Yemen 1996
Yearbook 1996 Yemen. President Ali Abdullah Saleh appointed on January 14, Abd ar-Rahman Muhammad Ali Uthman as new Minister of Supply and Transport after Muhammad Ahmad Afandi, who resigned in…
Category: Asia
Vietnam 1996
Yearbook 1996 Vietnam. On the surface, everything seems calm, but within the ruling Communist Party there are strong contradictions. The party does not know how it should relate to the…
Uzbekistan 1996
Yearbook 1996 Uzbekistan. During the year, a rapprochement between Uzbekistan and the United States could be noticed. Uzbekistan has supported US sanctions against Iran, which the US has accused of…
United Arab Emirates 1996
Yearbook 1996 United Arab Emirates. Over 130,000 people, mainly from India and other South Asian countries, were forced to leave the United Arab Emirates as the penalty for staying in…
Turkmenistan 1996
Yearbook 1996 Turkmenistan. Since 1993, access to gas, electricity and water has been free in the country, and in 1996 access to flour and bread was also free. Turkmenistan has…
Turkey 1996
Yearbook 1996 Turkey. A long government crisis was resolved – temporarily – at the end of February when the Fosterland Party (Anavatan Partisi, ANAP) and the Right Road Party (Doğru…
Thailand 1996
Yearbook 1996 Thailand. After months of wear and tear within the just over a year-old seven-party government, Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-Archa resigned in September and announced new elections. The government…
Tajikistan 1996
Yearbook 1996 Tajikistan. Both strife and the peace effort characterized the force measurement between President Imomali Rachmonov’s Moscow-backed regime and the opposition, a fragile alliance of Muslim and democratic forces…
Taiwan 1996
Yearbook 1996 Taiwan. Chinese military maneuvers shortly before Taiwan’s first free presidential election March 23 was close to triggering an international crisis. The exercises, begun in 1995, were escalated during…
Syria 1996
Yearbook 1996 Syria. The relationship with the enemy Iraq seemed to improve somewhat during the year, mainly due to both boats’ deteriorating relations with Turkey. Both Syria and Iraq are…