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{{Infobox officeholder
|office =[[Prime Minister of Yemen]]
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|term_end = 31 March 2001
|birth_place=Eryan, Ibb
|nationality=Yemeni
|birth_date={{Birth date|1934|10|12|df=yes}}
|death_date={{Death date and age|2015|11|08|1934|10|12|df=yes}}
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'''Abdul Karim Ali Al-Iryani''' or '''Al-Eryani''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Abdelkarim Al-Iryani from Yemen pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg|ˈ|æ|b|d|ʊ|l|_|k|ɑː|ˈ|r|iː|m|_|æ|l|_|ɪ|r|iː|ˈ|ɑː|n|i}}; {{lang-ar|عبد الكريم علي يحيى محمد عبد الله الإرياني}}‎; 12 October 1934 – 8 November 2015) was the [[Prime Minister of Yemen|Prime Minister]] of [[Yemen]] from 29 April 1998 to 31 March 2001. Al-Eryani, along with [[President of Yemen|President]] [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]], was a member of the [[General People's Congress (Yemen)|General People's Congress]] (GPC).
==Early life and educatio==
Born in Eryan, a village in the central highlands of [[Ibb Governorate|Ibb]], in 1934, Al-Iryani belonged to a prominent family that had held government posts in the region for centuries; many of his ancestors and relatives were judges.<ref name=Obit>[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/13/world/middleeast/abdul-al-eryani-yemeni-politician-who-brokered-arab-spring-peace-dies-at-81.html?hpw&rref=obituaries&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well Eryani obit., NYTimes]</ref> He studied in the United States, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the [[University of Georgia]] in 1962, a Master of Science in Agriculture from the same institution in 1964, and a Ph.D. in Biochemical Genetics from [[Yale University]] in 1968.▼
==Career==
▲Born in Eryan, a village in the central highlands of [[Ibb Governorate|Ibb]], in 1934, Al-Iryani belonged to a prominent family that had held government posts in the region for centuries; many of his ancestors and relatives were judges.<ref name=Obit>[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/13/world/middleeast/abdul-al-eryani-yemeni-politician-who-brokered-arab-spring-peace-dies-at-81.html?hpw&rref=obituaries&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well Eryani obit., NYTimes]</ref> He studied in the United States, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the [[University of Georgia]] in 1962, a Master of Science in Agriculture from the same institution in 1964, and a Ph.D. in Biochemical Genetics from [[Yale University]] in 1968.
Before Yemen's unification, Al-Iryani served in the government of [[North Yemen]] as Minister of Development (1974–1976), Minister of Education (1976–1978), Prime Minister (1980–1983), and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1984–1990).<ref>al-bab.com, [http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/biog/iryani.htm Abd al-Karim al-Iryani] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102200808/http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/biog/iryani.htm |date=2 January 2010 }}</ref> Following unification in 1990, Al-Iryani continued to serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs for the united [[Yemen|Republic of Yemen]] until 1993, when he became Minister of Development briefly before returning to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1994. Al-Iryani was appointed as Prime Minister after [[Faraj Said Bin Ghanem]] abruptly resigned on 29 April 1998. He served in this capacity until 31 March 2001, when he was succeeded by [[Abdul Qadir Bajamal]].
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