Abdul Latif Dayfallah
Appearance
Abdul Latif Dayfallah | |
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عبد اللطيف ضيف الله | |
Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic | |
In office 26 April 1963 – 5 October 1963 | |
President | Abdullah al-Sallal |
Personal details | |
Born | Ibb Governorate, North Yemen | 1 January 1930
Died | 27 March 2019 | (aged 89)
Military service | |
Allegiance | Kingdom of Yemen (1956–1962) North Yemen (1962–1970) |
Years of service | 1956–1970 |
Rank | Major General |
Battles/wars | |
Abdul Latif Dayfallah (Arabic: عبد اللطيف ضيف الله; 1 January 1930 – 27 March 2019) was a Yemeni military officer and politician who served as the Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic during the North Yemen Civil War.[1] He joined the North Yemeni Army in the 1950s and received military training at the Egyptian Military Academy in Cairo where he acquired Nasserist sympathies. At the time of the September 1962 coup, he held the rank of Major General[2] and served as Director of Signals in the Yemeni military.[3] Dayfallah also served as acting prime minister for nine days in January 1975.[1] Dayfallah died in March 2019 at the age of 89.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Yemen". rulers.org. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ^ "اللواء عبداللطيف ضيف الله ثاني رئيس حكومة لليمن بعد الثورة". 6 April 2017.
- ^ Bidwell, David (12 October 2012). Dictionary Of Modern Arab History. Routledge. p. 123. ISBN 9781136162916.
- ^ "الإعلان عن وفاة ثان رئيس حكومة للجمهورية العربية اليمنية (سيرة ذاتية)" (in Arabic).
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