Abu Bakr al-Qirbi
Abu Bakr Abdullah al-Qirbi (Arabic: أبو بكر عبد الله القربي) is a Yemeni diplomat who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yemen from 2001 to 2014.
Abu Bakr al-Qirbi | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yemen | |
| In office 4 October 2016 – 28 November 2016* Disputed | |
| President | Saleh Ali al-Sammad |
| Prime Minister | Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour |
| Succeeded by | Hisham Sharaf |
| In office 4 April 2001 – 11 June 2014 | |
| President | Ali Abdullah Saleh Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi |
| Prime Minister | Abdul Qadir Bajamal Ali Muhammad Mujawar Mohammed Basindawa |
| Preceded by | Abdul Qadir Bajamal |
| Succeeded by | Jamal Abdullah al-Sallal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1942 (age 81–82) Al Bayda, Yemen |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| *Qirbi's term has been disputed by Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi. | |
On 13 December 2009, al-Qirbi urged Iran's government to crack down on Iranian groups whom he accused of aiding Houthi rebels in northern Yemen, holding the Iranian government partly to blame. According to al-Qirbi, "religious (Shiite) circles and groups in Iran are providing aid to the Houthis"; however, Iran repeatedly denied such accusations.
Following the anti-government protests in Yemen, President Ali Abdullah Saleh dismissed all members of the Cabinet of Yemen on March 20, 2011. They were to remain as serving members until a new government was formed.
On 4 October 2016, during the civil war, he was appointed as foreign minister in Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour's cabinet.