Yemeni unification

Unification of Yemen
Part of the end of the Cold War
Ali Abdullah Saleh (President of the Yemen Arab Republic) and Ali Salem al-Beidh (President of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen) raising the flag of the newly formed state
Native name al-waḥda al-Yamaniyya
الوحدة اليمنية
Date22 May 1990 (1990-05-22)
Location Yemen Arab Republic
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
Cause
  • Arab nationalism
  • First Yemenite War
  • Second Yemenite War
  • Discovery of Ṣāfer oilfield in Shabwah in the south and Marib in the north
  • South Yemeni crisis
  • Dissolution of the Soviet Union
OutcomeUnification of Yemen
  • Sanaa becomes the capital of unified Yemen
  • The Yemeni rial becomes the official currency of unified Yemen
  • The South's "United Republic" became the country's national anthem

The Yemeni unification[a] took place on 22 May 1990, when the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) and the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) united, forming the Republic of Yemen.[1]


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  1. ^ "2 Yemens Become One, and Celebrate". New York Times. Reuters. 23 May 1990. Retrieved 6 May 2022.