Yemen

Population Statistics

26,737,317

Total Population

4,010,598

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

26 March 2009

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


General Elections and Referendum Law (2001)

Updated: June 2015

Article 56 states:

Every eligible voter shall have the right to run for Parliament in the constituency dictated by his/her domicile address. A parliamentary candidate must be:…

  • (3) literate.

 

Excerpt from the General Elections and Referendum Law (2001)

Constitution of the Republic of Yemen (1991, last amended 2001)

Updated: June 2015

Article 64, paragraph 2 states:

A candidate for the House of Representatives shall meet the following conditions...(c) must be able to read and write (literate); (d) must be of good character and conduct…

 

Article 107 states:

Every Yemeni who meets the following specified conditions may become a candidate for the post of the President of the Republic:…

  • (d) To be of good character…

 

Article 116 states:

If the post of the President of the Republic becomes vacant or should the President become permanently disabled, the Vice President temporarily takes over the presidential functions for a period that does not exceed sixty days, during which new elections for the President of the Republic shall take place. If the posts of the President of the Republic and Vice President become vacant at the same time, the Presiding Board of the House shall temporarily take over the functions of the President. If the House of Representatives is under dissolution, the government shall replace the Presiding Board of the House in carrying out the functions of the Presidency, and in this case election of the President of the Republic shall take place within a period that does not exceed sixty days from the first session of the new House of Representatives.

 

Article 142 states:

If the Prime Minister becomes unable to carry out his responsibilities, or if the House of Representatives bars withdraws confidence from the Council of Ministers, or a general election for the House of Representatives is undertaken, the Prime Minister is obliged to tender the resignation of his government to the President of the Republic.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Republic of Yemen (1991, last amended 2001)