Presidential Leadership Council

{{Short description|Yemen's executive body}}

{{About|the Yemeni presidential council formed in 2022||Presidential Council (disambiguation){{!}}Presidential Council}}

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| nativename = {{lang|ar|مجلس القيادة الرئاسي}}

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| image2 = Presidential Standard of Yemen.svg

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| caption = Emblem of Yemen and Presidential Standard of Yemen

| date_established = {{Start date|2022|4|07|df=y}}

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| state = Yemen

| leader_title = President (Rashad al-Alimi)

Vice President (Multiple, see Members)

| appointed = Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi

| address = Aden, Yemen{{cite news |last1=Al-Sakani |first1=Ali |title=Yemen inaugurates new presidential council |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/19/yemen-inaugurates-new-presidential-council |access-date=8 May 2022 |work=Al Jazeera |date=19 April 2022 |archive-date=8 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508025532/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/19/yemen-inaugurates-new-presidential-council |url-status=live }}

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{{Politics of Yemen}}

The Presidential Leadership Council (PLC; {{langx|ar|مجلس القيادة الرئاسي|translit=Majlis al-Qiyādah al-Riʼāsī}}) is the executive body of Yemen's internationally recognized government,{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/dgacm/sites/www.un.org.dgacm/files/Documents_Protocol/hspmfmlist.pdf|title=HEADS OF STATE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MINISTERS FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS|publisher=United Nations|access-date=8 April 2023}} formed on 7 April 2022. It is chaired by Rashad al-Alimi and has a membership of eight, including representatives from Southern Transitional Council.{{cite news |last1=Salem |first1=Mostafa |last2=Kolirin |first2=Lianne |title=Hopes of peace in Yemen as President hands power to new presidential council |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/07/middleeast/yemen-presidential-council-intl/index.html |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=CNN |date=7 April 2022 |archive-date=8 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408002649/https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/07/middleeast/yemen-presidential-council-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Ghobari |first1=Mohamed |title=Yemen president sacks deputy, delegates presidential powers to council |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/yemen-president-relieves-deputy-his-post-2022-04-07/ |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=Reuters |location=Aden |date=7 April 2022 |archive-date=1 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501215243/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/yemen-president-relieves-deputy-his-post-2022-04-07/ |url-status=live }} The decree claims all powers of the president and vice president have been transferred to this council. However, it also vests the chairman with sweeping personal powers, including the ability to unilaterally command the military and appoint governors and other key officials.{{cite web |last1=Ardemagni |first1=Eleonora |title=Yemen's Post-Hybrid Balance: The New Presidential Council |url=https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/2022/06/yemens-post-hybrid-balance-the-new-presidential-council?lang=en |website=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |access-date=11 February 2023 |date=9 June 2022 |archive-date=11 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211044914/https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/87301 |url-status=live }}

As of May 2023, three of the eight seats in the Presidential Leadership Council are held by members of the Southern Transitional Council.{{Cite web |last=Furlan |first=Marta |date=29 March 2023 |title=Developments In Southern Yemen: Significance, Implications, And Prospects For Peace |url=https://www.orionpolicy.org/orionforum/186/developments-in-southern-yemen-significance-implications-and-prospects-for-pe#_ftn1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602145338/https://www.orionpolicy.org/orionforum/186/developments-in-southern-yemen-significance-implications-and-prospects-for-pe |archive-date=2 June 2023 |website=Orion Policy Institute}}