Ibrahim al-Hamadi
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Lieutenant-Colonel Ibrahim al-Hamdi (1943 - October 11, 1977) was the leader of a military coup d'etat
in Yemen Arab Republic
that overthrew the regime of President Abdul Rahman al-Iryani
on June 13, 1974. After the revolt, he was President of the Military Command Council that governed the country. During his rule, he cemented the central government's control over the country, planned on ending tribal loyalty, and Yemen's medieval social classes by proclaiming all Yemenis as equal, He also improved relations with Saudi Arabia
.
Under al-Hamdi's administration Yemen enjoyed the most prosperous ecomomic boom since 1962, as he was responsible for a civil engineering endeavour that would rival that of any country.
Al-Hamdi's murder was never officially investigated. Two French female dancers were also killed during this murder. The killers wanted to paint Hamdi as romantically involved with the women, along with his brother. This was done to discourage Hamdi loyalists and relatives from pursuing an official inquiry into the murder of the President and his brother Abdallah; commander of a special unit known as El-Saaqah. A general of the Yemeni armed forces (Al Jarbani), during a television interview with Suhail TV of April 2011, named Ali Saleh, the current President of Yemen, in Saudi Arabia for treatment from a bomb attack on his compound, as the executor of the murder of Ibrahim Al-Hamdi. And being during his 33 year reign an expert of murders, assassinations, and extortion.according to Al Jarbani.
al-Hamdi's civil and economic policies helped bring Yemen into the 21st Century by building hundreds of new schools and eleven hospitals countrywide as well as the paving of more than 2,000 roads, He also planned on improving ties with Marxist People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
. On Oct 11, 1977 al-Hamdi was murdered along with his brother by Saudi Arabian funded agents believed to be from the Al-Ahmar tribe who are known dependents of the Saudi monarchy. Their goal was to slow down the progress of Yemen's unification. To this day al-Hamdi remains as Yemen's most beloved President.
Coup d'état
A coup d'état state, literally: strike/blow of state)—also known as a coup, putsch, and overthrow—is the sudden, extrajudicial deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to replace the deposed government with another body; either...
in Yemen Arab Republic
Yemen Arab Republic
The Yemen Arab Republic , also known as North Yemen or Yemen , was a country from 1962 to 1990 in the western part of what is now Yemen...
that overthrew the regime of President Abdul Rahman al-Iryani
Abdul Rahman al-Iryani
Abdul Rahman Yahya Al-Eryani was the President of the Yemen Arab Republic from November 5, 1967 to June 13, 1974. Al-Eryani was a leader of the al-Ahrar opposition group, during the time of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen...
on June 13, 1974. After the revolt, he was President of the Military Command Council that governed the country. During his rule, he cemented the central government's control over the country, planned on ending tribal loyalty, and Yemen's medieval social classes by proclaiming all Yemenis as equal, He also improved relations with Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
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Under al-Hamdi's administration Yemen enjoyed the most prosperous ecomomic boom since 1962, as he was responsible for a civil engineering endeavour that would rival that of any country.
Al-Hamdi's murder was never officially investigated. Two French female dancers were also killed during this murder. The killers wanted to paint Hamdi as romantically involved with the women, along with his brother. This was done to discourage Hamdi loyalists and relatives from pursuing an official inquiry into the murder of the President and his brother Abdallah; commander of a special unit known as El-Saaqah. A general of the Yemeni armed forces (Al Jarbani), during a television interview with Suhail TV of April 2011, named Ali Saleh, the current President of Yemen, in Saudi Arabia for treatment from a bomb attack on his compound, as the executor of the murder of Ibrahim Al-Hamdi. And being during his 33 year reign an expert of murders, assassinations, and extortion.according to Al Jarbani.
al-Hamdi's civil and economic policies helped bring Yemen into the 21st Century by building hundreds of new schools and eleven hospitals countrywide as well as the paving of more than 2,000 roads, He also planned on improving ties with Marxist People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen — also referred to as South Yemen, Democratic Yemen or Yemen — was a socialist republic in the present-day southern and eastern Provinces of Yemen...
. On Oct 11, 1977 al-Hamdi was murdered along with his brother by Saudi Arabian funded agents believed to be from the Al-Ahmar tribe who are known dependents of the Saudi monarchy. Their goal was to slow down the progress of Yemen's unification. To this day al-Hamdi remains as Yemen's most beloved President.