Abdul Qadir Bajamal

Yemeni politician (1946–2020)

عبد القادر باجمال

5th Prime Minister of YemenIn office
31 March 2001 – 7 April 2007PresidentAli Abdullah SalehPreceded byAbd Al-Karim Al-IryaniSucceeded byAli Muhammad MujawarMinister of Foreign Affairs of YemenIn office
1998 – 4 April 2001PresidentAli Abdullah SalehPrime MinisterAbd Al-Karim Al-IryaniPreceded byAbd Al-Karim Al-IryaniSucceeded byAbu Bakr al-Qirbi Personal detailsBorn(1946-02-18)18 February 1946
Sanaa, North Yemen (now Yemen)Died7 September 2020(2020-09-07) (aged 74)
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesPolitical partyGeneral People's Congress

Abdul Qadir Bajamal (Arabic: عبد القادر باجمال; 18 February 1946 – 7 September 2020)^[1]^[2] was a Yemeni politician who served as Prime Minister from 31 March 2001, to 7 April 2007.^[3] He was a member of the General People's Congress party and was appointed as Prime Minister by President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Previously he served as Foreign Minister from 1998 to 2001, and Deputy Prime Minister of Yemen from 1994 to 2001.^[4]

Bajmal died on 7 September 2020 in UAE.^[5]

Honours

Foreign honours

Italy
- Two Sicilian Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Francis I^[6]

References

^ "Cabinet mourns former Prime Minister Abdul-Qadir Bajammal". 8 September 2020.
^ "وفاة رئيس الوزراء الأسبق عبدالقادر باجمال".
^ "Yemen". rulers.org. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
^ "New Cabinet Members' CVs [Archives:2001/15/Law & Diplomacy]". Yemen Times archives. 8 April 2001.
^ "وفاة رئيس الوزراء الأكثر جدلا في تاريخ اليمن". اندبندنت عربية (in Arabic). 2020-09-08. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
^ "President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen is invested into the Order of Francesco I. Duke of Calabria receives highest Yemeni decoration on behalf of the Constantinian Order - Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George". 27 March 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2017.