Abdul Fattah Ismail
Abdul Fattah Ismail | |
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عبد الفتاح إسماعيل | |
Abdul Fattah Ismail in 1979 | |
| Chairman of the Presidium of Supreme People's Council (South Yemen) | |
| In office August 1971 – 21 April 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Ali Nasir Muhammad |
| 1st General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party | |
| In office 13 October 1978 – 21 April 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Position established (himself as Secretary-General of the National Liberation Front) |
| Succeeded by | Ali Nasir Muhammad |
| Secretary-General of the National Liberation Front | |
| In office 22 June 1969 – 13 October 1978 | |
| President | Salim Rubai Ali |
| Preceded by | Qahtan al-Shaabi |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished (himself as General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 July 1939 |
| Died | 13 January 1986 (aged 46) |
| Party | Yemeni Socialist Party |
| Profession | Oil refinery worker, teacher |
| Awards | Order of Friendship of Peoples |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | NLF South Yemen |
| Battles/wars | |
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Abdul Fattah Ismail (Arabic: عبد الفتاح إسماعيل, romanized: ʿAbd el-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 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.