Corrective Move

Corrective Move
	Part of the Arab Cold War
	; Chairman and members of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council after the corrective step on June 26, 1969. From left to right: Abdul Fattah Ismail, Muhammad Saleh Awlaki, Salemin, Ali Antar, Muhammad Ali Haitham
Date	22 June 1969
Location	Aden, South Yemen
Result	Left-wing victory Qahtan placed under house arrest until his death in 1981; Nasserist and right-wing faction purged from the National Front; South Yemen becomes a Marxist–Leninist state.; Official name later changed to "People's Democratic Republic of Yemen" in 1970;
Belligerents
Left-wing faction of the National Front	Right-wing faction of the National Front
Commanders and leaders
Abdul Fattah Ismail; Salemin; Muhammad Ali Haitham; Muhammad Saleh Awlaki; Ali Antar;	Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi; Faysal al-Shaabi;
Casualties and losses
	None

The Corrective Move (Arabic: الحركة التصحيحية, romanized: al-ḥaraka at-taṣḥīḥiyyah), also referred to as the 22 June Corrective Move or as the Glorious Corrective Move, was an internal bloodless coup that took place on 22 June 1969, which led to the takeover of the ruling National Front (NF) party of South Yemen by the left-wing faction. Led by Abdel Fattah Ismail and Salim Rubaya Ali, they overthrew the then-President of South Yemen and leader of the right-wing faction of the NF, Qahtan al-Shaabi, along with Prime Minister Faysal al-Shaabi and his cabinet.

Social and political reforms followed the leftist takeover; The state was transformed into a Communist state, institutions were nationalized, education was freely available, and a new Family Law was established, guaranteeing equality between men and women.