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Ali Abdullah Saleh
Ali Abdullah Saleh was a Yemeni military officer and politician who served as the first president of the Republic of Yemen from the Yemeni unification in 1990 until his resignation in 2012, following the Yemeni revolution. Previously, he had served as the fifth and last President of the Yemen Arab Republic, from July 1978 to 22 May 1990, after the assassination of President Ahmad al-Ghashmi. al-Gh…
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politics · President of Yemen from 1978 to 2012 · politician · military personnel · also Ali Abdullah Saleh, Ali Abdullah Saleh al-Ahmar, Affash, Saleh
Born 21 March 1947 · Died 4 December 2017 · Q483672
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2017· 2 entries
Died 2017-12-04.
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2014· 1 entry
Accusing him of threatening peace and obstructing Yemen's political process, subjecting him to a global travel ban and an asset freeze
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2013· 1 entry
But would serve out the remainder of his term
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2011· 1 entry
In the wake of the Arab Spring, which spread across North Africa and the Middle East (including Yemen), Saleh's time in office became increasingly precarious, until he was eventually ousted as president in 2012
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2008· 2 entries
Won Golden Key of Madrid (2008).
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Was funded by Saleh's nephew and Al Qaeda leaders had close relationships with him
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2006· 2 entries
Campaign: 2006 election.
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“not contest the [presidential] elections”
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1999· 2 entries
Campaign: 1999 election.
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2006, and a controversial constitutional referendum in 2001
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1993· 1 entry
And in the brief civil war that followed, Saleh's forces, assisted by jihadists such as the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, roundly defeated Southern forces in July 1994
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1990· 3 entries
Career landmark: President of Yemen (1990–2012).
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The North and South agreed to unify after years of negotiations
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Until his resignation in 2012, following the Yemeni revolution
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1980· 1 entry
Elected as the secretary-general of the General People's Congress party on 30 August 1982, and re-elected president of the Yemen Arab Republic in 1983
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1978· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of Yemen Arab Republic (1978–1990).
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1977· 1 entry
The President of North Yemen, Ahmad al-Ghashmi, appointed him as military governor of Taiz
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1976· 1 entry
And was given command of a mechanised brigade
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1964· 1 entry
He was married to Asma Saleh in 1964, at the age of seventeen.
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1963· 1 entry
Was commissioned as a second lieutenant in armoured corps
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1958· 1 entry
As an infantry soldier and was admitted to the Royal Military Academy in 1960
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1947· 1 entry
Born 1947-03-21.
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