Muhammad Ali Haitham

Muhammad Ali Haitham (7 March 1940 – 10 July 1993) (

Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

.

Haitham was appointed Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) in 1969. He replaced

Ali Nasir Mohammed

after he resigned from his post and left the country in August 1971.

Haitham then formed the United Yemen Front (a political movement against the socialist regime in South Yemen) and lived in exile until the unification of the two Yemens in 1990. He played an important role in helping Yemen to have its first parliamentary elections in April 1993. Haitham was appointed as minister of social and labor affairs in May 1993.

Haitham died on 10 July 1993, but the circumstances of his death are still a source of debate today.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Kifner, John (15 January 1986). "Factions battle for capital city of South Yemen". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

Political offices
Preceded by Faysal al-Shaabi	Prime Minister of South Yemen 1969–1971	Succeeded by Ali Nasir Muhammad

[1] Kifner, John (15 January 1986). "Factions battle for capital city of South Yemen". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 February 2024.