Ali Abdullah Saleh
Ali Abdullah Saleh (Arabic: علي عبدالله صالح ; born 21 March 1942 – 4 December 2017)[1] was a Yemeni politician. He was the first 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 was the longest-serving president of Yemen, ruling since 1978.[2] On February 2, 2011, he announced that he would step down in 2013.[3]
Ali Abdullah Saleh | |
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| 1st President of Yemen | |
| In office 22 May 1990 – 25 February 2012 | |
| 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 | Ali Salim al-Beidh Abd al-Rab Mansur al-Hadi |
| Preceded by | new office |
| Succeeded by | Abd al-Rab Mansur al-Hadi |
| President of North Yemen | |
| In office 18 July 1978 – 22 May 1990 | |
| 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 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 March 1942[1] Bayt al-Ahmar, North Yemen (now in Yemen) |
| Died | 4 December 2017 (aged 75) Sana'a, Yemen |
| Political party | General People's Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Asama Saleh |
In December 2017, Saleh said he would not support the Houthis and instead sided with his former enemies – Saudi Arabia and president Hadi.[4][5] However, he was killed by a Houthi sniper while attempting to leave the capital city of Sana'a amidst the ongoing battle on 4 December 2017.[6][7] The Houthis said that it was the United Arab Emirates that dragged Saleh to "this humiliating fate."[8]
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Young Ali Abdullah Saleh
Private Saleh in the Imamate Army of Yemen uniform
Ali Abdullah Saleh in 1978
Libyan leader Gaddafi and Saleh in May 1990
Saleh shaking hands with Carlo Giovanardi in 2000
Dick Cheney and Saleh in Sanaa, 2002
Saleh with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow, 2009
Ali Abdullah Saleh and his brother in 2011
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "President Ali Abdullah Saleh Web Site". Presidentsaleh.gov.ye. Archived from the original on December 19, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
- ↑ 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. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Yemen: Ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh killed". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- ↑ "Houthis claim takeover of Yemeni capital, president calls for 'all people' to rise against them" (in en-US). RT International. https://www.rt.com/news/411868-houthis-take-over-yemeni-capital/. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- ↑ "Analysis: Yemen's ex-president Saleh's killing was 'revenge'". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- ↑ Hetherington, Hakim Almasmari, Tamara Qiblawi, Hilary Clarke and Ruth. "Yemen's former President Saleh killed in Sanaa". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/04/middleeast/yemen-former-president-ali-abdullah-saleh-killed-intl/index.html. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- ↑ "ناطق أنصار الله: الإمارات أوصلت زعيم ميليشيا الخيانة إلى هذه النهاية المخزية ولا مشكلة مع المؤتمر". المسیرة (in العربية). Archived from the original on 2018-08-12.