Abdul Latif Dayfallah ( ar, عبد اللطيف ضيف الله; 1 January 1930 – 27 March 2019) was a

Yemeni military The Armed Forces of Yemen ( ar, الْقُوَّاتُ الْمُسَلَّحَةُ الْيَّمَّنِيَّة, Al-Quwwat Al-Musallahah Al-Yamaniyah) are the military forces of the Republic of Yemen. They include the Yemen Army#Pro-Hadi forc ...

officer and politician. He was born in Ibb Governorate. He joined the Yemeni Army and received military training at the Egyptian Military Academy in

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where he acquired

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sympathies. At the time of the September 1962 coup, he held the rank of

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and served as Director of Signals in the Yemeni military. He was the

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of the

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from 26 April to 5 October 1963, under

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Abdullah as-Sallal. Dayfallah also served as acting prime minister for nine days in January 1975. Dayfallah died in March 2019 at the age of 89.

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1930 births 2019 deaths Prime Ministers of North Yemen People from Ibb Governorate Egyptian Military Academy alumni Yemeni military officers {{Yemen-politician-stub