Ibrahim al-Hamdi

Lieutenant-Colonel Ibrahim al-Hamdi (1943 - October 11, 1977) (Arabic: إبراهيم الحمدي‎) was the leader of a military coup d'etat in Yemen Arab Republic that overthrew the regime of President Abdul Rahman al-Iryani on June 13, 1974. After the revolt, he was President of the Military Command Council that governed the country. During his rule, he cemented the central government's control over the country, planned on ending tribal loyalty, and Yemen's medieval social classes by proclaiming all Yemenis as equal, He also improved relations with Saudi Arabia.

Under al-Hamdi's administration Yemen enjoyed the most prosperous ecomomic boom since 1962, as he was responsible for a civil engineering endeavour that would rival that of any country.

Al-Hamdi's murder was never officially investigated. Two French female dancers were also killed during this murder. The killers wanted to paint Hamdi as romantically involved with the women, along with his brother. This was done to discourage Hamdi loyalists and relatives from pursuing an official inquiry into the murder of the President and his brother Abdallah; commander of a special unit known as El-Saaqah. A general of the Yemeni armed forces (Al Jarbani), during a television interview with Suhail TV of April 2011, named Ali Saleh, the current President of Yemen, in Saudi Arabia for treatment from a bomb attack on his compound, as the executor of the murder of Ibrahim Al-Hamdi. And being during his 33 year reign an expert of murders, assassinations, and extortion.according to Al Jarbani.

al-Hamdi's civil and economic policies helped bring Yemen into the 21st Century by building hundreds of new schools and eleven hospitals countrywide as well as the paving of more than 2,000 roads, He also planned on improving ties with Marxist People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. On Oct 11, 1977 al-Hamdi was murdered along with his brother by Saudi Arabian funded agents believed to be from the Al-Ahmar tribe^{[citation needed]} who are known dependents of the Saudi monarchy^{[citation needed]}. Their goal was to slow down the progress of Yemen's unification.^{[citation needed]} To this day al-Hamdi remains as Yemen's most beloved President.^{[citation needed]}

Preceded by Abdul Rahman al-Iryani

President of North Yemen 1974–1977

Succeeded by Ahmed al-Ghashmi