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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [[His Excellency]]
| name = Rashad Mohammed al-Alimi
| native_namename = رشادRashad محمدMuhammad العليميal-Alimi
| native_name = {{nobold|رشاد محمد العليمي}}
| native_name_lang = ar
| image = Rashad al-Alimi 2022 (cropped2023).jpg
| caption = Al-Alimi in 20222023
| office = [[President of Yemen|Chairman]] of the [[Presidential Leadership Council|Presidential<BR>Leadership Council]] of Yemen
| termstart = 7 April 2022<br>[[Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)|Disputed]] by [[Mahdi al-Mashat]] <br>([[Supreme Political Council]])
| predecessor = [[Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi]] (as [[President of Yemen]])
| primeminister = [[Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed]]<br/>[[Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak]]
| vicepresident = [[Aidarus al-Zoubaidi]]<br/>[[Tareq Saleh]]<br/>[[Sultan Ali al-Arada]]<br/>[[Abdullah al-Alimi Bawazeer]]
| office2 = Adviser to the [[President of Yemen]]
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| party = [[General People's Congress (Yemen)|General People's Congress]]
| footnotes =
| alma_mater = [[Sanaa University]]<br>[[Ain Shams University]]
| website = {{url|https://www.presidentalalimi.net/}}
| country = Yemen
| name nickname = Rashad Mohammed al-"Alimi"
|allegiance ={{Flagu|Yemen}}
| branch = {{Armed forces|Yemen|name=Yemeni Armed Forces}}
| serviceyears = 1978–present
| battles = [[Yemeni civil war (2014–present)|Yemeni Civil War]]<br>[[1994 civil war in Yemen]]
}}
 
'''Rashad Muhammad al-Alimi''' ({{Lang-ar|رشاد محمد العليمي|translit=Rashād Muḥammad al-ʻUlaymī}}; born 15 January 1954) is a [[Yemeni]] politician currently serving as the chairman of the [[Presidential Leadership Council]] since 7 April 2022.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=7 April 2022 |title=Who is the new President of the Presidential Council in Yemen? |url=https://news.middleeast-24.com/world/125570.html |access-date=10 April 2022 |website=Middle East 24 News English |language=en-us}}</ref>
 
== Early life and education==
== Biography ==
Rashad al-Alimi was born on January 15, 1954,<ref name="Biography">{{cite web |title=Biography |url=https://presidentalalimi.net/content.php?id=1 |website=Official Website of Rashad al-Alimi |access-date=11 February 2023 |language=ar |archive-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209020121/https://presidentalalimi.net/content.php?id=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> in Al-Aloom, a village in the [[Taiz Governorate]],<ref name=":2" /> and is the son of judge Mohammed ben Ali al-Alimi. He graduated from [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] High School in [[Sanaa]] in 1969.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=7 April 2022 |title=من هو رشاد العليمي .. رئيس مجلس القيادة الرئاسي المخول بصلاحيات الرئيس هادي (سيرة ذاتية ) |url=https://ye-now.net/news20239192.html |access-date=9 April 2022 |website=ye-now.net |language=ar |archive-date=7 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407182100/https://ye-now.net/news20239192.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He subsequently obtained a [[bachelor's degree]] in [[military science]] from the Kuwait Police College in 1975, and another university degree in arts from the [[Sanaa University of Sanaa]] in 1977, then a [[master's degree]] and a [[doctorate]] in [[sociology]] from [[Ain Shams University]] in Egypt between 1984 and 1988.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=رشاد العليمي.. تعرّف إلى رئيس مجلس القيادة الرئاسي في اليمن |url=https://mubasher.aljazeera.net/news/reports/2022/4/7/رشاد%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF-العليمي%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A-من%D9%85%D9%86-هو%D9%87%D9%88-رئيس%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-مجلس%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-القيادة%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9 |access-date=9 April 2022 |website=mubasher.aljazeera.net |language=ar |archive-date=8 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408081107/https://mubasher.aljazeera.net/news/reports/2022/4/7/%d8%b1%d8%b4%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85%d9%8a-%d9%85%d9%86-%d9%87%d9%88-%d8%b1%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%b3-%d9%85%d8%ac%d9%84%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%a9 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Career==
[[File:Secretary Blinken Meets Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Al-Alimi.jpg|thumb|al-Alimi meets with U.S. Secretary of State [[Antony Blinken]] on 17 February 2023]]
A member of the [[General People's Congress (Yemen)|General People's Congress]], he was Minister of [[Ministry of Interior (Yemen)|Minister of the Interior]] from 4 April 4th 2001 to 2008.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=April 2001 |url=https://www.rulers.org/2001-04.html |access-date=9 April 2022 |website=www.rulers.org |archive-date=10 November 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011110202643/https://www.rulers.org/2001-04.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Biography" /> He then became Chairman of the Supreme Security Committee and [[Deputy Prime Minister of Yemen|Deputy Prime Minister]] in charge of Defense and Security Affairs in May 2008, subsequently becoming a member of the Yemeni National Dialogue Conference, then adviser to President [[Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi]] in 2014.<ref name=":1" />
 
On 3 June 2011, during the [[Battle of Sanaa (2011)|Battle of Sanaa]], al-Alimi was wounded along with [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]] during an attack on the Al-Nahdin Mosque in the [[Presidential Palace, Yemen|Presidential Palace]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=3 June 2011 |title=Yémen : le président Saleh blessé, son armée riposte |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/international/yemen-le-president-saleh-blesse-son-armee-riposte-03-06-2011-1479223.php |access-date=9 April 2022 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR |archive-date=6 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606063837/https://www.leparisien.fr/international/yemen-le-president-saleh-blesse-son-armee-riposte-03-06-2011-1479223.php |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 the [[Houthi takeover in Yemen]]<ref name=":2" /> and began living in Saudi Arabia in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 April 2022 |title=Saudi Arabia shakes up Yemen alliance in bid to exit quagmire |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220407-saudi-arabia-shakes-up-yemen-alliance-in-bid-to-exit-quagmire/ |access-date=9 April 2022 |website=Middle East Monitor |language=en-GB |archive-date=7 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407195558/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220407-saudi-arabia-shakes-up-yemen-alliance-in-bid-to-exit-quagmire/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
A member of the [[General People's Congress (Yemen)|General People's Congress]], he was Minister of [[Ministry of Interior (Yemen)|the Interior]] from 4 April 2001 to 2008.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=April 2001 |url=https://www.rulers.org/2001-04.html |access-date=9 April 2022 |website=www.rulers.org}}</ref><ref name="Biography" /> He then became Chairman of the Supreme Security Committee and [[Deputy Prime Minister of Yemen|Deputy Prime Minister]] in charge of Defense and Security Affairs in May 2008, subsequently becoming a member of the Yemeni National Dialogue Conference, then adviser to President [[Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi]] in 2014.<ref name=":1" />
 
Al-Alimi became Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, a body given the powers of the [[President 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 that [[Saudi Arabia]], where Hadi was living, forced him to cede power to Alimi.<ref>{{Cite news |last=magazine |first=Le Point |date=7 April 2022 |title=Yémen: le président en exil transfère le pouvoir à un nouveau conseil |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/monde/yemen-le-president-en-exil-transfere-le-pouvoir-a-un-nouveau-conseil-07-04-2022-2471285_24.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407110022/https://www.lepoint.fr/monde/yemen-le-president-en-exil-transfere-le-pouvoir-a-un-nouveau-conseil-07-04-2022-2471285_24.php |archive-date=7 April 2022 |access-date=9 April 2022 |website=Le Point |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Said |first1=Summer |last2=Kalin |first2=Stephen |title=Saudi Arabia Pushed Yemen's Elected President to Step Aside, Saudi and Yemeni Officials Say |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-pushed-yemens-elected-president-to-step-aside-saudi-and-yemeni-officials-say-11650224802 |access-date=11 February 2023 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=17 April 2022 |location=[[Riyadh, Saudi Arabia]] |archive-date=2 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102225119/https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-pushed-yemens-elected-president-to-step-aside-saudi-and-yemeni-officials-say-11650224802 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Saudi Arabia forced Yemen's president to resign, says report |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-forced-yemen-president-hadi-resign |website=[[Middle East Eye]] |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |date=18 April 2022 |access-date=11 February 2023 |archive-date=11 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211014454/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-forced-yemen-president-hadi-resign |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 3 June 2011, during the [[Battle of Sanaa (2011)|Battle of Sanaa]], al-Alimi was wounded along with [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]] during an attack on the Al-Nahdin Mosque in the [[Presidential Palace, Yemen|Presidential Palace]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=3 June 2011 |title=Yémen : le président Saleh blessé, son armée riposte |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/international/yemen-le-president-saleh-blesse-son-armee-riposte-03-06-2011-1479223.php |access-date=9 April 2022 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref> 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 the [[Houthi takeover in Yemen]]<ref name=":2" /> and began living in Saudi Arabia in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 April 2022 |title=Saudi Arabia shakes up Yemen alliance in bid to exit quagmire |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220407-saudi-arabia-shakes-up-yemen-alliance-in-bid-to-exit-quagmire/ |access-date=9 April 2022 |website=Middle East Monitor |language=en-GB}}</ref>
 
Al-Alimi became Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, a body given the powers of the [[President 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 that [[Saudi Arabia]], where Hadi was living, forced him to cede power to Alimi.<ref>{{Cite news |last=magazine |first=Le Point |date=7 April 2022 |title=Yémen: le président en exil transfère le pouvoir à un nouveau conseil |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/monde/yemen-le-president-en-exil-transfere-le-pouvoir-a-un-nouveau-conseil-07-04-2022-2471285_24.php |access-date=9 April 2022 |website=Le Point |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Said |first1=Summer |last2=Kalin |first2=Stephen |title=Saudi Arabia Pushed Yemen's Elected President to Step Aside, Saudi and Yemeni Officials Say |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-pushed-yemens-elected-president-to-step-aside-saudi-and-yemeni-officials-say-11650224802 |access-date=11 February 2023 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=17 April 2022 |location=[[Riyadh, Saudi Arabia]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Saudi Arabia forced Yemen's president to resign, says report |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-forced-yemen-president-hadi-resign |website=[[Middle East Eye]] |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |date=18 April 2022}}</ref>
 
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[[Category:Sanaa University alumni]]
[[Category:Ain Shams University alumni]]
[[Category:General People's Congress (Yemen) politicians]]
[[Category:Presidents of Yemen]]
[[Category:People from Taiz Governorate]]
[[Category:Members of the Presidential Leadership Council]]
[[Category:21st-century Yemeni politicians]]
[[Category:Interior ministers of Yemen]]
[[Category:Local administration ministers of Yemen]]
[[Category:SanaaYemeni UniversitySunni alumniMuslims]]
[[Category:Critics of Shia Islam]]