Ali Nasir Muhammad

Ali Nasir Muhammad علي ناصر محمد الحسني
Nasir (right) in East Berlin, 1978
Chairman of the Presidium of Supreme People's Council (South Yemen)
In office 21 April 1980 – 24 January 1986
Preceded by	Abdul Fattah Ismail
Succeeded by	Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas
Chairman of the Presidential Council (South Yemen)
In office 26 June 1978 – 27 December 1978 Acting: 26 June 1978 – 1 July 1978
Preceded by	Salim Rubai Ali
Succeeded by	Abdul Fattah Ismail (As Chairman of the presidium of Supreme People's Council)
Prime Minister of South Yemen
In office 2 August 1971 – 14 February 1985
Preceded by	Muhammad Ali Haitham
Succeeded by	Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas
2nd General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party
In office 21 April 1980 – 24 January 1986
Preceded by	Abdul Fattah Ismail
Succeeded by	Ali Salem al Beidh
Personal details
Born	1939 (age 76–77)
Political party	Socialist Party
Other political affiliations	National Liberation Front

Ali Nasir Muhammad Husani (Arabic: علي ناصر محمد الحسني‎‎) (born 1939) was twice president of South Yemen and once the Prime Minister. He served as the Prime Minister from 2 August 1971 until 14 February 1985^[1] and as Chairman of the Presidential Council from 26 June 1978 - 27 December 1978. In April 1980, South Yemeni president Abdul Fattah Ismail resigned and moved to Moscow. His successor was Ali Nasir Muhammad who took a less interventionist stance toward both North Yemen and neighbouring Oman. On January 13, 1986, a violent struggle began in Aden between Ali Nasir's supporters and supporters of the returned Ismail. (See South Yemen Civil War) Fighting lasted for more than a month and resulted in thousands of casualties, Ali Nasir's ouster, and Ismail's death. Muhammad's term had lasted from 21 April 1980 to 24 January 1986. Some 60,000 people, including the deposed Ali Nasir, fled to North Yemen. He was succeeded by Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas.

In 1978, Ali Nasir Muhammad overthrew and executed Rubai Ali, after a short battle which took place in Almodowar Palace, located in At-Tawahi, Aden, which Rubai Ali used as a fortification.

Mohammed was a member of the National Front, ar. الجبهة القومية (NF) as well as the Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP - الحزب الاشتراكي اليمني ) after the YSP was formed from the UPONF in October 1978. During the 1994 Civil War in Yemen, he pushed his supporters to operate alongside the forces of Sana'a government and against the recently re-established Democratic Republic of Yemen, seeking revenge for his ouster. The southern secession was repressed in July 1994 after the surrender of Aden and Mukalla strongholds.

The former president became an opposition figure in the 2011 Yemeni uprising, being named to a 17-member transitional council intended by some anti-government factions to govern Yemen during a prospective transition from the authoritarian regime led by President Ali Abdullah Saleh to a plural democracy. This council is opposed by the Joint Meeting Parties, the main opposition coalition, which also supports Saleh's removal from power and a transition to democracy.^[2]

In February 2015, there were media reports that Muhammad was being considered as a prospective interim leader of a "presidential council" after the collapse of the government.^[3]

References

*"Russian Translation" (2006) - Russian TV political detective serial: the first four scenes are giving the fictionalised version of Aden 1986 civil war between Ali Nasir Muhammad and the opposition in YSP.

Heads of state of Yemen
North Yemen Kings (1918–1962); Presidents (1962–1990)	Yahya* Ahmad Muhammad al-Badr as-Sallal al-Iryani al-Hamadi al-Ghashmi al-Arashi Saleh
South Yemen (1967–1990)	al-Shaabi Rubai A. N. Muhammad Ismail A. N. Muhammad al-Attas
Republic of Yemen President (1990–)	Saleh Hadi al-Houthi al-Sammad
*imam until 1926