The Legislative Council of Aden (Aden City) | building, place with historical importance

 building, place with historical importance

The Legislative Council of Aden, one of the most important buildings of the city. It was originally built in 1871 as a church (Church of St. Maria). In 1947 it became the seat of the Legislative Council, the first of its kind in the Arabian Peninsula. The Board consisted of eight members representing the communities of Aden, where each community elects a representative. The Council exercised its functions until 1966, when it was burned in a popular uprising by the Yemenis against the British. There have been some restoration to the building, but after the civil war in 1994 it was handed over to the Criminal Investigations Department which neglected the building. Lately the Governor of Aden Ahmad Al-Kahlani decided to restore the building to its old British style and transfer it to the local Council of Aden and benefit from it in large meetings of the Council.