Rashad al-Alimi
Rashad Muhammad al-Alimi(Arabic:رشاد محمد العليمي,romanized:Rashād Muḥammad al-ʻUlaymī;born 15 January 1954) is a Yemeni politician currently serving as the chairman of thePresidential Leadership Councilsince 7 April 2022.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Rashad al-Alimi was born on January 15, 1954,[1]in Al-Aloom, a village in theTaiz Governorate,[2]and is the son of judge Mohammed ben Ali al-Alimi. He graduated fromGamal Abdel NasserHigh School inSanaain 1969.[3]He subsequently obtained abachelor's degreeinmilitary sciencefrom the Kuwait Police College in 1975, and another university degree in arts fromSanaa Universityin 1977, then amaster's degreeand adoctorateinsociologyfromAin Shams Universityin Egypt between 1984 and 1988.[4]
Career
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A member of theGeneral People's Congress,he wasMinister of the Interiorfrom April 4th 2001 to 2008.[3][5][1]He then became Chairman of the Supreme Security Committee andDeputy Prime Ministerin charge of Defense and Security Affairs in May 2008, subsequently becoming a member of the Yemeni National Dialogue Conference, then adviser to PresidentAbdrabbuh Mansur Hadiin 2014.[4]
On 3 June 2011, during theBattle of Sanaa,al-Alimi was wounded along withAli Abdullah Salehduring an attack on the Al-Nahdin Mosque in thePresidential Palace.[6]He was subsequently transferred to Saudi Arabia and to Germany for treatment, before returning to Sanaa on 13 June 2012. He left the city again as a result of theHouthi takeover in Yemen[2]and began living in Saudi Arabia in 2015.[7]
Al-Alimi became Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, a body given the powers of thePresident of Yemen,on 7 April 2022, through a decree by President Hadi, who irreversibly transferred his powers to the council. Multiple sources in the Yemeni and Saudi governments stated thatSaudi Arabia,where Hadi was living, forced him to cede power to Alimi.[8][9][10]
References
[edit]- ^abcde"Biography".Official Website of Rashad al-Alimi(in Arabic).Archivedfrom the original on 9 February 2023.Retrieved11 February2023.
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- ^"Saudi Arabia shakes up Yemen alliance in bid to exit quagmire".Middle East Monitor.7 April 2022.Archivedfrom the original on 7 April 2022.Retrieved9 April2022.
- ^"Yémen: le président en exil transfère le pouvoir à un nouveau conseil".Le Point(in French). 7 April 2022.Archivedfrom the original on 7 April 2022.Retrieved9 April2022.
- ^Said, Summer; Kalin, Stephen (17 April 2022)."Saudi Arabia Pushed Yemen's Elected President to Step Aside, Saudi and Yemeni Officials Say".The Wall Street Journal.Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Archivedfrom the original on 2 January 2020.Retrieved11 February2023.
- ^"Saudi Arabia forced Yemen's president to resign, says report".Middle East Eye.Washington, D.C.18 April 2022.Archivedfrom the original on 11 February 2023.Retrieved11 February2023.
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- 1954 births
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- Sanaa University alumni
- Ain Shams University alumni
- General People's Congress (Yemen) politicians
- Presidents of Yemen
- People from Taiz Governorate
- Members of the Presidential Leadership Council
- 21st-century Yemeni politicians
- Interior ministers of Yemen
- Local administration ministers of Yemen
- Yemeni Sunni Muslims
- Critics of Shia Islam