Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation
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The Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation (Arabic: التظيم الوحدوي الشعبي الناصري, Al-Tantheem Al-Wahdawi Al-Sha'abi Al-Nasseri) is a Nasserist political party in Yemen.
Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation التنظيم الوحدوي الشعبي الناصري | |
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General Secretary | Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi |
Founded | December 25, 1965; 58 years ago (1965-12-25) |
Headquarters | Sanaa, Yemen |
Ideology | Nasserism Yemeni unionism |
House of Representatives | 3 / 301 |
Website | |
www.alwahdawi.net | |
The party was founded in Taiz on December 25, 1965.[1][2] The party was legalized in 1989.[1]
In 1993 the party held its 8th conference. The conference elected an 89-member politburo. Abdul-Malik al-Mikhlafi was elected the new general secretary of the party, replacing Abdul Ghani Thabet. Thabet was general secretary of the party 1990–1993.[1][3]
At the last legislative elections in 2003 the party won 1.85% of the popular vote and 3 out of 301 seats.[3] The party has been a member of the opposition alliance known as the Joint Meeting Parties since its formation in the early 2000s.[4]
The party publishes the newspaper al-Wahdawi.[3]
In 2011, the party has participated in the Yemeni uprising against President Ali Abdullah Saleh.