The following lists events that happened during 2006 in Yemen.
Incumbents President: Ali Abdullah Saleh Vice President: Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi Prime Minister: Abdul Qadir Bajamal
Events February February 9 - U.S. forces are searching for the attacker who escaped from prison last Friday. According to Interpol, an al-Qaeda operative who had been sentenced to death for plotting the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000 escaped with a group of convicts from their prison last week in Sana'a.
September September 23 - Ali Abdullah Saleh, in office since 1978, is re-elected as President of Yemen with 77.2% of the votes, prompting allegations of electoral fraud from the Yemeni opposition coalition.
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