Ali Abdullah Saleh

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Ali Abdullah Saleh

president of Yemen

Also known as: ʿAli ʿAbd Allāh Ṣāliḥ

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Last Updated: Dec 20, 2024 • Article History

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Also spelled:: ʿĀlī ʿAbd Allāh Ṣāliḥ

Born:: March 21, 1942, Bayt al-Aḥmar, North Yemen

Died:: December 4, 2017, Sanaa, Yemen (aged 75)

Title / Office:: president (1990-2012), Yemen; president (1978-1990), Yemen (Ṣanʿāʾ)

Political Affiliation:: General People’s Congress

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Ali Abdullah Saleh (born March 21, 1942, Bayt al-Aḥmar, North Yemen—died December 4, 2017, Sanaa, Yemen) was a Yemeni military officer and president of North Yemen (1978–1990) until its unification with the south, after which he served as president of reunified Yemen (1990–2012). His presidency ended after a yearlong popular uprising in Yemen (2011–12) forced him to step down. Saleh attended the local Qurʾānic school and joined the army in 1958. Continuing to advance in his military career, he helped to bring Ibrāhīm al-Ḥamdī to power in a 1974 coup, but the assassination of Ḥamdī in 1977 and of his ...(100 of 1241 words)

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