Hassan al-Amri ( ar, حسن العمري) (1920–1988 or 1989) Known as The General of Yemen. He was born in a Yemeni village called Al-Amaryah—his surname indicates that—in Al-Hada District. He was the

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of the

Yemen Arab Republic The Yemen Arab Republic (YAR; ar, الجمهورية العربية اليمنية '), also known simply as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaʽa), was a country from 1962 to 1990 in the northwestern part of what is now Yemen.The United States extend ...

for five terms between 1964 and 1971. He was from the first batch to study in Iraq's War College in 1936. He participated in the revolution of 1948 against

Imam Yahya , succession1 = King of Yemen , succession2 = Imam of Yemen , image = Imam yahya cropped.png , image_size = , caption = Portrait of Yahya by Ameen Rihani, 1922. Imam Yahya steadfastly refused to be photographed thro ...

, which failed and he was jailed 7 years in prison of Hajja in Yemen, and then participated in the 1962 revolution against Imam Ahmed. Al-Amri's first three terms were served under

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Abdullah as-Sallal Abdullah Yahya al-Sallal ( ar, عبد الله يحيى السلال, ʿAbd Allāh Yaḥyā al-Sallāl; January 9, 1917 – March 5, 1994) was the leader of the North Yemeni Revolution of 1962. He served as the first President of the Yemen Arab ...

. The dates of these terms were: (his positions were, a prime minister, a Commander in Chief of the armed forces and a vice president) * 10 February to 29 April 1964 * 6 January to 20 April 1965 * 21 July 1965 to 18 September 1966 His final two terms were under President Abdul Rahman al-Iryani. (Member of the Republican) * 21 December 1967 to 9 July 1969 * 24 August to 5 September 1971

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1920 births 1980s deaths Prime Ministers of North Yemen People of the North Yemen Civil War Economy ministers of Yemen 20th-century Yemeni military personnel {{Yemen-politician-stub