Faysal Abd al-Latif al-Shaabi | |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Office: | 1st Prime Minister of the People's Republic of South Yemen |
Term Start: | 6 April 1969 |
Term End: | 22 June 1969 |
Predecessor: | Position established |
Successor: | Muhammad Ali Haitham |
Birth Date: | 1935 |
Birth Place: | Lahij, Sultanate of Lahej, Bombay Presidency, Aden Protectorate, British India |
Death Place: | Aden, South Yemen |
Party: | NLF |
Parents: | Sheik Abd al-Latif Abd al-Qawi al-Shaabi |
Faysal Abd al-Latif al-Shaabi (ar|فيصل عبد الطيف الشعبي; 1935 – 2 April 1970[1]) was briefly the Prime Minister of the People's Republic of South Yemen, from 6 April 1969 until the political coup (Corrective Move) that led to Salim Ali Rubai's ascendance to power on 22 June 1969. Al-Shaabi was appointed prime minister by President Qahtan Mohammed al-Shaabi.[2] After being ousted, al-Shaabi was kept under house arrest, but was moved to a detention camp at the end of March 1970. On 3 April 1970, the government radio in Aden broadcast a report that al-Shaabi "was fatally wounded when he tried to escape the detention camp."[3]