Abdul Fattah Ismail

Abdul Fattah Ismail
عبد الفتاح إسماعيل
Abdul Fattah Ismail in 1979
Chairman of the Presidium of Supreme People's Council (South Yemen)[1]
In office
1970 – 21 April 1980
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAli Nasir Muhammad
1st General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party
In office
21 December 1978 – 21 April 1980
Preceded byPosition established
(himself as Secretary-General of the National Front)
Succeeded byAli Nasir Muhammad
Secretary-General of the National Front[2]
In office
22 June 1969 – 21 December 1978
PresidentSalim Rubai Ali
Preceded byQahtan al-Shaabi
Succeeded byPosition abolished
(himself as General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party)
Personal details
Born28 July 1939
Ta'izz, Kingdom of Yemen
Died13 January 1986 (aged 46)
Aden, South Yemen
Political partyYemeni Socialist Party
ResidenceAden
ProfessionOil refinery worker, teacher
Awards Order of Friendship of Peoples

Military service
AllegianceYemen NLF
 South Yemen
Battles/warsAden Emergency

Abdul Fattah Ismail Ali Al-Jawfi (Arabic: عبد الفتاح إسماعيل علي الجوفي, romanized: ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ Ismāʿīl; 28 July 1939 – 13 January 1986) was a Yemeni Marxist politician and revolutionary who was the de facto leader of South Yemen from 1978 to 1980 after the overthrow of President Salim Rubaya 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 and his body was never found.[3]

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  2. ^ "عبدالفتاح إسماعيل الرئيس الفدائي". خيوط. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ^ "4 executed in S. Yemen coup plot". Chicago Sun-Times. 14 January 1986. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2012.