Portrait Prime Minister (Birth–Death) Term of office Political party Heads of state (Term) Took office Left office Time in office Faysal al-Shaabi (1935–1971) 6 April 1969 22 June 1969 (deposed.) 77 days National Liberation Front Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi (1967–1969) Muhammad Ali Haitham (1940–1993) 23 June 1969 2 August 1971 2 years, 40 days National Liberation Front Salim Rubai Ali (1969–1978) Ali Nasir Muhammad (born 1939) 2 August 1971 14 February 1985 13 years, 196 days National Liberation Front (until 21 December 1978.) Ali Nasir Muhammad (1978) Yemeni Socialist Party Abdul Fattah Ismail (1978–1980) Ali Nasir Muhammad (1980–1986) Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (born 1939) 14 February 1985 8 February 1986 359 days Yemeni Socialist Party Yasin Said Numan (born 1948) 8 February 1986 22 May 1990 4 years, 103 days Yemeni Socialist Party Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (1986–1990)