Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini

Pushed by Libyen leader al-Gaddafi (right) North Yemeni prime minister al-Aini (left) already in 1972 agreed to negotiate about the unification with South Yemen

Mohsin Ahmad Alaini (Arabic: محسن أحمد العيني‎) (born 1932) served as the Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic^[1] five times between 1967 and 1975.

Mohsin Alaini was the first Foreign Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic.^[2] He consequently served four terms as Prime Minister under President Abdul Rahman al-Iryani. They were:

1. 5 November 1967 to 21 December 1967
2. 29 July 1969 to 2 September 1969
3. 5 February 1970 to 26 February 1971
4. 18 September 1971 to 30 December 1972

The fifth and final term was served under Ibrahim al-Hamdi. It was from 22 June 1974 to 16 January 1975.

Between and after these terms he was sent as ambassador to the United Nations, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and finally to the United States (until 1997). Back in Yemen he was nominated for the Shura council of elder statesmen.

References

1. "Khat-Chewing Yemen Told to Break Ancient Habit". The New York Times. 19 September 1999. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
2. O'Ballance, Edgar (1971). The war in the Yemen. Archon Books. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-208-01038-4.

Literature

• Ron Leonard Bidwell: Dictionary of Modern Arab History, page 56f. Routledge, New York 1998
• The International Who's Who 1988-89, page 17. Europa Plublications Limited, London 1988
• Robert D. Burrowes: Historical Dictionary of Yemen, page 24. Lanham 2010

External links

• rulers.org: Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of Yemen (Sana)
• ambassadors.net: 50 Years in Shifting Sands (Book Revue)