Topic: Ali Abdullah Saleh
Quotes
We must discuss all the available data, all the events in Yemen, and how to get our country out of the crisis -- the crisis which was fabricated by some political forces to reach power
Saleh vows return to Yemen Aug 17, 2011
These are excellent aircraft. We have had them for a long time, and several years ago we brought them to Russia and carried out their modernization program
Russia busts gang stealing arms for China Feb 27, 2009
We are not against participation, we are for participation with all political powers, whether they are in opposition or ruling, but in the light of a program which the people agree upon
Saleh seeks power-sharing arrangement Jul 07, 2011
We get our power and trust from the great Yemeni people and the constitution
Saleh rejects mediation proposal Apr 08, 2011
We have deployed all possible efforts in combating terrorism, achieving tangible progress, and we will keep on supporting international efforts in that regard
Yemen claims progress in fighting terror Oct 04, 2005
Field Marshal Ali Abdullah Saleh (Arabic: علي عبدالله صالح; born 21 March 1942) is the first President of the Republic of Yemen. Saleh previously served as President of the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) from 1978 until 1990, at which time he assumed the office of chairman of the Presidential Council of the Republic of Yemen (unified Yemen). He is the longest-serving president of Yemen, ruling since 1978.
Saleh was born in the town of al-Ahmar, in the Al-Ahmar family — the ruling family of the Hashid tribal confederacy. Saleh is a Zaydi Shia Muslim. He is a "non-Hashimi" Zaydi (not a direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's grandfather), and would not have been eligible to rule under the Zaydi Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen that ruled the country until 1962.
Saleh obtained less than an elementary school education. He joined the North Yemeni armed forces in 1958 and the North Yemen Military Academy in 1960, and became a corporal. Three years later, he was commissioned from the ranks as a second lieutenant. In 1977, the President of North Yemen, Ahmed bin Hussein al-Ghashmi, appointed him as military governor of Ta'izz.
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