Abdu Ali Abdul Rahman

Abdu Ali Abdul Rahman al-Shawafi (Arabic: عبده علي عبدالرحمن الشوافي) was a Yemeni diplomat who was ambassador to Pakistan in Islamabad.^[1] He quit his position as ambassador to Pakistan over the Yemeni revolution. He was later reported to have resumed his role.^[2] He previously served as the deputy minister of foreign affairs of first South Yemen^[3] and then united Yemen^[4] until 1998.^[5] He also served as ambassador to Russia and Syria.^[6] He served as the head of the Taiz branch of the General People's Congress party and as a member of the Shura Council.^[7] He helped demarcate the border between Saudi Arabia and Yemen.^[8] On 13 November 2019, he received a call from former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh's son Ahmed, to reassure him of his health after undergoing heart surgery in a hospital in Pakistan.^[9] He died on 20 January 2024.^[6]