Abu Bakr Abdullah al-Qirbi ( ar, أبو بكر عبد الله القربي) is a Yemeni diplomat who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

from 2001 to 2014. Abdu Baker Abdullah Al-Qirbi with Obamas

On 13 December 2009, al-Qirbi urged

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's government to crack down on Iranian groups who he accused of aiding Houthi rebels in northern Yemen, holding the Iranian government partly to blame. According to al-Qirbi, "religious (Shiite) circles and groups in Iran are providing aid to the Houthis"; however, Iran repeatedly denied such accusations. Yemeni FM: Iran Must Curb Groups Aiding Huthi Rebels Following the anti-government protests in Yemen, President

Ali Abdullah Saleh Ali Abdullah Saleh al-Ahmar (, ''ʿAlī ʿAbdullāh Ṣāliḥ al-Aḥmar;'' 21 March 1947There is a dispute as to Saleh's date of birth, some saying that it was on 21 March 1942. See: However, by Saleh's own confession, he was born in 1947 al ...

dismissed all members of the

Cabinet of Yemen The Cabinet of Yemen refers to the governing body of the internationally recognized Yemen government led by the Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council Rashad al-Alimi who replaced former President of Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi on ...

on March 20, 2011. They were to remain as serving members until a new government was formed. On 4 October 2016, during the

civil war A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...

, he was appointed as foreign minister in

Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour ( ar, عبد العزيز بن حبتور; born 8 August 1955) is a Yemeni politician who served as Governor of Aden during the Houthi takeover in Yemen. He is a member of the General People's Congress, sitting on its perma ...

's cabinet.

Honours

Foreign honours

* ** Two Sicilian Royal Family: Knight Commander of the

Royal Order of Francis I The Royal Order of Francis I (properly 'The Royal Order of Francis I of the Two Sicilies' it, Reale Ordine di Francesco I) was an extinct order of merit of the former Kingdom of the Two Sicilies which was annexed in 1861 by the King of Italy (u ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Qirbi, Abu Bakr al 1942 births Living people Yemeni Sunni Muslims Foreign ministers of Yemen Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 21st-century Yemeni politicians Yemeni diplomats People from Al Bayda Governorate General People's Congress (Yemen) politicians Members of the Consultative Assembly of Yemen