Career
Minister of Transport September-October 1962, of Communications 63. President of Yemen 1963-1966. Minister January-April 1965, 1965-1966, 1967-1968.
Mil. Governor-General of Yemen 1968-1969. Also Commander in Chief of Army. Prime Minister August-September 1971.
In exile in Lebanon until January 1975. Returned to Yemen Arab Republic January 1975.