mansur Hadi
Executive Branch/Powers: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 7-year term (eligible for a second term)
Legislative Branch/Powers: bicameral Parliament or Majlis consists of the Shura Council or Majlis Alshoora (111 seats; members appointed by the president; member tenure NA) and the House of Representatives or Majlis al Nuwaab (301 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 6-year terms)
Judicial Branch/Powers: judges appointed by the Supreme Judicial Council, chaired by the president of the republic and consisting of 10 high-ranking judicial officers; judges appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 65
Suffrage: 18 years of age, universal
Ambassador to the US: Ahmed bin Mubarak
Location of Embassy to US: Washington DC
Location of Consulates to US: Detroit, Michigan
US ambassador to Yemen: Matthew H. Tueller
Location of Embassy to Yemen: Sanaa
Location of Consulates to Yemen: Sanaa
UN Representative: Khaled Hussein Mohamed Alyemany
Legislative Branch/Powers: bicameral Parliament or Majlis consists of the Shura Council or Majlis Alshoora (111 seats; members appointed by the president; member tenure NA) and the House of Representatives or Majlis al Nuwaab (301 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 6-year terms)
Judicial Branch/Powers: judges appointed by the Supreme Judicial Council, chaired by the president of the republic and consisting of 10 high-ranking judicial officers; judges appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 65
Suffrage: 18 years of age, universal
Ambassador to the US: Ahmed bin Mubarak
Location of Embassy to US: Washington DC
Location of Consulates to US: Detroit, Michigan
US ambassador to Yemen: Matthew H. Tueller
Location of Embassy to Yemen: Sanaa
Location of Consulates to Yemen: Sanaa
UN Representative: Khaled Hussein Mohamed Alyemany
Description of Flag: Red, black, and white represent Arab unity
International Disputes: Saudi Arabia has reinforced its concrete-filled security barrier along sections of the fully demarcated border with Yemen to stem illegal cross-border activities
National Symbols: Coat of arms, composed of a golden eagle bearing a shield with the Marib Dam and a coffee plant.
Number of Refugees: 260,766
Number of IDPs: 2,179,278
Number of Stateless people: doesn't say
Human Trafficking issues: Yemen is a source and, to a lesser extent, transit and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and women and children subjected to sex trafficking
Drug Trafficking use: doesn't say
National Symbols: Coat of arms, composed of a golden eagle bearing a shield with the Marib Dam and a coffee plant.
Number of Refugees: 260,766
Number of IDPs: 2,179,278
Number of Stateless people: doesn't say
Human Trafficking issues: Yemen is a source and, to a lesser extent, transit and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and women and children subjected to sex trafficking
Drug Trafficking use: doesn't say