Abdul Fattah Ismail

Abd al-Fattah Ismail Ali Al-Jawfi (; 28 July 1939 – 13 January 1986) was a Yemeni politician who was the Marxist ''de facto'' leader of South Yemen, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, from 1978 to 1980 after the overthrow of President Salim Rubai Ali. He served as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council (head of state) and founder, chief ideologue and first leader of the Yemeni Socialist Party from 21 December 1978 to 21 April 1980. He died under mysterious circumstances during the 1986 South Yemen Civil War. His body was not found. Provided by Wikipedia