Abdullah al-Sallal

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Abdullah al-Sallal
Al-Sallal in 1963
1st President of Yemen Arab Republic
In office 26 September 1962 – 5 November 1967
Prime Minister	Himself Abdul Latif Dayfallah Abdul Rahman al-Iryani Hassan al-Amri Hamoud al-Gayifi Hassan al-Amri Ahmad Muhammad Numan Hassan al-Amri
Preceded by	Position established (Muhammad al-Badr as King and Imam Of Yemen)
Succeeded by	Abdul Rahman al-Eryani
Prime Minister of Yemen Arab Republic
In office 28 September 1962 – 26 April 1963
President	Himself
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Abdul Latif Dayfallah
In office 6 July 1965 – 21 July 1965
President	Himself
Preceded by	Ahmad Muhammad Numan
Succeeded by	Hassan al-Amri
In office 18 September 1966 – 5 November 1967
President	Himself
Preceded by	Hassan al-Amri
Succeeded by	Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini
Personal details
Born	(1917-01-09)9 January 1917 Sanaa, Yemen Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	5 March 1994(1994-03-05) (aged 77) Sanaa, Yemen
Political party	None (Military)
Military service
Allegiance	Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1939–1962)  North Yemen (1962–1990)  Yemen (1990–1994)
Branch/service	North Yemeni Army
Years of service	1939–1994
Rank	Field Marshal
Battles/wars	North Yemen Civil War

Abdullah Yahya al-Sallal (Arabic: عبد الله يحيى السلال, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh Yaḥyā al-Sallāl; 9 January 1917 – 5 March 1994) was a Yemeni military officer who was the leader of the North Yemeni Revolution of 1962 and served as the first President of the Yemen Arab Republic from 27 September 1962 until his removal on 5 November 1967.^[1] It was his government that abolished slavery in Yemen.^[2]