Najeeb Qahtan Al-Sha'abi

Najeeb Qahtan Al-Sha'abi

Najeeb Qahtan Al-Sha'abi (born 1953 in Sha'ab, Lahj, Yemen) is a Yemeni politician who was a candidate in the 1999 presidential election in Yemen. He ran as an Independent, despite being a member of the General People's Congress, against President Ali Abdullah Saleh.[1][2] He received 3.8% of the vote.[3]

He is the son of Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi, the first president of South Yemen.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Yemen's presidential election, 1999: Candidates". al-bab. http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/pol/pres99/candidates.htm. Retrieved 14 December 2010. 
  2. ^ "Najeeb Qahtan Al-Shaabi". Yemen Times. 20 September 1999. Archived from the original on 23 February 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050223220358/http://www.yementimes.com/99/iss38/najeeb.htm. Retrieved 14 December 2010. 
  3. ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof, eds (2001). Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 310. ISBN 9780199249589. http://books.google.com/books?id=BVFBXa69tWMC&pg=PA310. Retrieved 7 April 2011. 



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