The General People’s Congress is the ruling political party in Yemen. It was founded in August 24, 1982 in Sana’a, Yemen, by Ali Abdullah Saleh. The party is dominated by a nationalist line, and its official ideology is Arab nationalism, seeking Arab unity. At the last legislative elections, 27 April 2003, the party won 58.0% of the popular vote and 238 out of 301 seats in the Assembly of Representatives of Yemen.
