Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas ( ar, حيدر أبو بكر العطاس; born April 5, 1939) was appointed
Prime Minister of Yemen by
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Ali Abdullah Saleh
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when the
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and
Yemen Arab Republic
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united in 1990 to form present-day
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. Al-Attas served until 1994.
He is a member of the
Yemeni Socialist Party
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.
Before unification, al-Attas served as
Prime Minister
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(1985–1986) and
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council (1986–1990) in the southern PDRY.
When
Aden in southern Yemen seceded in May 1994, al-Attas served as the Prime Minister of the secessionist
Democratic Republic of Yemen until the rebellion ended less than two months later.
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