Abu Bakr al-Qirbi

Abu Bakr Abdullah al-Qirbi (Arabic: أبو بكر القربي‎‎) is a Yemeni diplomat who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yemen from 2001 to 2014.

On 13 December 2009, al-Qirbi urged Iran's government to crack down on Iranian groups who 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 is appointed as foreign minister in the Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour's cabinet.

Honours

Foreign honours

•  Italy
  • Two Sicilian Royal Family: Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Francis I

• http://www.constantinian.org.uk/president-ali-abdullah-saleh-of-yemen-is-invested-into-the-order-of-francesco-i-duke-of-calabria-receives-highest-yemeni-decoration-on-behalf-of-the-constantinian-order/