People's Vanguard Party (Yemen)
Political party in Yemen
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The People's Vanguard Party (Arabic: حزب الطليعة الشعبية), also referred to as at-Tali'a,[1] was a Ba'athist political party in Yemen.[2][3] The party was established in the late 1950s.[4] It was the Yemeni branch of the Baath Party. When the Baath Party was divided between Syrian and Iraqi factions, the Yemeni branch overwhelmingly sided with the Syrian-led Ba'ath Party.[5][4][6] After the split, the Syrian-aligned Ba'athists 'Yemenized' their party and took the name People's Vanguard Party.[5]
People's Vanguard Party حزب الطليعة الشعبية (Arabic) | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | PVP |
| Leader | Anis Hasan Yahya |
| Founded | 1971 in North Yemen and April 1974 in South Yemen |
| Dissolved | 14 October 1975 |
| Merged into | Yemeni Socialist Party |
| Headquarters | Aden, South Yemen |
| Ideology | Neo-Ba'athism |
| International affiliation | Syrian-led Ba'ath Party |
The members of the party were largely recruited from teachers, students, and intellectuals.[4] The party was based in Aden, and had limited presence outside the city.[4] It had some presence in Hadhramaut for a brief period.[4] The party was banned in North Yemen, where it was part of the National Democratic Front and took part in the NDF Rebellion.[5]
The party was one of two non-National Front (NF) parties tolerated during the early 1970s. In October 1975 it joined the NF-dominated United Political Organization of the National Front[7] (which evolved into the Yemeni Socialist Party in 1978).[2] The merger was ratified by the third PVP congress held in August 1975.[8]
