Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar
Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar | |
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President of the North Yemen legislature | |
In office 1969–1975 | |
Preceded by | New office |
Succeeded by | Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 November 1933 |
Died | 29 December 2007 (aged 74) |
Sheikh Abdullah bin Husayn bin Nasser al-Ahmar (
He inherited the position of
In 1970, the civil war ended with the abolition of the monarchy and al-Ahmar became first the president of new National Council (1969–1971), and then the president of Shura Council (1971–1975).[1]
When Colonel Ibrahim al-Hamdi seized power in 1974, he tried to limit the representation of the tribal leaders, which led to an open rebellion by the Hashid tribes. After the assassination of Hamdi in 1977, Saudi Arabia helped bring about a reconciliation between the tribes and the new government in 1978, first under Ahmad al-Ghashmi and then under Ali Abdullah Saleh. Ali Abdullah Saleh also belonged to the Hashid tribal confederation. Abdullah Al-Ahmar was appointed to the Constituent People's Assembly.
Although he opposed the government of
Al-Ahmar died of cancer on 29 December 2007, aged 74, at the
His son Sadiq al-Ahmar succeeded him in the positions of the Sheikh of the Hashid tribal federation and the Al-Islah tribal confederacy, and remains in those positions intact.
He and
References
- ^ a b Former Presidencies
- ^ "Parliament speaker passes away", Saba Net, 29 December 2007.
- ^ a b "Mourning begins for Yemen speaker", BBC News, 29 December 2007.
- ^ Stacey Philbrick Yadav; Sheila Carapico (2014). "The Breakdown of the GCC Initiative". Middle East Research and Information Project. MER273: Yemen's Times of Turmoil. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
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External links
- Late Sheikh Al-Ahmar: Man of national compromise, Hatem Ali, Yemen Times, 3 January 2008
- Media related to Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar at Wikimedia Commons