Ali Salem al-Beidh (Arabic: علي سالم البيض, romanized: ‘Alī Sālim al-Bīḍ; born 10 February 1939) is a Yemeni politician who served as the General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) in South Yemen and as Vice President of Yemen following the unification in 1990.

Selected as Full Member of the Central Committee in 1975, well as Deputy Minister for School Education and Vocational Training.

[5] Suffering a loss of more than half its aid from the Soviet Union from 1986 to 1989[6] and interest in possible oil reserves on the border between the countries, Ali's government worked toward unification with North Yemen officials.

After fifteen years of living in exile, Ali Salim al-Beidh resumed his political career on the eve of the 19th anniversary of the Yemeni unification.

This came amid highly escalating tensions in the south, with clashes and violence between protesters and Yemeni security forces.