{"id":"haidar-abu-bakr-al-attas","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/haidar-abu-bakr-al-attas","language":"en","name":"Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas","name_en":"Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas","name_ne":null,"description":"Politician","headline":"Politician","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (Arabic: حيدر أبو بكر العطاس; born 5 April 1939) is a Yemeni politician. He was appointed Prime Minister of Yemen by President Ali Abdullah Saleh when the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and Yemen Arab Republic united in 1990 to form present-day Yemen. Al-Attas served until 1994. He is a member of the Yemeni Socialist Party.","summary_more":["Before unification, al-Attas served as Prime Minister (1985–1986) and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council (President of people's Democratic Republic of Yemen) (1986–1990) in the southern PDRY.","When Aden in southern Yemen seceded in May 1994, al-Attas served as the Prime Minister of the secessionist Democratic Republic of Yemen until the rebellion ended less than two months later."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"5 April 1939","date":"1939-04-05"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1322893#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Huraidhah District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4118387"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1322893#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Yemen","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q805","start":"1990-05-22"},{"text":"South Yemen","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199841","start":"1967-11-30","end":"1990-05-22"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1322893#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"engineer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81096"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1322893#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Yemeni Socialist Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1149512"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1322893#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Cairo University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194445"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1322893#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Prime Minister of Yemen (24 May 1990 – 9 May 1994)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1192903","start":"1990-05-24","end":"1994-05-09"},{"text":"Prime Minister of South Yemen (14 February 1985 – 8 February 1986)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137449192","start":"1985-02-14","end":"1986-02-08"},{"text":"Minister of Construction (24 October 1977 – 14 February 1985)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137845739","start":"1977-10-24","end":"1985-02-14"},{"text":"minister of transportation (31 December 1975 – 24 October 1977)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137845710","start":"1975-12-31","end":"1977-10-24"},{"text":"minister of works and transport (6 April 1969 – 18 May 1973)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137842406","start":"1969-04-06","end":"1973-05-18"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1322893#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Order of the Badge of Honour","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q960966"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1322893#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haidar_Abu_Bakr_al-Attas","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1322893"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas born?","a":"Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas was born on 5 April 1939 in Huraidhah District."},{"q":"What positions has Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas held?","a":"Positions held by Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas include: Prime Minister of Yemen (1990–1994); Prime Minister of South Yemen (1985–1986); Minister of Construction (1977–1985); minister of transportation (1975–1977); minister of works and transport (1969–1973)."},{"q":"Where did Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas study?","a":"Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas was educated at Cairo University."}],"related":[{"name":"Mohammed Basindawa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohammed-basindawa"},{"name":"Abdul Qadir Bajamal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-qadir-bajamal"},{"name":"Abdul Latif Dayfallah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-latif-dayfallah"},{"name":"Abdul Salam Sabrah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-salam-sabrah"},{"name":"Abdullah Kurshumi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdullah-kurshumi"},{"name":"Faraj Said Bin Ghanem","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/faraj-said-bin-ghanem"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haidar_Abu_Bakr_al-Attas","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q1322893","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1322893","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/haidar-abu-bakr-al-attas. Retrieved 12 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T13:59:50Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-12","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/haidar-abu-bakr-al-attas","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/haidar-abu-bakr-al-attas","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/haidar-abu-bakr-al-attas?lang=ne"}}