Rashad Muhammad al-Alimi (Arabic: رشاد محمد العليمي; born 15 January 1954) is a Yemeni politician currently serving as the chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council and leader of the aligned faction of the General People's Congress since 7 April 2022.[4][1]
Rashad Muhammad al-Alimi | |
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رشاد محمد العليمي | |
 Al-Alimi in 2022 | |
| Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen | |
| Assumed office 7 April 2022 Disputed by Mahdi al-Mashat (Supreme Political Council) | |
| Prime Minister | Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed |
| Preceded by | Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (as President of Yemen) |
| Chairman of the General People's Congress | |
| Assumed office 7 April 2022[1][2] Disputed with Sadeq Amin Abu Rass and Ahmed Saleh[1] | |
| Preceded by | Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi |
| Adviser to the President of Yemen | |
| In office 2014[3] – 7 April 2022 | |
| President | Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi |
| Member of the General Committee of the General People's Congress | |
| In office 2011[3] – 7 April 2022 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Yemen | |
| In office 2006–2011[3] | |
| President | Ali Abdullah Saleh |
| Prime Minister | Abdul Qadir Bajamal Ali Muhammad Mujawar |
| Interior Minister of Yemen | |
| In office 4 April 2001 – 18 May 2008 | |
| President | Ali Abdullah Saleh |
| Prime Minister | Abdul Qadir Bajamal Ali Muhammad Mujawar |
| Preceded by | Hussein Arab |
| Succeeded by | Mutaher al-Masri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 15, 1954 Al-Aloom, Taiz Governorate, North Yemen |
| Political party | General People's Congress |
| Website | presidentalalimi |
Biography
Rashad al-Alimi was born on January 15, 1954,[3] in Al-Aloom, a village in the Taiz Governorate,[4] and is the son of judge Mohammed ben Ali al-Alimi. He graduated from Gamal Abdel Nasser High School in Sanaa in 1969.[5] 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 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.[6]
A member of the General People's Congress, he was Minister of the Interior from 4 April 2001 to 2008.[5][7][3] He then became Chairman of the Supreme Security Committee and 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.[6]
On 3 June 2011, during the Battle of Sanaa, al-Alimi was wounded along with Ali Abdullah Saleh during an attack on the Al-Nahdin Mosque in the Presidential Palace.[8] 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[4] and began living in Saudi Arabia in 2015.[9]
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.[10][11][12]
References
- ^ a b c Tawfeek al-Ganad (20 September 2022). "Weak and Divided, the General People's Congress Turns 40". Sana'a Center For Strategic Studies. Sanaa. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "The General People's Congress in Ma'rib Governorate salutes its leadership, members and supporters on the 40th anniversary of its founding". Al-Methaq News (in Arabic). General People's Congress. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Biography". Official Website of Rashad al-Alimi (in Arabic). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ a b c "Who is the new President of the Presidential Council in Yemen?". Middle East 24 News English. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ a b "من هو رشاد العليمي .. رئيس مجلس القيادة الرئاسي المخول بصلاحيات الرئيس هادي (سيرة ذاتية )". ye-now.net (in Arabic). 7 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ a b "رشاد العليمي.. تعرّف إلى رئيس مجلس القيادة الرئاسي في اليمن". mubasher.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "April 2001". www.rulers.org. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "Yémen : le président Saleh blessé, son armée riposte". leparisien.fr (in French). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia shakes up Yemen alliance in bid to exit quagmire". Middle East Monitor. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ magazine, Le Point (7 April 2022). "Yémen: le président en exil transfère le pouvoir à un nouveau conseil". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia forced Yemen's president to resign, says report". Middle East Eye. Washington, D.C. 18 April 2022.