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Hasan al-Lawzi

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Hasan al-Lawzi
حسن أحمد اللوزي
Acting Prime Minister of Yemen
In office
4 June 2011 – 23 August 2011
PresidentAli Abdullah Saleh
Preceded byAli Muhammad Mujawar
Succeeded byAli Muhammad Mujawar
Personal details
Born1952 (1952)
Sana'a, Yemen
Died (aged 68)
Cairo, Egypt
Alma materAl-Azhar University

Hasan Ahmad al-Lawzi (1952 – 13 July 2020) was a Yemeni politician and writer. He was the Minister of Information.

Biography

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Al-Lawzi was born in Sana'a and was educated at Cairo's Al-Azhar University.[1] He published several volumes of poetry and short stories that reflected his profound interest in the Yemeni revolution. His work has been translated into English and was included in anthologies of modern Arabian literature during the 1980s. He later became involved in government and held a number of important positions.

Al-Lawzi died on 13 July 2020, at the age of 68, after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Fairbairn, Anne; Quṣaybī, Ghāzī ʻAbd al-Raḥmān (1989). Feathers and the Horizon: Selection of Modern Poetry Across the Arab World. Leros Press. ISBN 9780949264565.
  2. ^ بعد رحلة علاج فى مصر.. وفاة وزير يمنى أسبق متأثرا بإصابته بكورونا (in Arabic)