Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas

Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas
حيدر أبو بكر العطاس
1st Prime Minister of Yemen
In office 22 May 1990 – 9 May 1994
President	Ali Abdullah Saleh
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Muhammad Said al-Attar
Chairmen of the Presidium of Supreme People's Council (South Yemen)
In office 24 January 1986 – 22 May 1990
Preceded by	Ali Nasir Muhammad
Succeeded by	Office abolished (Ali Abdullah Saleh As President of Yemen)
5th Prime Minister of South Yemen
In office 14 February 1985 – 8 February 1986
Preceded by	Ali Nasir Muhammad
Succeeded by	Yasin Said Numan
Personal details
Born	April 5, 1939
Political party	Yemeni Socialist Party

Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (Arabic: حيدر أبو بكر العطاس‎) (born April 5, 1939) was appointed Prime Minister of Yemen by President Ali Abdullah Saleh when the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and Yemen Arab Republic united in 1990 to form present-day Yemen. Al-Attas served until 1994.^[1] He is a member of the Yemeni Socialist Party.

Before unification, al-Attas served as Prime Minister (1985–1986) and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council (1986–1990) in the southern PDRY.^[2]

When Aden in southern Yemen seceded in May 1994, al-Attas served as the Prime Minister of the secessionist Democratic Republic of Yemen until the rebellion ended less than two months later.^[2]

References

1. "Yemeni PM sacked". The Independent. 10 May 1994. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
2. Robert D. Burrowes (2010). Historical Dictionary of Yemen. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 42–43. ISBN 978-0-8108-5528-1.