Abdul Rahman al-Eryani

Abdul Rahman al-Eryani
عبد الرحمن الإرياني
Al-Eryani in 1972
2nd President of the Yemen Arab Republic
In office 5 November 1967 – 13 June 1974
Prime Minister	See list Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini Hassan al-Amri Abdul Salam Sabrah (Acting) Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini Abdullah Kurshumi Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini Abdul Salam Sabrah (Acting) Ahmad Muhammad Numan Hassan al-Amri Abdul Salam Sabrah (Acting) Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini Kadhi Abdullah al-Hagri Hassan Muhammad Makki
Preceded by	Abdullah al-Sallal
Succeeded by	Ibrahim al-Hamdi
Personal details
Born	(1910-06-10)10 June 1910 Iryan, Yemen Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	14 March 1998(1998-03-14) (aged 87) Damascus, Syria
Political party	National Yemeni Union
Military service
Allegiance	North Yemen
Battles/wars	North Yemen Civil War

Abdul Rahman Yahya al-Eryani (Arabic: عبد الرحمن الإرياني, romanized: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Yaḥyā al-Iryānī; 10 June 1910^[1][2] – 14 March 1998)^[3][4] was a Yemeni politician who served as the second President of the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) from 5 November 1967 to 13 June 1974. Originally a leader of the Free Yemeni Movement opposition group during the time of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen,^[5] al-Eryani served as Minister of Religious Endowments under North Yemen's first republican government and later became the only civilian politician to have led Northern Yemen.^[5] He was eventually overthrown by Ibrahim al-Hamdi and died in exile.