Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation

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Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation
التنظيم الوحدوي الشعبي الناصري
General Secretary Abdul-Malik al-Mikhlafi
Founded December 25, 1965; 58 years ago (1965-12-25)
Headquarters Sanaa, Yemen
Ideology Nasserism
House of Representatives
3 / 301
Website
www.alwahdawi.net
Politics of Yemen
Political parties
Elections

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.

The party was founded in Taiz in 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 publishes al-Wahdawi.[3]

In 2011, the party has participated in the Yemeni uprising against President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

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