The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, commonly referred to as South Yemen, became independent as the People's Republic of South Yemen in 1967. The Prime Minister, appointed by the President, served as the head of government. The first Prime Minister was not appointed until April of 1969.

Prime Ministers of the People's Republic of South Yemen, 1969-1970

1.	Faysal al-Shaabi	6 April 1969	22 June 1969	National Liberation Front
2.	Muhammad Ali Haitham	23 June 1969	See below	National Liberation Front

Prime Ministers of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, 1970-1990

1.	Muhammad Ali Haitham	See above	2 August 1971	National Liberation Front
2.	Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas	2 August 1971	8 February 1986	Socialist Party of Yemen
3.	Yasin Said Numan	8 February 1986	22 May 1990	Socialist Party of Yemen

For Prime Ministers after the unification of Yemen in 1990, see Prime Minister of Yemen.

Prime Ministers of the Democratic Republic of Yemen, 1994

South Yemen also rebelled as the Democratic Republic of Yemen for a period of weeks in 1994.

1.

Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas

21 May 1994

7 July 1994

Socialist Party of Yemen