Ruler · 1934 – 2006

Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi

Lived 1934 – 2006; politician. President of Yemen Arab Republic (Yemen Arab Republic), 1978.

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Lived: 1934 – 2006; 72 years
Lines: 1; Yemen Arab Republic
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Yemen Arab Republic

Yemen Arab Republic · the 5th of 6 dated reigns · 1962 – 1990

1 before

Abdul Rahman al-Eryani1967 – 1974

Ibrahim al-Hamdi1974 – 1977

Ahmad al-Ghashmi1977 – 1978

Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi1978

Ali Abdullah Saleh1978 – 1990

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removedleft alive by a regular roadthis entry

Reigned 1978 · under a year · came to it aged 44

Came to it: elected
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1978; they died in 2006

Shortly thereafter, he was elected chairman of the People's Council (Parliament) as well as vice president in the same year.

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