| Ali Abdullah Saleh علي عبد الله صالح |
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 President Ali Abdullah Saleh in 2004. |
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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 |
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| Assumed office 18 July 1978 |
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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 |
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| Born | 21 March 1942 |
| Nationality | Yemeni |
| Political party | GPC |
| Religion | Islam |
Field Marshal Ali Abdullah Saleh (Arabic: علي عبد الله صالح), born March 21, 1942, is the current President of Yemen. List of Heads of State of the Republic of Yemen (1990-Present Chairman of the Presidential Council President Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (حيدر أبو بكر العطاس (born April 5, 1939) was appointed Prime Minister of Yemen by President Ali Muhammad Said al-Attar (محمد سعيد العطار (born 1927 was the acting Prime Minister of Yemen for five months in 1994 Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani (عبد العزيز عبد الغني (born 1939 served as Prime Minister of Yemen from 1994 to 1997 under President Ali Faraj Said Bin Ghanem (فرج سعيد بن غانم (born 1937 was the Prime Minister of Yemen from 14 May 1997 to 29 April 1998 Abdul Karim Ali Aleryani (عبد الكريم علي يحي محمدعبد ألله الإرياني (born 12 October 1934) was the Prime Minister Abdul Qadir Bajamal (Abd-al-Qadir Abd-al-Rahman Ba-Jammal (عبد القادر باجمال (born 1946 was the Prime Minister of Yemen from 31 March Ali Mohammed Mujawar (born 1953 has been the Prime Minister of Yemen since 31 March 2007; before that he had been electricity minister This is a complete list of the Presidents of the Yemen Arab Republic (also known as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaa which existed from 1962-1990 Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani (عبد العزيز عبد الغني (born 1939 served as Prime Minister of Yemen from 1994 to 1997 under President Ali Abdul Karim Ali Aleryani (عبد الكريم علي يحي محمدعبد ألله الإرياني (born 12 October 1934) was the Prime Minister Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani (عبد العزيز عبد الغني (born 1939 served as Prime Minister of Yemen from 1994 to 1997 under President Ali Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi (1934 - 2006 (عبد الكريم عبد الله العرشي was the President of the Yemen Arab Republic briefly from 24 June Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Yemen ( Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman officially the Republic of Yemen ( Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya The General People's Congress ( Arabic: المؤتمر الشعبي العام transliterated: al-Mo'tamar ash-Sha'by al-'Am is the ruling Political party For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. List of Heads of State of the Republic of Yemen (1990-Present Chairman of the Presidential Council President Yemen ( Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman officially the Republic of Yemen ( Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya He was President of the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) from 1978 to 1990 and became president of the newly united Republic of Yemen in 1990. This is a complete list of the Presidents of the Yemen Arab Republic (also known as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaa which existed from 1962-1990 The Yemen Arab Republic (YAR (in Arabic: الجمهوريّة العربية اليمنية al-`Arabīyah al-Yamanīyah'') also known as North Yemen Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) [1]
Saleh was Yemen's first directly elected president in 1999, winning 91. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) 2% of the vote. The only other candidate, Najib Qahtan al-Shaabi, is the son of a former President of South Yemen and a member of Saleh's General People's Congress (GPC) party. The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Democratic Yemen, South Yemen or Yemen (Aden was a Socialist republic in present-day southern and The General People's Congress ( Arabic: المؤتمر الشعبي العام transliterated: al-Mo'tamar ash-Sha'by al-'Am is the ruling Political party However, Qahtan ran as an independent. [2]
After the 1999 elections the Parliament passed a law extending presidential terms from five to seven years, parliamentary terms from four to six years, and creating a 111-member, presidentially appointed council of advisors with legislative power. This move prompted the non-profit organization Freedom House to downgrade their rating of political freedom in Yemen from 5 to 6. A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage Freedom House is a United States -based international Non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on Democracy, political [3]
Saleh announced in July 2002, during the 24th anniversary celebrations of his term in office as President of Yemen, that he would "not contest the (presidential) elections" in September 2002. He expressed hope that "all political parties - including the opposition and the General People's Congress - find young leaders to compete in the elections because we have to train ourselves in the practice of peaceful succession. " [4] However, in June 2006 Saleh changed his mind and accepted his party's nomination as the presidential candidate of the GPC, saying that when he initially decided not to contest the elections his aim was "to establish ground for a peaceful transfer of power" but that he was now bowing to the "popular pressure and appeals of the Yemeni people. " Political analyst Ali Saif Hasan said he had been "sure [President Saleh] would run as a presidential candidate. His announcement in July 2005 – that he wouldn’t run – was exceptional and unusual. " Mohammed al-Rubai, head of the opposition supreme council, said the president's decision "shows that the president wasn’t serious in his earlier decision. I wish he hadn’t initially announced that he would step down. There was no need for such farce. "[2]
In the 2006 presidential election, held on September 20, Saleh won with 77. The Yemen presidential election of 2006 was held on 20 September 2006. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. 2% of the vote. His main rival, Faisal bin Shamlan, received 21. Faisal Othman Bin Shamlan (born 1934 (فيصل عثمان بن شملان bin šamlān}} is a Yemeni intellectual technocrat political reformist and public figure 8%. [5] Saleh was sworn in for another term on September 27. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again [6]
References
- ^ Dresch, Paul (2000). A History of Modern Yemen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 184. ISBN 0-521-79482-X.
- ^ a b In eleventh-hour reversal, President Saleh announces candidacy, IRIN News
- ^ Freedom in the World - Yemen (2002) Freedom House
- ^ Yemen leader rules himself out of polls Al Jazeera
- ^ "Saleh re-elected president of Yemen", Aljazeera. net, September 23, 2006. Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ "Yemeni president takes constitutional oath for his new term", Xinhua, September 27, 2006.
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| Preceded by Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi |
President of North Yemen 1978 – 1990 |
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President of Yemen 1990 – present |
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