Abdul Rahman al-Iryani
| Abdul Rahman al-Iryani | |
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| Chairman of the Republican Council of North Yemen | |
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In office 5 November 1967 – 13 June 1974 |
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| Prime Minister |
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 |
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| Born | 1908 Iryan, North Yemen |
| Died | March 1998 Damascus, Syria |
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 North Yemen
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Abdul Rahman Yahya Al-Eryani (Arabic: عبد الرحمن الإرياني) (1908 – 14 March 1998) was the President of Yemen Arab Republic from 1967 to 1974. He was born in Yemen in 1908. He was the President of the Yemen Arab Republic from 5 November 1967 to 13 June 1974. Al-Eryani was a leader of the Al-Ahrar opposition group, during the time of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen. He served as Minister of Religious Endowments under North Yemen's first republican government and is the only civilian politician to have led Northern Yemen.
Abdulrahman Al-Eryani was born in the village of Iryan in 1908. His father, Yahia Al-Eryani, was the Chief Judge of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen and a highly regraded Sharia scholar. His mother, Salwa Al-Eryani was will known for her charitable efforts in her village.
Abdulrahman Al-Eryani started his education in his village "Iryan" until the age of 16 when he left for the capital Sana'a to study at its famous Sharia School. After a few years, he graduated and worked at the Imam Court until 1937 when he was appointed as a judge for the first time.
According to Yossi Melman of Haaretz, Dorit Mizrahi of the Mishpacha Magazine, and an article in the weekly HaOlam HaZeh, there are allegations that Al-Eryani was born Zekharia Hadad to a Yemenite Jewish family in Ibb. According to this version, in 1918, there was a drought in Yemen, which had a severe effect on the Jews, who were generally worse off than the Arabs. Both his parents died, and he was then adopted by the Al-Eryani, a powerful Muslim family, and was renamed "Abdul Rahman Al-Eryani" and converted to Islam. At that time, Yemen was ruled by Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, who decreed that all orphaned Jewish children must be disconnected from their religion and be given over for adoption to a Muslim family.
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