Yemen's constitution provides for an upper house of parliament called the Consultative (Shura) Council. This has no legislative powers and its members are appointed by the president.

Click here for members of the council appointed in 2001.

The 59 members were appointed on 19 May, 1997:

Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Ghani (chair)
Muhsin Ahmad al-Ayni
Abd al-Latif Dayfallah
Mujahid Abu Shawarib
Yahya Muhammad al-Mutawakkil
Muhammad Salim Basindwah
Hasan Ahmad al-Salami
Abd al-Wahhab al-Anisi
Sinan Abu Luhum
Sa'id al-Hakimi
Fadl Muhsin Abdullah
Naji Abd al-Aziz al-Shayif
Muhammad Abd al-Wahhab Jubari
Muhsin al-Ulufi
Sa'id al-Akbari
Muhammad Hasan Dammaj
Ali Abdullah al-Sallal
Muhammad An'am Ghalib
Yusuf al-Shihari
Ahmad Ali al-Salami
Fadl Muhammad Aydarus al-Afifi
Haydar Salih al Habili
Muhammad Salim Akkush
Abdullah Salih al-Barr
Abduh Ali al-Qubati
Muhsin Ali Yasir
Mahmud Abdullah al-Arasi
Salah al-A'jam
Abd al-Salam Khalid
Muhammad Ahmad Mansur
Ali Muhammad Sa'id
Abu Bakr al-Qirbi
Ghalib al-Qurashi
Muhammad Afandi
Abd al-Hamid al-Haddi
Muhammad Ali al-Bukhayti
Tawfiq Awbali
Abdullah Mujaydi
Ali Muhammad al-Wahidi
Qasim Sallam
Muhammad Abu Bakr al-Amudi
Yahya Qahtan
Yahya al-Sibami
Ballayl Bin Rajih Labuzah
Muhammad Husayn al-Aydarus
Muhsin Bin Mu'ayli
Ahmad Muhsin al-Nuwayrah
Abd al-Malik al-Mikhlafi
Awad Salim al-Radizi
Muhammad Ali Ajlan
Ali Salim Bukayr
Abd al-Aziz al-Saqqaf*
Yahya Ali al-Habbari
Sa'id Ja'bul
Qa'id Shuwayt
Tariq al-Fadli
Abdullah Hamis al-Awjari
Abbas al-Nahari
Ali Ahmad al-Rassas

* Dr Saqqaf resigned on 30 July 1998 but later re-joined