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Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani

Yemeni politician (1939–2011)

عبد العزيز عبد الغني

2nd Prime Minister of YemenIn office
6 October 1994 – 14 May 1997PresidentAli Abdullah SalehPreceded byMuhammad Said al-AttarSucceeded byFaraj Said Bin Ghanem11th Prime Minister of Yemen Arab RepublicIn office
13 November 1983 – 22 May 1990Preceded byAbd Al-Karim Al-IryaniSucceeded byPost abolishedIn office
25 January 1975 – 15 October 1980Preceded byAbdul Latif Dayfallah (Acting)Succeeded byAbd Al-Karim Al-Iryani1st Governor of Central Bank of North YemenIn office
1970–1975Preceded byPost established Personal detailsBorn(1939-07-04)4 July 1939
Hayfan, Taiz Governorate, YemenDied22 August 2011(2011-08-22) (aged 72)
Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaPolitical partyGeneral People's CongressSpouseAceya Hamza (m. 1966)Children6Alma materColorado College
University of Colorado

Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani (/ˈɑːbdʊl əˈziːz ˈɑːbdʊl ˈɡɑːni/ ^ⓘ AHB-duul ə-ZEEZ AHB-duul GAH-nee; 4 July 1939 – 22 August 2011) was a Yemeni politician who served as Prime Minister of Yemen from 1994 to 1997,^[1] under President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Ghani was a member of the General People's Congress party.

Ghani also served as the second Vice President of Yemen Arab Republic in the 1980s, and as the Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic twice. His first term was from 1975 to 1980, and his second term was from 1983 to unification in 1990.^[1]^[2]

Abdul Ghani was the president of the Consultative Council (Shura Council) from 2001 until his death in 2011.^[3]

He received his BA degree in economics from Colorado College in the United States in 1962 and an MA in economics from the University of Colorado in 1964.^[3]

He died in Saudi Arabia on 22 August 2011 from injuries suffered in a June assassination attempt on President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a government official with Saleh in Riyadh said.

Ghani was the first senior political figure to die from the explosion in Saleh's palace mosque which forced the president and a number of his aides to seek medical treatment in Saudi Arabia.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Parliament- (Pakistan, Yemen to establish friendship groups in Parliament)". Pakistan Press International. 2004-10-09. Retrieved 2010-08-10.^{[dead link]}
^ de Gruyter, Walter (22 December 2011). Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008. Publictec Publications. p. 30. ISBN 9783110930047.
^ ^a ^b "Assecaa".
^ Hakim Almasmari. "Senior Yemen official dies from palace attack injuries". CNN.

Political offices
Preceded by Abdul Latif Dayfallah (acting)	Prime Minister of North Yemen 1975–1980	Succeeded by Abdul Karim al-Iryani
Preceded by Abdul Karim al-Iryani	Prime Minister of North Yemen 1983–1990	Succeeded by Position abolished
Preceded by Muhammad Said al-Attar	Prime Minister of Yemen 1994–1997	Succeeded by Faraj Said Bin Ghanem