National Liberation Front (South Yemen)

National Liberation Front (1965-1967) Unified Nationalist Front Political Organization (1967-1978)
General Secretary	Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi 1967–1969 Abdul Fattah Ismail 1969–1978
Founded	1965
Dissolved	1978
Succeeded by	Yemeni Socialist Party
Headquarters	Aden, South Yemen
Military wing	Liberation Army
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-imperialism 1967–1969 Nasserism Marxism–Leninism (Faction)
Political position	Far-left 1967–1969 Left-wing
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Liberation Army
جيش التحرير
Leaders	Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi
Dates of operation	1963–1967
Headquarters	Taiz, North Yemen
Active regions	Federation of South Arabia Protectorate of South Arabia Aden Protectorate
Ideology	Yemeni nationalism Nasserism Anti-imperialism Faction: Marxism–Leninism
Allies	Aden Protectorate Levies (Against FLOSY)
Opponents	United Kingdom Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen
Battles and wars	Aden Emergency

The National Liberation Front (NLF; Arabic: الجبهة القومية للتحرير, romanized: al-jabhat al-qawmiyya lil-taḥrīr), known after the independence of South Yemen as the Unified Nationalist Front Political Organization, or simply as the National Front (NF; Arabic: الجبهة القومية, romanized: al-jabhat al-qawmiyya), was a political party operating in South Yemen and the Federation of South Arabia during the Aden Emergency. During the North Yemen Civil War, fighting spilled over into South Yemen as the British attempted to establish an autonomous colony known as the Federation of South Arabia. Following the exit of the British armed forces, the NLF seized power from its rival, the Arab nationalist Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen (FLOSY). In the aftermath of the Emergency, the NLF renamed itself the National Front and eventually became the main force behind the creation of the Yemeni Socialist Party, which subsequently governed the country as a single-party Marxist–Leninist state.