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ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ Ismāʿīl
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ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ Ismāʿīl

president of Yemen
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  • Yemen
    Yemen
    / Two Yemeni states

    ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ Ismāʿīl was the major ideologue of the YSP, as well as head of state and the driving force behind South Yemen’s move toward the Soviet Union earlier in the 1970s. Late in that decade he was opposed by his former ally, leader of…

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    ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ Ismāʿīl was the major ideologue of the YSP, as well as head of state and the driving force behind South Yemen’s move toward the Soviet Union earlier in the 1970s. Late in that decade he was opposed by his former ally, leader of…

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