Muhammad Ali Haitham (7 March 1940 – 10 July 1993) ( ar, محمد علي هيثم) was the 2nd
Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.
Haitham was appointed Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) in 1969.
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 the left wing of
National Liberation Front (of which both Rubai and Haitham were members) took power in the country on June 22 of that year. Haitham was replaced with
Ali Nasir Mohammed
Ali Nasir Muhammad Al-Husani ( ar, علي ناصر محمد الحسني; born 31 December 1939, in Mudiyah, Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen) is the former leader of South Yemen serving as General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party between 198 ...
after he resigned from his post and left the country in August 1971.
He then formed the
United Yemen Front
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(a political movement against the socialist regime in South Yemen) and lived in exile until the unification of the two Yemens in 1990. He played an important role in helping Yemen to have its first parliamentary elections in April 1993. Haitham was appointed as minister of social and labor affairs in May 1993.
On July 10, 1993 he died, but the circumstances of his death are still a source of debate today.
1940 births
1993 deaths
Prime Ministers of South Yemen
Government ministers of Yemen
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