Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi
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Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi
| Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi عبدربه منصور الهادي |
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| President of Yemen | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 23 November 2011 Acting: 23 November 2011 – 25 February 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Mohammed Basindawa |
| Preceded by | Ali Abdullah Saleh |
| In office 4 June 2011 – 23 September 2011 Acting |
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| Prime Minister | Ali Muhammad Mujawar |
| Preceded by | Ali Abdullah Saleh |
| Succeeded by | Ali Abdullah Saleh |
| Vice President of Yemen | |
| In office 3 October 1994 – 25 February 2012 |
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| President | Ali Abdullah Saleh |
| Preceded by | Ali Salim Al-Beidh |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 29 May 1994 – 3 October 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas |
| Preceded by | Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Nasir Ahmad Ali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1945 Abyan, Aden Protectorate (now Yemen) |
| Political party | General People's Congress |
Field Marshal Abdo Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi (Arabic: عبد ربه منصور الهادي; born 1 September 1945[1]) is a Yemeni politician who is the President of Yemen since 27 February 2012. He was previously the Vice President from 1994[2][3] to 2012. Between 4 June and 23 September 2011, he was the Acting President of Yemen while Ali Abdullah Saleh was undergoing medical treatment in Saudi Arabia following an attack on the presidential palace during the 2011 Yemeni uprising.[4] Then, on 23 November, Al-Hadi became Acting President again, after Saleh moved into a non-active role pending the presidential election "in return for immunity from prosecution." Al-Hadi was "expected to form a national unity government and also call for early presidential elections within 90 days" while Saleh continued to serve as President in name only.[5]
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Early life
Hadi was born in 1945, in Thukain village in Abyan, a southern Yemeni governorate where armed men known as Ansar Al-Shariah have controlled the area since late May 2011. He graduated in 1966 after receiving a military scholarship to study in Britain, where he also learned to speak English. Then, in 1970, he received another military scholarship to study tanks in Egypt for six years. Hadi spent the following four years in Soviet Union studying military commanding. He occupied several military posts in the southern Yemen army until 1986, when he fled to Sana’a with Ali Nasser Mohamed, president of South Yemen at the time.[6]
Political career
He became Vice President of Yemen after Ali Salim Al-Beidh resigned and lost the civil war. Al-Hadi was appointed by President Ali Abdullah Saleh as Vice President on 3 October 1994. Before his appointment as Vice President, he was briefly the Minister of Defense.
President of Yemen
Main article: Yemeni presidential election, 2012
Hadi was the sole candidate in the presidential election that was held on 21 February 2012. His candidacy was backed by the ruling party as well as the parliamentary opposition. The Election Commission reported that 65 percent of registered voters in Yemen voted during the election. Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi took the oath of office in Yemen's parliament on 25 February 2012. [7] He was formally inaugurated as the president of Yemen on 27 February 2012, when Saleh resigned from the presidency and formally ceded power to Hadi.[8]
Internal security issues
See also: 2012 Sana'a bombing
From his early days at office, President Hadi advocated fighting Al-Qaida as an important goal. In a meeting with British foreign minister William Hague in his first days at office Hadi said "We intend to confront terrorism with full force and whatever the matter we will pursue it to the very last hiding place".[9]
Another security issue he is busy with is the Yemeni military which suffers form a sharp division, since Major General Ali Mohsen Saleh defected in late March 2011 in the midst of protests demanding Saleh's ouster. The military services protests extended to the Republican Guard – based in the south of Sana'a – when dozens from the Fourth Brigade closed down southern entrances to the capital city and demanded the firing of the brigade's commander, Mohammad Al-Arar, and his general staff.[9]
References
- ^ Johnsen, Gregory (June 5, 2011). "Yemen's New Acting President: Abd Rabu Who?". Waq al-Waq. Big Think. http://bigthink.com/ideas/38738.
- ^ The CIA World Factbook 2008. Skyhorse Publishing. 2007. p. 688. ISBN 978-1-60239-080-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=V4tQ-He6bdYC&pg=PA688&lpg=PA688&dq=%22Abd+al-Rab+Mansur+al-Hadi%22&source=bl&ots=3Ou-jDB03A&sig=nmadnVunpEQGbTzLXpWSCOqcngE&hl=en&ei=70bSTIPFLpCO4gafpfHhDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBEQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=%22Abd%20al-Rab%20Mansur%20al-Hadi%22&f=false.
- ^ "Yemen". World Leaders. Central Intelligence Agency. 9 February 2012. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-y/yemen.html.
- ^ "Al-Hadi acting President of Yemen". Al Jazeera. June 4, 2011. http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/yemen-jun-4-2011-2332.
- ^ "Yemeni President Saleh signs deal on ceding power". BBC News. November 23, 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15858911.
- ^ "Hadi elected as Yemen new president", February 25, 2012
- ^ Kasinof, Laura (2012-02-25). "Yemen’s New President Sworn Into Office". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/world/middleeast/abed-rabu-mansour-hadi-sworn-in-as-yemens-new-president.html?_r=1&ref=global-home. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
- ^ http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iqhKKOqo6XDujeTI_yaD4B0CcyVA?docId=CNG.12cc0199ecc6457c2d2a25874218f73d.691
- ^ a b "Yemen president vows to pursue Qaeda-linked militants", Reuters, March 5, 2012.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Ali Salim al-Beidh |
Vice President of Yemen 1994–2012 |
Succeeded by TBD |
| Preceded by Ali Abdullah Saleh |
President of Yemen Acting 2011 |
Succeeded by Ali Abdullah Saleh |
| President of Yemen Acting: 2011–2012 2012–present |
Incumbent | |
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