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Southern Transitional Council المجلس الانتقالي الجنوبي al-Majlis al-Intiqālī l-Janūbiyy | |
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Abbreviation | STC |
Leader | Aidarus al-Zoubaidi |
Founded | 11 May 2017 |
Headquarters | Aden, Yemen |
Military wing | Security Belt |
Ideology | South Yemeni nationalism Separatism Secularism Anti-Axis of Resistance |
National affiliation | Southern Movement |
The Southern Transitional Council (STC; Arabic: المجلس الانتقالي الجنوبي, romanized: al-Majlis al-Intiqālī l-Janūbiyy) is a secessionist organization in southern Yemen. The 26 members of the STC include the governors of five southern governorates and two government ministers. It was formed by a faction of the Southern Movement. It was established in 2017, and it has called for and worked toward the separation of southern Yemen from the rest of the nation as it previously was until 1990.
Declared on 11 May 2017, the council is headed by the former Governor of Aden Governorate, Aidarus al-Zoubaidi, as president, with former minister of state Hani Bin Breik as vice-president.[1] The formation of the council was authorized a week earlier by the Historic Aden Declaration, announced at a rally protesting the dismissal of al-Zoubaidi from his post as governor.[2] The STC, a major party to the Yemeni Civil War, claims to rule most of the territory in southern Yemen.[3][4][5][6]
In April 2022, STC joined the Presidential Leadership Council, after then-Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi resigned and transferred presidential powers to the newly formed body. STC head Aidarus al-Zoubaidi became the Vice President of the new government.[7][8] STC increased its influence in the council by enlarging its membership to three out of the eight, through internal reorganization in May 2023.[9]
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