Najeeb Qahtan al-Shaabi (1953 in Sha'ab, Lahj, Yemen – 24 May 2021 in Aden, Yemen) was 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][4]

He served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1991 till his death 2021.

He was the son of Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi, the first president of South Yemen.[1] On 24 May 2021, Najeeb died of COVID-19 in Aden, Yemen during the COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Yemen's presidential election, 1999: Candidates". al-bab. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Najeeb Qahtan Al-Shaabi". Yemen Times. 20 September 1999. Archived from the original on 23 February 2005. 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 978-0-19-924958-9. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Election Watch". Journal of Democracy. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 11 (1): 206–211. January 2000. doi:10.1353/jod.2000.0001. ISSN 1086-3214. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "وفاة البرلماني نجيب قحطان الشعبي". alayyam.info. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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