Federation of South Arabia

Federation of South Arabia اتحاد الجنوب العربي Ittiḥād al-Janūb al-‘Arabī
1962–1967
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Status	British protectorate
Capital	Aden
Common languages	Arabic English South Arabian
Government	Federal monarchy
High Commissioner
• 1963	Sir Charles Johnston
• 1963–1964	Sir Kennedy Trevaskis
• 1964–1967	Sir Richard Turnbull
• 1967	Sir Humphrey Trevelyan
Chief Minister
• 1963	Hassan Ali Bayumi
• 1963–1965	Zayn Abdu Baharun
• 1965	Abdul-Qawi Hassan Makkawi
• 1965–1966	Ali Musa al-Babakr
• 1966–1967	Salih al-Awadli
Historical era	Cold War
• Established	4 April 1962
• Independence	30 November 1967
Currency	South Arabian dinar
Preceded by Succeeded by Colony of Aden Federation of Arab Emirates of the South Upper Aulaqi Sultanate South Yemen

The Federation of South Arabia (FSA; Arabic: اتحاد الجنوب العربي Ittiḥād al-Janūb al-‘Arabī) was a federal state under British protection in what would become South Yemen. Its capital was Aden.^[1]