Supreme People's Council (SPC) was the legislature

Legislature

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 of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen). According to the 1970 Constitution legislative power was vested the unicameral Supreme People's Council, which consisted of 111 elected members. The Supreme People's Council, that was elected in December 1978, consisted of 71 members of the Yemen Socialist Party and 40 independents .

The Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council was also the head of state of South Yemen 1978–1990.

Chairmen of the Presidium of the People's Council

Name	Entered Office	Left Office
Abdul Fattah Ismail Abdul Fattah Ismail Abd al-Fattah Ismail Ali Al-Jawfi was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council, head of state of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, and founder, chief ideologue, and first leader of the Yemeni Socialist Party from 21 December 1978 to 21 April 1980.Born in July 1939 in...	1970	1980
Ali Nasser Muhammad	1980	1986
Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas was appointed Prime Minister of Yemen by President Ali Abdullah Saleh when the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and Yemen Arab Republic united in 1990 to form present-day Yemen. Al-Attas served until 1994...	1986	1990