Abdul Latif Dayfallah

Abdul Latif Dayfallah (Arabic: عبد اللطيف ضيف الله) (1 January 1930 27 March 2019) was a Yemeni military officer and politician. He was born in Ibb Governorate. He joined the Yemeni Army and received military training at the Egyptian Military Academy in Cairo where he acquired Nasserist sympathies. At the time of the September 1962 coup, he held the rank of Major General[1] and served as Director of Signals in the Yemeni military.[2] He was the Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic from 26 April to 5 October 1963, under President Abdullah as-Sallal.[3] Dayfallah also served as acting prime minister for nine days in January 1975.[3] Dayfallah died in March 2019 at the age of 89.[4]

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Political offices
Preceded by
Abdullah as-Sallal
Prime Minister of Yemen Arab Republic
1963
Succeeded by
Abdul Rahman al-Iryani
Preceded by
Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini
Prime Minister of Yemen Arab Republic
1975
(acting)
Succeeded by
Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani


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