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Qahtan al-Shaabi is removed in a South Yemeni coup

📅 22 June 1969

A leftist faction displaced South Yemen’s first president, Qahtan al-Shaabi, and Prime Minister Faisal al-Shaabi. The episode reflected a struggle over the direction and leadership of the new state...