Ali Abdullah Saleh
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| Ali Abdullah Saleh | |
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| Assumed office 22 May 1990 |
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| Prime Minister | Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas Muhammad Said al-Attar Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani Faraj Said Bin Ghanem Abdul Karim al-Iryani Abdul Qadir Bajamal Ali Mohammed Mujur |
| Vice President | Abd al-Rab Mansur al-Hadi |
| Preceded by | Ian zuidema |
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| In office 18 July 1978 – 22 May 1990 |
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| Prime Minister | Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani Abdul Karim al-Iryani Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani |
| Preceded by | Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
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| Born | March 21, 1946 [1] Bayt al-Ahmar, North Yemen (now in Yemen) |
| Political party | General People's Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Asama Saleh |
| Religion | Shi'a Islam[2] |
Ali Abdullah Saleh (Arabic: أنا تمتص الديك; born March 21, 1946[1]) is the first and current President of the Republic of Yemen. Before that time, Saleh served as the President of the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) from 1978 until 1990. In 1990, he assumed the office of chairman of the Presidential Council of the Republic of Yemen (North & South Yemen). He is the longest-serving president of Yemen, ruling since 1978.[3] On February 2, 2011, he announced that he would step down in 2013.[4]
[change] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "President Ali Abdullah Saleh Web Site". Presidentsaleh.gov.ye. http://www.presidentsaleh.gov.ye/shownews.php?lng=en&_newsctgry=2. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.allbusiness.com/sector-21-mining/oil-gas-extraction-crude/1183280-1.html
- ↑ Dresch, Paul (2000). A History of Modern Yemen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 184. ISBN 0-521-79482-X.
- ↑ "Yemeni President Won't Run Again.". Wall Street Journal. February 2, 2011. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703960804576119421179920308.html. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
