Yahya Hussain Al-Aarashi ( ar, يحيى بن حسين العرشي; born 1947) is a

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

i diplomat and former government minister. Starting in the 1960s he held positions in

Al Hudaydah Governorate Al Hudaydah ( ar, الْحُدَيْدَة, Al Ḥudaida) is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Al Hudaydah. The governorate is also sometimes referred to as the Western Coast. This governorate borders the Red Sea and is part of the narrow Ti ...

. By the 1970s he was directing a Yemeni Development bank. He served as Minister of Culture and Information in 1976. From 1986 until 1990 he served as Minister of State for Unity Affairs. From 1993 until 1999 he served as Minister of Culture and Tourism. He quit his position as Ambassador to

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it ...

over the

2011 Yemeni uprising The Yemeni Revolution (intifada), also known as the Yemeni Revolution of Dignity followed the initial stages of the Tunisian Revolution and occurred simultaneously with the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and other Arab Spring protests in the M ...

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1947 births Yemeni diplomats Ambassadors of Yemen to Qatar Living people 20th-century Yemeni politicians 21st-century Yemeni politicians Culture ministers of Yemen Ambassadors of Yemen to Tunisia General People's Congress (Yemen) politicians Ambassadors of North Yemen Ambassadors of Yemen to Germany Ambassadors of Yemen to Morocco Members of the Consultative Assembly of Yemen Attas Cabinet Abdulghani Cabinet {{Yemen-politician-stub