Abd al-Rahman al-Iryani
Qādī Abd ar-Rahman Yahya al-Iryani ( Arabic عبد الرحمن الإرياني, DMG ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān al-Iryānī ), occasionally also Abdul Rahman Yahya al-Iriani Abd ar-Rahman al-Eryani or Iriyani (* around 1910, in Ibb , North Yemen ; † March 14, 1998 in Syria ), was from November 1967 to June 1974 head of state of the Yemeni Arab Republic and the only civilian in this office.
Live and act
Abd ar-Rahman al-Iryani was the son of the Supreme Judge of the Kingdom of Yemen from the village of Iryan and became a judge himself , but already took part in an anti-monarchist conspiracy in 1948, whereupon he was imprisoned and even sentenced to death, but dated 1954 King was pardoned. Imprisoned again after the 1955 revolt, al-Iryani was only released after the fall of the monarchy in 1962. In the Republican government of Abdullah as-Sallal , he was first Minister for Religious Affairs or Justice Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, after the resignation of conservative politicians from the Revolutionary Council, then from October 5, 1963 to February 10, 1964 even Prime Minister of the Republic.
During the civil war with the royalists, al-Iryani advocated a compromise solution with the conservative tribal sheikhs who were willing to negotiate. With this aim in mind, after the withdrawal of the Egyptian allies on November 5, 1967, al-Sallal was overthrown and a three-member presidential council was formed under al-Iryani’s chairmanship. Al-Iriani repeatedly commissioned Muhsin al-Aini or Hassan al-Amri to form a government .
With the mediation of Saudi Arabia, a reconciliation with compromising conservatives and an end to the civil war came about in 1970. Instead, tensions with the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) increased after an unification planned in 1972 had failed. The dissatisfaction that broke out over this and the spreading economic problems eventually led to al-Iryani's fall. A military command council under Ibrahim al-Hamdi took power on July 13, 1974.
Al-Iryani fled into exile in Syria, where he led a Zaidite community in exile. Following an invitation from the Yemeni President Salih , he initially returned to Yemen in 1980, but in 1981 decided to continue his exile in Syria, where he died in 1998.
Web links
- New York Times, March 17, 1998: Abdul-Rahman al-Iryani, Ex-Yemen President, 89
- Short biography on rulers.org
- Obituary ( The Independent )
literature
- Prof. Dr. Gustav Fochler-Hauke (Ed.): Fischer Weltalmanach 1969 , pages 173 and 346f. Frankfurt 1968
- Lothar Rathmann : History of the Arabs - From the Beginnings to the Present , Volume 6, The Struggle for Development in the Arab World, page 313ff. Akademie-Verlag Berlin 1983
- The International Who's Who 1988-89, page 721. Fifty-Second Edition. Europa Publications Limited 1988 London
Remarks
- ↑ according to other information 1908 (rulers.org) or 1917 (Who's who)
- ↑ Our man in Sanaa: Ex-Yemen president was once trainee rabbi
Abdullah as-Sallal (1962–1967) | Abd ar-Rahman al-Iryani (1967–1974) | Ibrahim al-Hamdi (1974-1977) | Ahmed Hussein al-Ghashmi (1977–1978) | Abd al-Karim Abdullah al-Arashi (1978) | Ali Abdullah Salih (1978–1990)
Abdullah as-Sallal (1962–1963) | Abd al-Latif Dayfallah (1963) | Abd ar-Rahman al-Iryani (1963–1964) | Hassan al-Amri (1964) | Hamud al-Jaifi (1964-1965) | Hassan al-Amri (1965) | Ahmad Muhammad Numan (1965) | Abdullah as-Sallal (1965) | Hassan al-Amri (1965–1966) | Abdullah as-Sallal (1966-1967) | Muhsin Ahmad al-Aini (1967) | Hassan al-Amri (1967–1969) | Abd as-Salam Sabrah (1969) | Muhsin Ahmad al-Aini (1969) | Abdullah Kurschumi (1969–1970) | Muhsin Ahmad al-Aini (1970–1971) | Abd as-Salam Sabrah (1971) | Ahmad Muhammad Numan (1971) | Hassan al-Amri (1971) | Abd as-Salam Sabrah (1971) | Muhsin Ahmad al-Aini (1971–1972) | Abdullah al-Hajjri (1972–1974) | Hassan Muhammad Makki (1974) | Muhsin Ahmad al-Aini (1974–1975) | Abd al-Latif Dayfallah (1975) | Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Ghani (1975–1980) | Abd al-Karim al-Iryani (1980-1983) | Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Ghani (1983–1990)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Iryani, Abd ar-Rahman al- |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Iriani, Abdul Rahman al-; Iryani, Abd ar-Rahman Yahya al-; Iryani, Abd ar-Rahman el- |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yemeni judge and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: Iryan, North Yemen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1998 |
| Place of death | Syria |