Ahmad bin Hussein al-Ghashmi (21 August 1935 – 24 June 1978) ( ar, أحمد حسين الغشمي, Aḥmad Ḥusayn al-Ghašmī) was the

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of the

Yemen Arab Republic The Yemen Arab Republic (YAR; ar, الجمهورية العربية اليمنية '), also known simply as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaʽa), was a country from 1962 to 1990 in the northwestern part of what is now Yemen.The United States extend ...

from 11 October 1977 until his death eight months later. Al-Ghashmi assumed power when his predecessor,

Ibrahim al-Hamdi Lieutenant-Colonel Ibrahim al-Hamdi (30 September 1943 – 11 October 1977) ( ar, إبراهيم الحمدي, Ibrāhīm al-Ḥamdī) was the leader of a military '' coup d'etat'' in the Yemen Arab Republic that overthrew the regime of President ...

, was assassinated. Ghashmi himself was assassinated later. His assassination occurred when he was meeting an envoy sent by

People's Democratic Republic of Yemen South Yemen ( ar, اليمن الجنوبي, al-Yaman al-Janubiyy), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (, ), also referred to as Democratic Yemen (, ) or Yemen (Aden) (, ), was a communist state that existed from 1967 to 19 ...

President

Salim Rubai Ali Salim Rubai Ali (; 17 June 1934 – 26 June 1978), known by his comrades as "Salimin", was the Marxist head of state of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) from 22 June 1969 until his execution on 26 June 1978. Rubai Ali led ...

and a briefcase, reportedly containing a secret message, exploded, killing both al-Ghashmi and the envoy. It is not conclusively known who set off the explosion. Coincidentally, Rubai Ali died in a coup three days after this event.

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