Hassan Muhammad Makki ( ar, حسن محمد مكي) (22 December 1933 – 9 June 2016) 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 four months in 1974. Makki was appointed by

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Abdul Rahman al-Iryani Abdul Rahman Yahya Al-Eryani ( ar, عبد الرحمن الإرياني, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Yaḥyā al-Iryānī; 10 June 1910 – 14 March 1998) was the President of the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) from 5 November 1967 to 13 June 1974. Ori ...

. He was replaced shortly after the ''

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'' that placed

Ibrahim al-Hamdi Lieutenant-Colonel Ibrahim al-Hamdi (30 September 1943 – 11 October 1977) ( ar, إبراهيم الحمدي, Ibrāhīm al-Ḥamdī) was the leader of a military '' coup d'etat'' in the Yemen Arab Republic that overthrew the regime of President ...

in power as Chairman of the Military Command Council. Before and after his term as the Prime Minister he served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs or Minister for Economical Affairs several times between 1963 and 1980. He also has been sent as ambassador to Italy (1968–70, 1977–79), Western Germany (1970–72), to the United Nations (1974–76) and to the United States and Canada (1975–1976). Makki died on 9 June 2016, aged 82.

References

Literature

* Robert D. Burrowes: ''Historical Dictionary of Yemen'', page 231f. Lanham 2010 * ''The International Who's Who 1988-89'', page 972. Europa Plublications Limited, London 1988 * Sabih M. Shukri (publ.): ''The International Who's Who of the Arab World'', page 338. London 1983 1933 births 2016 deaths Prime Ministers of North Yemen Foreign ministers of Yemen Economy ministers of Yemen Ambassadors of Yemen to Germany Ambassadors of Yemen to Italy Ambassadors of Yemen to the United States Permanent Representatives of Yemen to the United Nations Presidents of Sanaa University {{Yemen-politician-stub