Coup successful Al-Shaabi's government Marxist faction of the UNFPO The Corrective Move[2][3] (Arabic: الحركة التصحيحية, romanized: al-ḥaraka at-taṣḥīḥiyya), officially referred to as the "Glorious Corrective Move"[4][5] and often referred to as the "Corrective Step", Happened after the takeover of the Yemeni Unified Nationalist Front Political Organization (UNFPO) by the Marxist faction led by Abdel Fattah Ismail and Salim Rubai Ali, in an internal bloodless coup on 14 May 1968 that overthrew the Nasserist President Qahtan al-Shaabi.

[3][6] The Marxist takeover later led to the creation of the Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP), and South Yemen's transformation into a socialist state.

Initially, right-wing elements in the ruling UNFPO Party carried out a coup in March 1968, leading to their temporary dominance.

[6] However, this was followed by a counter-coup on 14 May 1968, led by left-wingers, notably Abdel Fattah Ismail and Salem Robaya Ali.

[6] The corrective move aimed "to restore the revolution to its correct course", which was aligned with socialism through Marxism, and was significantly influenced by the Soviet Union.