Abdul Fattah Ismail

Abdul Fattah Ismail
عبد الفتاح إسماعيل
Chairman of the Presidium of Supreme People's Council (South Yemen)[1]
In office 1970 – 21 April 1980
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ali Nasir Muhammad
1st General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party
In office 21 December 1978 – 21 April 1980
Preceded by	Position established (himself as Secretary-General of the National Front)
Succeeded by	Ali Nasir Muhammad
Secretary-General of the National Front[2]
In office 22 June 1969 – 21 December 1978
President	Salim Rubai Ali
Preceded by	Qahtan al-Shaabi
Succeeded by	Position abolished (himself as General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party)
Personal details
Born	28 July 1939 Ta'izz, North Yemen
Died	13 January 1986 (aged 46) Aden, South Yemen
Political party	Communist
Residence	Aden
Profession	Oil refinery worker, teacher
Awards	Order of Friendship of Peoples
Military service
Allegiance	South Yemen

Abd al-Fattah Ismail Ali Al-Jawfi (Arabic: عبد الفتاح إسماعيل علي الجوفي, romanized: ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ Ismāʿīl; 28 July 1939 – 13 January 1986) was the Marxist de facto leader of People's Democratic Republic of Yemen from 1978 to 1980 after the overthrow of President Salim Rubai Ali. He served as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council (head of state) and founder, chief ideologue and first leader of the Yemeni Socialist Party from 21 December 1978 to 21 April 1980. He died under mysterious circumstances during the 1986 South Yemen Civil War, where no body was found.^[3]