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Abdullah al-Sallal
Abdullah al-Sallal was a Yemeni army officer who led the coup of 26 September 1962 that overthrew Imam Muhammad al-Badr and ended the Mutawakkilite Kingdom. He became the first president of the Yemen Arab Republic and relied heavily on Egyptian troops in the civil war against Saudi-backed royalists. He was deposed in 1967 while abroad and lived in exile for years.
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