Yemen Government Graph

Method and Status Definitions

Structure from the Constitution of the Republic of Yemen (English text at constituteproject.org, cited by article on each node) and from the republican decrees that created or reshaped bodies since 2022. Officeholders researched on October 6, 2026, each with sources.

Yemen has two rival governments. The internationally recognised government is led by the Presidential Leadership Council, which took over the powers of the presidency on April 7, 2022 and works from Aden and Riyadh. The Houthi movement (Ansar Allah) runs a de facto state in Sanaa through the Supreme Political Council and its own cabinet, armed forces, central bank and rump parliament. The wheel is centred on the Presidential Leadership Council; the Houthi institutions sit in the parallel sector and are linked to their recognised counterparts by "parallel to" edges.

Sources are official pages (the PLC presidency site, ministries, the central bank, state companies), the state news agency Saba in Aden, named outlets, and for Houthi-held institutions the Houthi-run Saba in Sanaa, cited as the de facto authority's own statement. Each source was fetched and its quote checked on the page. Verified means a government source and an independent outlet agree, or two outlets do. Single source means one source family only, most often the decree that named the holder. Acting, vacant and unconfirmed are shown as such rather than filled with a guess.

2026 turnover: in January the Southern Transitional Council collapsed after its push into Hadramawt and Mahra, its leader was expelled from the PLC and two new members were named; Shaya al-Zindani replaced Salem bin Breik as Prime Minister and formed a 35-member government in February, reshuffled in July and August. In September Houthi forces took Mokha and Bab al-Mandab, and on October 4, 2026 the PLC chairman announced military operations to retake Houthi-held territory. Holders may change quickly.

Parallel and external structures include the Houthi movement and its state, the dissolved Southern Transitional Council, the main parties, AQAP as an armed actor, Saudi Arabia's Joint Forces Command and development program, the UAE, and Iran's IRGC Quds Force as patron of the Houthis. Yemen has no sovereign wealth fund.

Middle East Forum, applied policy research organization, founded 1994. Corrections: meforum.org/contact.