Najeeb Qahtan Al-Sha'abi
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Najeeb Qahtan al-Shaabi (born 1953 in Sha'ab,
Lahj Lahij or Lahej ( ar, لحج, Laḥj, links=no), also called al-Hawtah, is a city and an area located between Ta'izz and Aden in Yemen. From the 18th to the 20th century, its rulers were of the Abdali branch of the Al-Sallami tribe who trace t ...
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– died 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
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. He received 3.8% of the vote. He served as a member of the
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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
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in Aden, Yemen during the COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen.


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1953 births 2021 deaths General People's Congress (Yemen) politicians Sons of national leaders People from Lahij Governorate Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen {{Yemen-politician-stub