Najeeb Qahtan al-Shaabi explained

Najeeb Qahtan al-Shaabi (1953 in Sha'ab, Lahj, Yemen – 24 May 2021 in Aden, Yemen) was a Yemeni politician who was a candidate in the 1999 presidential election in Yemen. He ran as an Independent, despite being a member of the General People's Congress, against President Ali Abdullah Saleh.^{[1] [2]} He received 3.8% of the vote.^{[3] [4]}

He served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1991 till his death 2021.

He was the son of Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi, the first president of South Yemen. On 24 May 2021, Najeeb died of COVID-19 in Aden, Yemen during the COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yemen's presidential election, 1999: Candidates . al-bab . 21 December 2016.
2. Web site: Najeeb Qahtan Al-Shaabi . 20 September 1999 . . 14 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050223220358/http://www.yementimes.com/99/iss38/najeeb.htm . 23 February 2005.
3. Book: Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I . Nohlen . Dieter . Grotz . Florian . Hartmann . Christof . 2001 . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 978-0-19-924958-9 . 310 . 7 April 2011.
4. Election Watch . Journal of Democracy . 11 . 1 . 206–211 . The Johns Hopkins University Press . January 2000 . 1086-3214 . 10.1353/jod.2000.0001 . 13 November 2012.
5. News: وفاة البرلماني نجيب قحطان الشعبي . 24 May 2021 . alayyam.info . 22 September 2021.