<page_title> List of leaders of South Yemen </page_title> <section_title> Heads of Party </section_title> <table> <cell> General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Yemeni Socialist Party <col_header> № </col_header> <col_header> Portrait </col_header> <col_header> Name (Birth–Death) </col_header> <col_header> Term start </col_header> <col_header> Term end </col_header> <col_header> Political Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1 <col_header> № </col_header> </cell> <cell> Abdul Fattah Ismail عبد الفتاح إسماعيل علي الجوفي (1939–1986) <col_header> Name (Birth–Death) </col_header> <row_header> 1 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 21 December 1978 <col_header> Term start </col_header> <row_header> 1 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 21 April 1980 <col_header> Term end </col_header> <row_header> 1 </row_header> </cell> </table>
Abdul Fattah Ismail served as first leader of the Yemeni Socialist Party from 21 December 1978 to 21 April 1980.