Abdul Rahman Al-Iryani

Abdul Rahman Al-Iryani

Abdul Rahman Yahya Al-Eryani (Arabic: عبد الرحمن الإرياني‎) (born 1908, died 14 March 1998) was the The President of Yemen Arab Republic from 1967 to 1974. He was born in Yemen in 1908. He 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. He served as minister of religious endowments under North Yemen's first republican government and is the only civilian to have led northern Yemen.