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class="vector-toc-link" href="#1999_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>1999 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1999_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2006_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2006_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>2006 election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2006_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Colluding_with_terrorists" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Colluding_with_terrorists"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>Colluding with terrorists</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Colluding_with_terrorists-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ousted_from_the_presidency" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 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href="#Assassination_attempt_and_resignation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Assassination attempt and resignation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Assassination_attempt_and_resignation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Post-presidency" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Post-presidency"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Post-presidency</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Post-presidency-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Death" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Death"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Death</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Death-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_popular_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item 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<span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>National honours</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_honours-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Foreign_honours" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Foreign_honours"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Foreign honours</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Foreign_honours-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Wealth" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wealth"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Wealth</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wealth-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personal_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personal_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Personal life</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Personal_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%C3%AD_Abdal%C3%A1_Sal%C3%A9" title="Alí Abdalá Salé – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Alí Abdalá Salé" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C6%8Fli_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Əli Abdullah Saleh – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Əli Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD" title="علی عبدالله صالح – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="علی عبدالله صالح" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B9" title="আলী আবদুল্লাহ সালেহ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আলী আবদুল্লাহ সালেহ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%85" title="Алі Абдула Салех – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Алі Абдула Салех" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3" title="Алі Абдула Салег – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Алі Абдула Салег" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%85" title="Али Абдула Салех – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Али Абдула Салех" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Salih" title="Ali Abdullah Salih – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Ali Abdullah Salih" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdallah_al-Salih" title="Ali Abdallah al-Salih – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Ali Abdallah al-Salih" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%C3%AD_Abdall%C3%A1h_S%C3%A1lih" title="Alí Abdalláh Sálih – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Alí Abdalláh Sálih" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Salih" title="Ali Abdullah Salih – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ali Abdullah Salih" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%80%98Al%C4%AB_%E2%80%98Abdull%C4%81h_S%C4%81li%E1%B8%A9" title="‘Alī ‘Abdullāh Sāliḩ – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="‘Alī ‘Abdullāh Sāliḩ" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BB%CE%AF_%CE%91%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%AC%CF%87_%CE%A3%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AD%CF%87" title="Αλί Αμπντουλάχ Σαλέχ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αλί Αμπντουλάχ Σαλέχ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%C3%AD_Abdal%C3%A1_Sal%C3%A9" title="Alí Abdalá Salé – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Alí Abdalá Salé" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdula_Saleh" title="Ali Abdula Saleh – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ali Abdula Saleh" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD" title="علی عبدالله صالح – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="علی عبدالله صالح" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdallah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdallah Saleh – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ali Abdallah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%8C%EB%A6%AC_%EC%95%95%EB%91%98%EB%9D%BC_%EC%82%B4%EB%A0%88" title="알리 압둘라 살레 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="알리 압둘라 살레" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B9" title="अली अब्दुल्ला सालेह – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="अली अब्दुल्ला सालेह" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Ali_%27Abd_Allah_Saleh" title="'Ali 'Abd Allah Saleh – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="'Ali 'Abd Allah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%93%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%97" title="עלי עבדאללה סאלח – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="עלי עבדאללה סאלח" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%B0%E1%83%98" title="ალი აბდალა სალეჰი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ალი აბდალა სალეჰი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%C3%AE_Abdullah_Salih" title="Alî Abdullah Salih – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Alî Abdullah Salih" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%C4%AB_%CA%BFAbd_All%C4%81h_%E1%B9%A2%C4%81li%E1%B8%A5" title="Alī ʿAbd Allāh Ṣāliḥ – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Alī ʿAbd Allāh Ṣāliḥ" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%C4%AB_Abdulla_S%C4%81lihs" title="Alī Abdulla Sālihs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Alī Abdulla Sālihs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Salih" title="Ali Abdullah Salih – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Ali Abdullah Salih" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Sz%C3%A1leh" title="Ali Abdullah Száleh – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Ali Abdullah Száleh" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B9" title="अली अब्दुल्ला सालेह – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="अली अब्दुल्ला सालेह" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD" title="على عبدالله صالح – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="على عبدالله صالح" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD" title="علی عبدالله صالح – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="علی عبدالله صالح" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%96%E3%83%89%E3%83%83%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%8F" title="アリー・アブドッラー・サーレハ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アリー・アブドッラー・サーレハ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdulloh_Solih" title="Ali Abdulloh Solih – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Ali Abdulloh Solih" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%DB%81_%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD" title="علی عبد اللہ صالح – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="علی عبد اللہ صالح" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abd_Allah_Salih" title="Ali Abd Allah Salih – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Ali Abd Allah Salih" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%85,_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Салех, Али Абдалла – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Салех, Али Абдалла" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%C3%AD_Abdall%C3%A1h_S%C3%A1lih" title="Alí Abdalláh Sálih – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Alí Abdalláh Sálih" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%DB%95%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%B9%DB%95%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%B5%DA%B5%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%B5%D8%AD" title="عەلی عەبدوڵڵا ساڵح – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="عەلی عەبدوڵڵا ساڵح" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%85_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%85" title="Али Абдулах Салих – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Али Абдулах Салих" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdulah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdulah Saleh – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Ali Abdulah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B9%E0%AF%8D" title="அலி அப்துல்லாஹ் சாலிஹ் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="அலி அப்துல்லாஹ் சாலிஹ்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D3%A3_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE%D2%B3_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D2%B3" title="Алӣ Абдуллоҳ Солеҳ – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Алӣ Абдуллоҳ Солеҳ" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Salih" title="Ali Abdullah Salih – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Ali Abdullah Salih" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%85" title="Алі Абдалла Салех – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Алі Абдалла Салех" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%DB%81_%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD" title="علی عبد اللہ صالح – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="علی عبد اللہ صالح" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E9%87%8C%C2%B7%E9%98%BF%E5%8D%9C%E6%9D%9C%E6%8B%89%C2%B7%E8%90%A8%E5%88%A9%E8%B5%AB" title="阿里·阿卜杜拉·萨利赫 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="阿里·阿卜杜拉·萨利赫" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Ali Abdullah Saleh" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Yorùbá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a 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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">In this <a href="/wiki/Arabic_name" title="Arabic name">Arabic name</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Surname" title="Surname">surname</a> is <i> Al-Ahmar</i>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Yemeni <p>Politician (1942–2017) </p> President of North Yemen, then Yemen (1978–2012)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style 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class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani</li><li>Abd Al-Karim Al-Iryani</li><li>Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Vice President</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Karim_Abdullah_al-Arashi" title="Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi">Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Himself as <a href="/wiki/President_of_Yemen" title="President of Yemen">President of Yemen</a></i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/General_People%27s_Congress_(Yemen)" title="General People's Congress (Yemen)">General People's Congress</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />24 August 1982<sup id="cite_ref-herzan2003_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herzan2003-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – 4 December 2017<br /><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_Civil_War_(2014%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)">Disputed</a> with Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi starting 21 October 2015<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Party established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sadeq_Amin_Abu_Rass" title="Sadeq Amin Abu Rass">Sadeq Amin Abu Rass</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Ali Abdullah Saleh</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1947-03-21</span>)</span>21 March 1947<br />Beit al-Ahmar, <a href="/wiki/Sanhan_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanhan District">Sanhan District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen">Kingdom of Yemen</a> (North Yemen).</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">4 December 2017<span style="display:none">(2017-12-04)</span> (aged 70)<br /><a href="/wiki/Sanaa" title="Sanaa">Sanaa</a>, Yemen</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manner of death</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Assassination" title="Assassination">Assassination</a> by <a href="/wiki/Firearm" title="Firearm">firearm</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/General_People%27s_Congress_(Yemen)" title="General People's Congress (Yemen)">General People's Congress</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Asma</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1964)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">7, including <a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Saleh" title="Ahmed Saleh">Ahmed</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nickname</th><td class="infobox-data">Affash</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yemen" title="Kingdom of Yemen">Kingdom of Yemen</a> (1958–1962)<br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg/45px-Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Yemen_Arab_Republic" title="Yemen Arab Republic">Yemen Arab Republic</a> (1962–1990)<br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="color:#FFF">This article is part of <br />a series about</span></span><br /><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span style="color:#FFF;">Ali Abdullah Saleh</span></a></span></span></td> </tr></tbody></table></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0.3em;"> <ul><li><b>Unitary Government</b></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b>Presidency</b></li></ul> <ul><li>Cabinets (<a href="/wiki/Attas_Cabinet" title="Attas Cabinet">Attas 1990</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abdulghani_Cabinet" title="Abdulghani Cabinet">Abdulghani 1994</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bin_Ghanem_Cabinet" title="Bin Ghanem Cabinet">Bin Ghanem 1997</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al-Iryani_Cabinet" title="Al-Iryani Cabinet">Iryani 1998</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bajamal_Cabinet_2001" title="Bajamal Cabinet 2001">Bajamal I</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bajamal_Cabinet_2003" title="Bajamal Cabinet 2003">Bajamal II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mujawar_Cabinet" title="Mujawar Cabinet">Mujawar 2007</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_People%27s_Congress_(Yemen)" title="General People's Congress (Yemen)">General People's Congress (GPC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_unification" title="Yemeni unification">Yemeni unification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(1994)" title="Yemeni civil war (1994)">Yemeni civil war (1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanish_Islands_conflict" title="Hanish Islands conflict">Hanish Islands conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_crisis" title="Yemeni crisis">Yemeni crisis (2011–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_revolution" title="Yemeni revolution">Yemeni revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%93present)" title="Yemeni civil war (2014–present)">Yemeni civil war (2014–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi-led_intervention_in_the_Yemeni_civil_war" title="Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war">Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b>Presidential campaigns</b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1999_Yemeni_presidential_election" title="1999 Yemeni presidential election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Yemeni_presidential_election" title="2006 Yemeni presidential election">2006</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b>Constitutional referendums</b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1991_Yemeni_constitutional_referendum" title="1991 Yemeni constitutional referendum">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Yemeni_constitutional_referendum" title="2001 Yemeni constitutional referendum">2001</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b>Related</b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Saleh" title="Ahmed Saleh">Ahmed Saleh</a></li></ul> <hr /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_Yemen_(2).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Emblem_of_Yemen_%282%29.svg/50px-Emblem_of_Yemen_%282%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="28" class="mw-file-element" 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series"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Ali_Abdullah_Saleh_series" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Ali Abdullah Saleh series"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ali Abdullah Saleh Affash</b><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (21 March 1947<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – 4 December 2017) was a Yemeni military officer and politician who served as the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Yemen" title="President of Yemen">president of the Republic of Yemen</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_unification" title="Yemeni unification">Yemeni unification</a> in 1990 until his resignation in 2012, following the <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_revolution" title="Yemeni revolution">Yemeni revolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Previously, he had served as the fourth and last <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Yemen_Arab_Republic" title="President of the Yemen Arab Republic">President of the Yemen Arab Republic</a> (North Yemen), from July 1978 to 22 May 1990, after the assassination of President <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_al-Ghashmi" title="Ahmad al-Ghashmi">Ahmad al-Ghashmi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-google12_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google12-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> al-Ghashmi had earlier appointed Saleh as military governor in <a href="/wiki/Taiz" title="Taiz">Taiz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Saleh developed deeper ties with <a href="/wiki/Western_powers" class="mw-redirect" title="Western powers">Western powers</a>, especially the United States, during the <a href="/wiki/War_on_Terror" class="mw-redirect" title="War on Terror">War on Terror</a>. <a href="/wiki/Islamic_terrorism" title="Islamic terrorism">Islamic terrorism</a> may have been used and encouraged by Ali Abdullah Saleh in order to win Western support and for disruptive politically motivated attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-america.aljazeera.com_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-america.aljazeera.com-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/Arab_Spring" title="Arab Spring">Arab Spring</a>, which spread across <a href="/wiki/North_Africa" title="North Africa">North Africa</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a> (including Yemen), Saleh's time in office became increasingly precarious, until he was eventually ousted as President in 2012. He was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Abdrabbuh_Mansur_Hadi" title="Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi">Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi</a>, who had been serving as vice president since 1994, and acting president since 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2015, Saleh openly allied with the <a href="/wiki/Houthi_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Houthi movement">Houthis</a> (Ansar Allah) during the <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_Civil_War_(2014%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)">Yemeni civil war</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-http://www.aljazeera.com2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-http://www.aljazeera.com2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in which a protest movement and subsequent insurgency succeeded in <a href="/wiki/Houthi_takeover_in_Yemen" title="Houthi takeover in Yemen">capturing Yemen's capital</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanaa" title="Sanaa">Sanaa</a>, causing President Hadi to resign and flee the country. In December 2017, he declared his withdrawal from his coalition with the Houthis and instead sided with his former enemies – <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian%E2%80%93led_intervention_in_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen">Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates</a> and President al-Hadi.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 4 December 2017, during <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sanaa_(2017)" title="Battle of Sanaa (2017)">a battle</a> between Houthi and Saleh supporters in Sanaa, the Houthis accused Saleh of treason, and he was killed by a Houthi <a href="/wiki/Sniper" title="Sniper">sniper</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reports were that Saleh was killed while trying to flee his compound in a car; however, this was denied by his party officials, who said he was executed at his house.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ali_Abdullah_Salih_old_picture.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Ali_Abdullah_Salih_old_picture.jpg/151px-Ali_Abdullah_Salih_old_picture.jpg" decoding="async" width="151" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Ali_Abdullah_Salih_old_picture.jpg/226px-Ali_Abdullah_Salih_old_picture.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Ali_Abdullah_Salih_old_picture.jpg/302px-Ali_Abdullah_Salih_old_picture.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1353" data-file-height="1792" /></a><figcaption>Saleh in his youth</figcaption></figure> <p>Ali Abdullah Saleh Affash was born on 21 March 1947<sup id="cite_ref-UN_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UN_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to a poor family<sup id="cite_ref-AJ_bio_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AJ_bio-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Beit al-Ahmar village<sup id="cite_ref-aps_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aps-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Red House village)<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from the Sanhan (<span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">سنحان</span></span>) clan (<a href="/wiki/Sanhan_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanhan District">Sanhan District</a>), whose territories lie some 20 kilometers southeast of <a href="/wiki/Sanaa" title="Sanaa">Sanaa</a>, then capital of the northern <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yemen" title="Kingdom of Yemen">Kingdom of Yemen</a>. Saleh's father, Abdallah Saleh died after he divorced Ali Abdullah's mother when Saleh was still young.<sup id="cite_ref-AJ_bio_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AJ_bio-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-day_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-day-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother later remarried her deceased former husband's brother, Muhammad Saleh, who soon became Saleh's mentor and stepfather.<sup id="cite_ref-day_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-day-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Saleh's brother <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Mohammed Abdullah Saleh">Mohammed</a> was a major general and had three children: <a href="/wiki/Yahya_Mohamed_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Yahya Mohamed Abdullah Saleh">Yahya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tareq_Saleh" title="Tareq Saleh">Tareq</a>, and Ammar, who all served under Saleh during his rule.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Young_Saleh_of_Yemen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Young_Saleh_of_Yemen.jpg/190px-Young_Saleh_of_Yemen.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Young_Saleh_of_Yemen.jpg/285px-Young_Saleh_of_Yemen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Young_Saleh_of_Yemen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="314" data-file-height="413" /></a><figcaption>Private Saleh in the Republican Army uniform</figcaption></figure> <p>Saleh's cousin, <a href="/wiki/Ali_Mohsen_al-Ahmar" title="Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar">Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar</a> from the Al Ahmar family, which is also part of the Sanhan clan is often confused with the same-named leading family of the Hashid tribe, with which the Sanhan clan was an ally.<sup id="cite_ref-aps_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aps-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hashid tribe, in turn, belongs to the larger Yemeni parent group, the <a href="/wiki/Kahlan" title="Kahlan">Kahlan</a> tribe. The clans Sanhan and <a href="/wiki/Khawlan" title="Khawlan">Khawlan</a> are said to be related.<sup id="cite_ref-aps_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aps-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ali Abdallah Saleh married Asama Saleh in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_career_and_rise_to_the_presidency">Military career and rise to the presidency</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military career and rise to the presidency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Saleh received his primary education at Ma'alama village before leaving to join the Royal (North Yemeni) Armed Forces in 1958 as an infantry soldier and was admitted to the Royal Military Academy in 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-AJ_bio_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AJ_bio-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-presidentsaleh.gov.ye_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presidentsaleh.gov.ye-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three years later, in 1963, he was commissioned as a <a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant" title="Second lieutenant">second lieutenant</a> in <a href="/wiki/Armoured_corps" title="Armoured corps">armoured corps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-presidentsaleh.gov.ye_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presidentsaleh.gov.ye-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He participated in the Nasserist-inspired <a href="/wiki/North_Yemen_Civil_War#Coup_d'état" class="mw-redirect" title="North Yemen Civil War">military coup</a> of 1962, which was instrumental in the removal of King <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_al-Badr" title="Muhammad al-Badr">Muhammad al-Badr</a> and the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Yemen_Arab_Republic" title="Yemen Arab Republic">Yemen Arab Republic</a>, beside that he wasn't an Nasserist. During the <a href="/wiki/North_Yemen_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="North Yemen Civil War">North Yemen Civil War</a>, he attained the rank of major by 1969. He received further training as a <a href="/wiki/Staff_(military)" title="Staff (military)">staff officer</a> in the Higher Command and staff C Course in Iraq, between 1970 and 1971, and was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel" title="Lieutenant colonel">lieutenant colonel</a>. He became a full <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">colonel</a> in 1976 and was given command of a mechanised brigade. In 1977, the <a href="/wiki/President_of_North_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="President of North Yemen">President of North Yemen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_al-Ghashmi" title="Ahmad al-Ghashmi">Ahmad al-Ghashmi</a>, appointed him as military governor of <a href="/wiki/Taiz_Governorate" title="Taiz Governorate">Taiz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aps_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aps-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After al-Ghashmi was assassinated on 24 June 1978, Colonel Saleh was appointed to be a member of the four-man provisional presidency council and deputy to the general staff commander.<sup id="cite_ref-aps_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aps-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-presidentsaleh.gov.ye_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presidentsaleh.gov.ye-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 July 1978, Saleh was elected by the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliament of Yemen">Parliament</a> to be the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Yemen_Arab_Republic" title="President of the Yemen Arab Republic">President of the Yemen Arab Republic</a>, while simultaneously holding the positions of chief of staff and commander-in-chief of the armed forces.<sup id="cite_ref-presidentsaleh.gov.ye_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presidentsaleh.gov.ye-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Governance in the Middle East and North Africa: A Handbook</i> describes Saleh as being neither from a "sheikhly family" nor a "large or important tribe" either, but instead rising to power through "his own means", and creating a patronage system with his family at the top.<sup id="cite_ref-Abbas-2013-309_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abbas-2013-309-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His seven brothers were placed "in key positions", and later he relied on "sons, daughters, sons-in-law and nephews".<sup id="cite_ref-Abbas-2013-309_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abbas-2013-309-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beneath the positions occupied by his extended family, Saleh "relied heavily on the loyalty" of two tribes, his own Sanhan tribe and the Hamdan San'a tribe of his mentor, the late president al-Ghashmi.<sup id="cite_ref-Abbas-2013-309_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abbas-2013-309-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> Middle Eastern correspondent <a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Worth" title="Robert F. Worth">Robert F. Worth</a> described Saleh as reaching an understanding with powerful feudal "big sheikhs" to become "part of a Mafia-style spoils system that substituted for governance".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robert Worth accused Saleh of exceeding the aggrandisement of other Middle Eastern strongmen by managing to "rake off tens of billions of dollars in public funds for himself and his family" despite the extreme poverty of his country.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="North_Yemen_presidency">North Yemen presidency</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: North Yemen presidency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saleh_1978.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Saleh_1978.jpg/220px-Saleh_1978.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Saleh_1978.jpg/330px-Saleh_1978.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Saleh_1978.jpg/440px-Saleh_1978.jpg 2x" data-file-width="794" data-file-height="567" /></a><figcaption>Saleh in 1978</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saleh_1988.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Saleh_1988.jpg/147px-Saleh_1988.jpg" decoding="async" width="147" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Saleh_1988.jpg/220px-Saleh_1988.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Saleh_1988.jpg/293px-Saleh_1988.jpg 2x" data-file-width="317" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption>Saleh in 1988</figcaption></figure> <p>On 10 August 1978, Saleh ordered the execution of 30 officers who were charged with being part of a conspiracy against his rule.<sup id="cite_ref-aps_22-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aps-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Saleh was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">major general</a> in 1980, elected as the secretary-general of the <a href="/wiki/General_People%27s_Congress_(Yemen)" title="General People's Congress (Yemen)">General People's Congress</a> party on 30 August 1982, and re-elected president of the <a href="/wiki/Yemen_Arab_Republic" title="Yemen Arab Republic">Yemen Arab Republic</a> in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-presidentsaleh.gov.ye_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presidentsaleh.gov.ye-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The People's Constituent Assembly, which had been created somewhat earlier, selected Col. Ali Abdullah Saleh as al-Ghashmī’s successor. Despite early public skepticism and a serious coup attempt in late 1978, Saleh managed to conciliate most factions, improve relations with Yemen's neighbours, and resume various programs of economic and political development and institutionalization. More firmly in power in the 1980s, he created the political organization that was to become known as his party, the General People's Congress (GPC), and steered Yemen into the age of oil. </p><p>In the late 1980s, Saleh was under considerable international pressure to permit his country's <a href="/wiki/Yemenite_Jews" title="Yemenite Jews">Jewish</a> citizens to travel freely to places abroad. Passports were eventually issued to them, which facilitated their unrestricted travel. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Unified_Yemen_presidency">Unified Yemen presidency</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Unified Yemen presidency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Qaddafi_and_saleh_1990.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Qaddafi_and_saleh_1990.jpg/200px-Qaddafi_and_saleh_1990.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Qaddafi_and_saleh_1990.jpg/300px-Qaddafi_and_saleh_1990.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Qaddafi_and_saleh_1990.jpg/400px-Qaddafi_and_saleh_1990.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1375" data-file-height="946" /></a><figcaption>Libyan leader <a href="/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi" title="Muammar Gaddafi">Gaddafi</a> and Saleh in May 1990</figcaption></figure> <p>The decline of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> severely weakened the status of <a href="/wiki/South_Yemen" title="South Yemen">South Yemen</a>, a communist-originated state, and, in 1990,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the North and South agreed to <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_unification" title="Yemeni unification">unify</a> after years of negotiations. The South accepted Saleh as President of the unified country, while <a href="/wiki/Ali_Salim_al-Beidh" class="mw-redirect" title="Ali Salim al-Beidh">Ali Salim al-Beidh</a> served as the Vice President and a member of the Presidential Council.<sup id="cite_ref-Burrowes_1986_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burrowes_1986-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reutersobit_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reutersobit-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Iraq lost the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>, Yemeni workers were deported from Kuwait by the restored government.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/1993_Yemeni_parliamentary_election" title="1993 Yemeni parliamentary election">1993 parliamentary election</a>, the first held after unification, Saleh's General People's Congress won 122 of 301 seats.<sup id="cite_ref-elections_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elections-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> South disagreeing with their party's third place position, started a brief civil-war until 1994 when Saleh's army ended the insurgency.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Terrorist_links">Terrorist links</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Terrorist links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saleh_Giovanardi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Saleh_Giovanardi.jpg/220px-Saleh_Giovanardi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Saleh_Giovanardi.jpg/330px-Saleh_Giovanardi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Saleh_Giovanardi.jpg/440px-Saleh_Giovanardi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="546" data-file-height="355" /></a><figcaption>Saleh shaking hands with <a href="/wiki/Carlo_Giovanardi" title="Carlo Giovanardi">Carlo Giovanardi</a> in 2000</figcaption></figure> <p>Around 1994, <a href="/wiki/Jihadists" class="mw-redirect" title="Jihadists">jihadists</a> from <a href="/wiki/Ayman_al-Zawahiri" title="Ayman al-Zawahiri">Ayman al-Zawahiri</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Islamic_Jihad" title="Egyptian Islamic Jihad">Egyptian Islamic Jihad</a> attempted to regroup in Yemen following a harsh crackdown in Egypt. In this, they were tacitly supported by the regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh, as he found them useful in his fight against southern separatists in the <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_Civil_War_(1994)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yemeni Civil War (1994)">civil war of 1994</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After using Islamic militants to repress the separatist <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_Socialist_Party" title="Yemeni Socialist Party">Yemeni Socialist Party</a> and keep the country under his rule, Saleh turned a blind eye to their activities and allowed their sympathizers to work in his intelligence services.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_promotion">Military promotion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Military promotion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 24 December 1997, Parliament approved Saleh's promotion to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Field_marshal" title="Field marshal">field marshal</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-aps_22-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aps-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-presidentsaleh.gov.ye_27-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presidentsaleh.gov.ye-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making him the highest-ranking military officer in Yemen.<sup id="cite_ref-aps_22-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aps-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He became Yemen's first directly elected president in <a href="/wiki/1999_Yemeni_presidential_election" title="1999 Yemeni presidential election">the 1999 presidential election</a>, winning 96.2% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-elections_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elections-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 310">: 310 </span></sup> The only other candidate, <a href="/wiki/Najeeb_Qahtan_Al-Sha%27abi" class="mw-redirect" title="Najeeb Qahtan Al-Sha'abi">Najeeb Qahtan Al-Sha'abi</a>, who was the son of <a href="/wiki/Qahtan_Muhammad_al-Shaabi" title="Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi">Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi</a>, the former president of <a href="/wiki/South_Yemen" title="South Yemen">South Yemen</a>. Though a member of Saleh's <a href="/wiki/General_People%27s_Congress_(Yemen)" title="General People's Congress (Yemen)">General People's Congress</a> (GPC) party, Najeeb ran as an independent.<sup id="cite_ref-REVERSAL_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-REVERSAL-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1999_election">1999 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1999 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aa_salih_with_cheney.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Aa_salih_with_cheney.jpg/180px-Aa_salih_with_cheney.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Aa_salih_with_cheney.jpg/270px-Aa_salih_with_cheney.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Aa_salih_with_cheney.jpg/360px-Aa_salih_with_cheney.jpg 2x" data-file-width="397" data-file-height="299" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Dick Cheney</a> and Saleh in Sanaa, 2002</figcaption></figure> <p>After the 1999 elections, the Parliament passed a law extending presidential terms from five to seven years, extending parliamentary terms from four to six years, and creating a 111-member, presidentially-appointed council of advisors with legislative power.<sup id="cite_ref-presidentsaleh.gov.ye_27-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presidentsaleh.gov.ye-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This move prompted <a href="/wiki/Freedom_House" title="Freedom House">Freedom House</a> to downgrade their rating of political freedom in Yemen from 5 to 6.<sup id="cite_ref-FH_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FH-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006_election">2006 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2006 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vladimir_Putin_with_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Vladimir_Putin_with_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh.jpg/220px-Vladimir_Putin_with_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Vladimir_Putin_with_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh.jpg/330px-Vladimir_Putin_with_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Vladimir_Putin_with_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh.jpg/440px-Vladimir_Putin_with_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="388" /></a><figcaption>Saleh and <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Putin</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Kremlin" title="Kremlin">Kremlin</a>, 2004</figcaption></figure><p> In July 2005, during the 27th-anniversary celebrations of his presidency, Saleh announced that he would "not contest the [presidential] elections" in September 2006. He expressed hope that "all political parties – including the opposition and the General People's Congress – find young leaders to compete in the elections because we have to train ourselves in the practice of peaceful succession."<sup id="cite_ref-NOCONTEST_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOCONTEST-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in June 2006, Saleh changed his mind and accepted his party's nomination as the presidential candidate of the GPC, saying that when he initially decided not to contest the elections his aim was "to establish ground for a <a href="/wiki/Peaceful_transition_of_power" title="Peaceful transition of power">peaceful transfer of power</a>", and that he was now, however, bowing to the "popular pressure and appeals of the Yemeni people." Political analyst Ali Saif Hasan said that he had been "sure [President Saleh] would run as a presidential candidate. His announcement in July 2005 – that he would not run – was exceptional and unusual." Mohammed al-Rubai, head of the opposition supreme council, said the president's decision "show[ed] that the president wasn't serious in his earlier decision. I wish he hadn't initially announced that he would step down. There was no need for such farce."<sup id="cite_ref-REVERSAL_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-REVERSAL-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ali_Abdullah_Saleh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh.jpg/220px-Ali_Abdullah_Saleh.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh.jpg/330px-Ali_Abdullah_Saleh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh.jpg/440px-Ali_Abdullah_Saleh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="514" data-file-height="368" /></a><figcaption>Saleh and <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> in 2007</figcaption></figure><p>In <a href="/wiki/2006_Yemeni_presidential_election" title="2006 Yemeni presidential election">the 2006 presidential election</a>, held on 20 September, Saleh won with 77.2% of the vote. His main rival, <a href="/wiki/Faisal_bin_Shamlan" class="mw-redirect" title="Faisal bin Shamlan">Faisal bin Shamlan</a>, received 21.8%.<sup id="cite_ref-presidentsaleh.gov.ye_27-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presidentsaleh.gov.ye-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Saleh was sworn in for another term on 27 September 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2005, Saleh stated in a nationally televised broadcast that only his personal intervention had prevented a U.S. occupation of the southern port of <a href="/wiki/Aden" title="Aden">Aden</a> after the 2000 <a href="/wiki/USS_Cole_bombing" title="USS Cole bombing">USS <i>Cole</i> bombing</a>, stating "By chance, I happened to be down there. If I hadn't been, Aden would have been occupied as there were eight U.S. warships at the entrance to the port."<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, transcripts from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">United States Senate Committee on Armed Services</a> stated that no other warships were in the vicinity at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-CNNobit_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNNobit-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colluding_with_terrorists">Colluding with terrorists</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Colluding with terrorists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dmitry_Medvedev_25_February_2009-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Dmitry_Medvedev_25_February_2009-1.jpg/225px-Dmitry_Medvedev_25_February_2009-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Dmitry_Medvedev_25_February_2009-1.jpg/338px-Dmitry_Medvedev_25_February_2009-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Dmitry_Medvedev_25_February_2009-1.jpg/450px-Dmitry_Medvedev_25_February_2009-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="334" /></a><figcaption>Saleh with Russian President <a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Medvedev" title="Dmitry Medvedev">Dmitry Medvedev</a> in Moscow, 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>After 9/11, Saleh sided with America in the <a href="/wiki/War_on_Terror" class="mw-redirect" title="War on Terror">War on Terror</a>. Following the mysterious "escape" of <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">Al Qaeda</a> convicts in Yemeni custody during the <a href="/wiki/2006_Yemen_prison_escape" title="2006 Yemen prison escape">2006 Yemen prison escape</a>, Saleh demanded more American money and support in order to catch the fugitives.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an investigative documentary allegations were made that Saleh's government supported and directly helped Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (<a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula" title="Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula">AQAP</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-america.aljazeera.com_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-america.aljazeera.com-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> An informant for the National Security Bureau (NSB) and Political Security Organization (PSO) made these allegations.</p><blockquote><p><i>Hani Muhammad Mujahid, 38, told Al Jazeera that "many Al-Qaeda leaders were under the complete control of Ali Abdullah Saleh", "Ali Abdullah Saleh turned Al-Qaeda into an organized criminal gang. He was not only playing with the West. He was playing with the entire world".</i></p></blockquote><p>Richard Barrett, who was with Britain's <a href="/wiki/Secret_Intelligence_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Secret Intelligence Service">MI6</a> intelligence agency before becoming director of the Al-Qaeda Monitoring Team for the UN, described Mujahid's story of his background in Afghanistan, his return to Yemen and his involvement with AQAP as "credible". The attack on the <a href="/wiki/Sanaa_embassy_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanaa embassy attack">U.S. Embassy in 2008</a> was funded by Saleh's nephew and Al Qaeda leaders had close relationships with him. The informant also gave critical intelligence on terrorist movements, attacks and leaders but no action was taken. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ousted_from_the_presidency">Ousted from the presidency</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ousted from the presidency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protests">Protests</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Protests"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Yemeni Revolution">Yemeni Revolution</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Anti_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh_protest_in_Sanaa.webm/220px--Anti_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh_protest_in_Sanaa.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="165" data-durationhint="26" data-mwtitle="Anti_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh_protest_in_Sanaa.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Anti_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh_protest_in_Sanaa.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fe/Anti_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh_protest_in_Sanaa.webm/Anti_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh_protest_in_Sanaa.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Anti_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh_protest_in_Sanaa.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-width="640" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fe/Anti_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh_protest_in_Sanaa.webm/Anti_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh_protest_in_Sanaa.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="192" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fe/Anti_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh_protest_in_Sanaa.webm/Anti_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh_protest_in_Sanaa.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="320" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fe/Anti_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh_protest_in_Sanaa.webm/Anti_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh_protest_in_Sanaa.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fe/Anti_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh_protest_in_Sanaa.webm/Anti_Ali_Abdullah_Saleh_protest_in_Sanaa.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>Anti-Saleh protest in <a href="/wiki/Sanaa" title="Sanaa">Sanaa</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In early 2011, following the <a href="/wiki/Tunisian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunisian Revolution">Tunisian revolution</a> which resulted in the overthrow of the long-time Tunisian president, <a href="/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali">Zine El Abidine Ben Ali</a>, opposition parties attempted to do the same in Yemen. Opposition elements started leading protests and demanding that Saleh end his three-decade-long rule because of the perceived lack of democratic reform, widespread corruption and human rights abuses carried out by him and his allies.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (December 2017)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His net worth was estimated to be between 32 and 64 billion dollars with his money spread across multiple accounts in Europe and abroad.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 2 February 2011, facing a <a href="/wiki/2011_Yemeni_uprising" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Yemeni uprising">major national uprising</a>, Saleh announced that he would not seek re-election in 2013, but would serve out the remainder of his term.<sup id="cite_ref-wsj2011_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsj2011-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to government violence against protesters, eleven MPs of Saleh's party resigned on 23 February.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 5 March, this number had increased to 13, as well as the addition of two deputy ministers.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 March 2011, Saleh announced a <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendum</a> on a new constitution, separating the executive and legislative powers.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 18 March, at least 52 people were killed and over 200 injured by government forces when unarmed demonstrators were fired upon in the university square in <a href="/wiki/Sana%27a" class="mw-redirect" title="Sana'a">Sana'a</a>. The president claimed that his security forces were not at the location, and blamed local residents for the massacre.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (December 2017)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 7 April 2011, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_diplomatic_cables_leak" title="United States diplomatic cables leak">United States diplomatic cables leak</a> reported the plans of <a href="/wiki/Hamid_al-Ahmar" title="Hamid al-Ahmar">Hamid al-Ahmar</a>, the Islah Party leader, prominent businessman, and de facto leader of Yemen's largest tribal confederation claiming that he would organize popular demonstrations throughout Yemen aimed at removing President Saleh from power.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Washington_Post_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Washington_Post-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 23 April 2011, facing massive nationwide protests, Saleh agreed to step down under a 30-day transition plan in which he would receive immunity from criminal prosecution.<sup id="cite_ref-WashPo_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WashPo-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stated that he planned to hand power over to his vice president, <a href="/wiki/Abdrabbuh_Mansur_Hadi" title="Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi">Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi</a> as part of the deal.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 18 May 2011, he agreed to sign a deal with opposition groups, stipulating that he would resign within a month;<sup id="cite_ref-latimesblogs.latimes.com_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimesblogs.latimes.com-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 May, Saleh refused to sign the agreement, leading to renewed protests and the withdrawal of the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Cooperation_Council" title="Gulf Cooperation Council">Gulf Cooperation Council</a> from mediation efforts in Yemen.<sup id="cite_ref-news.sky.com_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news.sky.com-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assassination_attempt_and_resignation">Assassination attempt and resignation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Assassination attempt and resignation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 3 <a href="/wiki/Al-Nahdayn_Mountain" title="Al-Nahdayn Mountain">June 2011</a>, Saleh was injured in a bomb attack on his presidential compound. Multiple <a href="/wiki/C-4_(explosive)" title="C-4 (explosive)">C-4 (explosive)</a> charges were planted inside the mosque and one exploded when the president and major members of his government were praying.<sup id="cite_ref-Reutersobit_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reutersobit-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The explosion killed four bodyguards and former prime minister, <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Aziz_Abdul_Ghani" title="Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani">Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani</a> (who died later of his wounds), deputy prime ministers, head of the Parliament, governor of Sanaa and many more.<sup id="cite_ref-CNNobit_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNNobit-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Saleh suffered burns and shrapnel injuries, but survived, a result that was confirmed by an audio message he sent to state media in which he condemned the attack, but his voice clearly revealed that he was having difficulty in speaking.<sup id="cite_ref-AA2011_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AA2011-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Government officials tried to downplay the attack by saying he was lightly wounded. The next day he was taken to a military hospital in Saudi Arabia for treatment.<sup id="cite_ref-AA2011_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AA2011-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to U.S. government officials, Saleh suffered a collapsed lung and burns on about 40 per cent of his body.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Saudi official said that Saleh had undergone two operations: one to remove the shrapnel and a <a href="/wiki/Neurosurgery" title="Neurosurgery">neurosurgery</a> on his neck.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 4 June 2011, Vice President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi was appointed as acting president, while Saleh remained the President of Yemen.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Halfbrother.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Halfbrother.jpg/220px-Halfbrother.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Halfbrother.jpg/330px-Halfbrother.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Halfbrother.jpg/440px-Halfbrother.jpg 2x" data-file-width="553" data-file-height="369" /></a><figcaption>Ali Abdullah Saleh and his brother in 2011</figcaption></figure> <p>On 7 July 2011, Saleh appeared for his first live television appearance since his injury. He appeared badly burned and his arms were both bandaged. In his speech, he welcomed power-sharing but stressed it should be "within the framework of the constitution and in the framework of the law".<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 19 September 2011, he was pictured without bandages, meeting <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Abdullah of Saudi Arabia">King Abdullah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 23 September 2011, Yemeni state television announced that Saleh had returned to the country after three months amid increasing turmoil in a week that saw increased gun battles on the streets of Sana'a and more than 100 deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Saleh said on 8 October 2011, in comments broadcast on Yemeni state television, that he would step down "in the coming days". The opposition expressed skepticism, however, and a government minister said Saleh meant that he would leave power under the framework of a <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Cooperation_Council" title="Gulf Cooperation Council">Gulf Cooperation Council</a> initiative to transition toward democracy.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 23 November 2011, Saleh flew to <a href="/wiki/Riyadh" title="Riyadh">Riyadh</a> in neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> to sign the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Cooperation_Council" title="Gulf Cooperation Council">Gulf Cooperation Council</a> plan for political transition, which he had previously spurned. Upon signing the document, he agreed to legally transfer the office and powers of the presidency to his deputy, Vice President <a href="/wiki/Abdrabbuh_Mansur_Hadi" title="Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi">Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Reutersobit_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reutersobit-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The agreement also led to the formation of a government divided by Saleh's political party (GPC) and the JMP.<sup id="cite_ref-resigns_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resigns-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was reported that Saleh had left Yemen on 22 January 2012 for medical treatment in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He arrived in the United States six days later.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his deputy Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi won the <a href="/wiki/2012_Yemeni_presidential_election" title="2012 Yemeni presidential election">2012 Yemeni presidential election</a> on 21 February 2012 running unopposed, Saleh formally ceded power to him and stepped down as the President of Yemen on 27 February 2012, pledging to support efforts to "rebuild" the country still reeling from months of violence.<sup id="cite_ref-google12_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google12-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-presidency">Post-presidency</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Post-presidency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2013, Saleh opened a museum documenting his 33 years in power, located in a wing of the <a href="/wiki/Al_Saleh_Mosque" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Saleh Mosque">Al Saleh Mosque</a> in Sanaa.<sup id="cite_ref-CNNobit_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNNobit-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the museum's central display cases exhibits a pair of burnt trousers that Saleh was wearing at the time of his assassination attempt in June 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-Reutersobit_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reutersobit-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other displays include fragments of shrapnel that were taken out of his body during his hospital treatment in Saudi Arabia, as well as various gifts given to Saleh by kings, presidents and world leaders over the course of his rule.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later that year, in October, the United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen, <a href="/wiki/Jamal_Benomar" title="Jamal Benomar">Jamal Benomar</a> said that Saleh and his son have the right to run in the <a href="/wiki/Next_Yemeni_presidential_election" title="Next Yemeni presidential election">next Yemeni presidential election</a>, as the 2011 deal does not cover political incapacitation.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Saleh was a behind-the-scenes leader of the <a href="/wiki/Houthi_takeover_in_Yemen" title="Houthi takeover in Yemen">Houthi takeover in Yemen</a> led by Zaydi <a href="/wiki/Houthi" class="mw-redirect" title="Houthi">Houthi</a> forces. Tribesmen and government forces loyal to Saleh joined the <a href="/wiki/Houthis" title="Houthis">Houthis</a> in their march to power.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">United Nations Security Council</a> imposed sanctions on Saleh in 2014, accusing him of threatening peace and obstructing Yemen's political process, subjecting him to a global travel ban and an asset freeze.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 28 July 2016, Saleh and the Houthi rebels announced a <i>formal alliance</i> to fight the Saudi-led military coalition, run by a <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Political_Council" title="Supreme Political Council">Supreme Political Council</a> of 10 members – made up of five members from Saleh's General People's Congress, and five from the Houthis.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The members were sworn in on 14 August 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sanaa_(2017)" title="Battle of Sanaa (2017)">Battle of Sanaa (2017)</a></div> <p>Houthi spokesperson Mohamed Abdel Salam stated that his group had spotted messages between the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a> (UAE) and Saleh three months before his death. He told the <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatari</a> channel <a href="/wiki/Al_Jazeera_Arabic" title="Al Jazeera Arabic">Al-Jazeera</a> that there was <a href="/wiki/Communication" title="Communication">communications</a> between Saleh, the <a href="/wiki/UAE" class="mw-redirect" title="UAE">UAE</a> and a number of other countries such as <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a> through encrypted messages.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The alliance between Saleh and the Houthi broke down in late 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-AJ_H-S_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AJ_H-S-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with armed clashes occurring between former allies in Sana'a from 28 November.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Saleh declared his split from the <a href="/wiki/Houthi_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Houthi movement">Houthi movement</a> in a televised statement delivered on 2 December, calling on his supporters to take back the country<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and expressed his openness to a dialogue with the <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention_in_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen">Saudi Arabian-led coalition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AJ_H-S_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AJ_H-S-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 4 December 2017, Saleh's house in Sana'a was assaulted by fighters of the Houthi movement, according to residents.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Saleh was killed on his way to <a href="/wiki/Marib" title="Marib">Marib</a> while trying to flee into Saudi-controlled territories after a <a href="/wiki/Rocket-propelled_grenade" title="Rocket-propelled grenade">rocket-propelled grenade</a> struck and disabled his vehicle in an <a href="/wiki/Ambush" title="Ambush">ambush</a> and he was subsequently shot in the head by a Houthi sniper, something his party denied.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Houthis published a video allegedly depicting Saleh's body with a gunshot wound to the head.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His death was confirmed by a senior aide to Saleh, and also by Saleh's nephew.<sup id="cite_ref-Reutersobit_33-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reutersobit-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CNNobit_44-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNNobit-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His death has been described by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Economist" title="The Economist">The Economist</a></i> as an embarrassment in a string of Saudi foreign policy failures under <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_bin_Salman" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammad bin Salman">Mohammad bin Salman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Saleh's home was captured by Houthis before he fled. Officials of his party General People's Congress, while confirming his death, stated that a convoy he and other party officials were travelling in was attacked by Houthis as they fled towards his hometown <a href="/wiki/Sanhan,_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanhan, Yemen">Sanhan</a>. Houthi leader <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Malik_al-Houthi" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdul Malik al-Houthi">Abdul Malik al-Houthi</a> meanwhile celebrated Saleh's death and called it "the day of the fall of the treasonous conspiracy". He also stated that his group had "no problem" with the GPC or its members. <a href="/wiki/Abdrabbuh_Mansur_Hadi" title="Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi">Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi</a> offered condolences for Saleh's death and called for an uprising against the Houthis.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Houthis accused the UAE of dragging Saleh to "this humiliating fate."<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 9 December 2017, he was buried in Sana'a, according to an official.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Houthi commander reported that the burial was held in strict conditions with no more than 20 people attending.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Chinese 2018 movie <i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Red_Sea" title="Operation Red Sea">Operation Red Sea</a></i> is about the conflict in Yewaire, a country loosely based on Yemen,<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a coup launched by General Sharaf, who was based on Saleh but never made an appearance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_honours">National honours</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: National honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/45px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a>: Grand Master with Collar of the Order of Unification<sup id="cite_ref-ConstantanianOrder_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ConstantanianOrder-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_honours">Foreign honours</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Foreign honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>: Medal of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Jos%C3%A9_Mart%C3%AD" title="Order of José Martí">Order of José Martí</a><sup id="cite_ref-chronology.palestine-studies.org_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chronology.palestine-studies.org-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Libya_%281977%E2%80%932011%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Libya_%281977%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Libya_%281977%E2%80%932011%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Libya_%281977%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Libya_%281977%E2%80%932011%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Libya_%281977%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a>: First Class of the Order of the Grand Conqueror<sup id="cite_ref-alkhaleej.ae_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alkhaleej.ae-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a>: Grand Cordon of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_the_Seventh_of_November&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Order of the Seventh of November (page does not exist)">Order of the Seventh of November</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>: Collar of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Zayed" title="Order of Zayed">Order of Zayed</a><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies" title="Kingdom of the Two Sicilies">Two Sicilies</a> Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (defunct honour) <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies" title="Kingdom of the Two Sicilies"><img alt="Kingdom of the Two Sicilies" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/House_of_Bourbon-Two_Sicilies" title="House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies">Two Sicilian Royal Family</a>: Recipient of the Two Sicilian Royal Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George Benemerenti Medal, 1st Class<sup id="cite_ref-ConstantanianOrder_90-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ConstantanianOrder-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies" title="Kingdom of the Two Sicilies"><img alt="Kingdom of the Two Sicilies" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> Two Sicilian Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Order_of_Francis_I" title="Royal Order of Francis I">Royal Order of Francis I</a><sup id="cite_ref-ConstantanianOrder_90-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ConstantanianOrder-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wealth">Wealth</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Wealth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The UN Sanctions Panel said that by 2012 Saleh had amassed a fortune worth $32–60 billion hidden in at least twenty countries, making him one of the richest people in the world. Saleh was gaining $2 billion a year from 1978 to 2012, mainly through illegal methods, such as <a href="/wiki/Embezzlement" title="Embezzlement">embezzlement</a>, <a href="/wiki/Extortion" title="Extortion">extortion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Theft" title="Theft">theft</a> of <a href="/wiki/Funding" title="Funding">funds</a> from Yemen's fuel <a href="/wiki/Subsidy" title="Subsidy">subsidy</a> programs.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was married to Asma Saleh in 1964, at the age of seventeen. The couple have seven sons, including the eldest <a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Saleh" title="Ahmed Saleh">Ahmed Saleh</a> (born 1972), former commander of the Republican Guard, once considered a potential successor to his father, and Khaled. </p><p>His half-brother, General Mohamed Saleh al-Ahmar was commander of the Yemeni Air Force. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1130092004">.mw-parser-output .portal-bar{font-size:88%;font-weight:bold;display:flex;justify-content:center;align-items:baseline}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-bordered{padding:0 2em;background-color:#fdfdfd;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;clear:both;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/19px-P_vip.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/28px-P_vip.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/37px-P_vip.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1911" data-file-height="1944" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Biography" title="Portal:Biography">Biography</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_coloured_voting_box.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/19px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/29px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png 1.5x, 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Civil War (1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Spring" title="Arab Spring">Arab Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%93present)" title="Yemeni civil war (2014–present)">Yemeni civil war (2014–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sanaa_(2017)" title="Battle of Sanaa (2017)">Battle of Sanaa (2017)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Abdullah_Saleh&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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See: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFDowning2009" class="citation book cs1">Downing, Terry Reese (1 November 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YtfyBo4CrY0C&pg=PA293"><i>Martyrs in Paradise</i></a>. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=16447&cat_id=3">the original</a> on 12 August 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/yemeni-leader-offers-to-hand-over-power-but-only-to-safe-hands/2011/03/25/AF7aO7VB_story.html">In Yemen, onetime foes united in opposing President Saleh</a>, Sudarsan Raghavan in Sanaa, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>, 25 March 2011</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13179385">Profile: Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a></i>, 23 April 2011</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Karim_Abdullah_al-Arashi" title="Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi">Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/President_of_North_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="President of North Yemen">President of North Yemen</a> </b><br />1978–1990 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Himself</div><i><b>as <a href="/wiki/President_of_Yemen" title="President of Yemen">President of Yemen</a> </b></i> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Himself</div><i><b>as <a href="/wiki/President_of_North_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="President of North Yemen">President of North Yemen</a> </b></i> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2"><b> <a href="/wiki/President_of_Yemen" title="President of Yemen">President of Yemen</a><br />styled <i>Chairman of the Presidential Council</i> until 1994 </b><br />1990–2012 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Abdrabbuh_Mansur_Hadi" title="Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi">Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Haidar_Abu_Bakr_al-Attas" title="Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas">Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas</a></div><i><b>as <a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Yemen" title="President of South Yemen">President of South Yemen</a> </b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New political party</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/General_People%27s_Congress_(Yemen)" title="General People's Congress (Yemen)">General People's Congress</a> </b><br />1982–2017<br />Disputed by <a href="/wiki/Abdrabbuh_Mansur_Hadi" title="Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi">Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi</a> starting 2015<br />Reason for dispute:<br /><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_Civil_War_(2014%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)">Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sadeq_Amin_Abu_Rass" title="Sadeq Amin Abu Rass">Sadeq Amin Abu Rass</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output 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revolution, and civil war (2011–present)">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_crisis" title="Yemeni crisis">Yemeni crisis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_revolution" title="Yemeni revolution">Background</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houthi_insurgency_in_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Houthi insurgency in Yemen">Houthi insurgency in Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houthi_takeover_in_Yemen" title="Houthi takeover in Yemen">Houthi takeover in Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_Houthi_takeover_in_Yemen" title="Aftermath of the Houthi takeover in Yemen">Aftermath of the Houthi takeover in Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sanaa_(2014)" title="Battle of Sanaa (2014)">Battle of Sanaa (2014)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Yemen" title="Human rights in Yemen">Human rights in Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Battles<br />and attacks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shabwah_Governorate_offensive_(2014%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shabwah Governorate offensive (2014–present)">Shabwah Governorate offensive (2014–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aden_Airport" title="Battle of Aden Airport">Battle of Aden Airport</a></li> <li>2015 Sanaa mosque bombings: <a href="/wiki/March_2015_Sanaa_mosque_bombings" title="March 2015 Sanaa mosque bombings">March</a> and <a href="/wiki/September_2015_Sanaa_mosque_bombing" title="September 2015 Sanaa mosque bombing">September</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marib_campaign" title="Marib campaign">Marib campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dhale" title="Battle of Dhale">Battle of Dhale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian%E2%80%93led_intervention_in_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen">Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aden_(2015)" title="Battle of Aden (2015)">Battle of Aden (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abyan_campaign_(March%E2%80%93August_2015)" class="mw-redirect" title="Abyan campaign (March–August 2015)">Abyan campaign (March–August 2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lahij_insurgency" title="Lahij insurgency">Lahij insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houthi%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabian_conflict" title="Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict">Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shabwah_campaign_(March%E2%80%93August_2015)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shabwah campaign (March–August 2015)">Shabwah campaign (March–August 2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mukalla_(2015)" title="Battle of Mukalla (2015)">Battle of Mukalla (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiz_campaign_(2015%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiz campaign (2015–present)">Taiz campaign (2015–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2015_Marib_Tochka_missile_attack" title="September 2015 Marib Tochka missile attack">September 2015 Marib Tochka missile attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aden_unrest_(2015%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aden unrest (2015–present)">Aden unrest (2015–present)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_2015_Aden_missile_attack" title="October 2015 Aden missile attack">October 2015 Aden missile attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Aden_car_bombing" title="2015 Aden car bombing">2015 Aden car bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missionaries_of_Charity_attack_in_Aden" title="Missionaries of Charity attack in Aden">Aden Christian attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Aden_car_bombing" title="2016 Aden car bombing">2016 Aden car bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23_May_2016_Yemen_bombings" title="23 May 2016 Yemen bombings">23 May 2016 Aden bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2016_Aden_bombing" title="August 2016 Aden bombing">August 2016 Aden bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2016_Aden_suicide_bombings" title="December 2016 Aden suicide bombings">December 2016 Aden suicide bombings</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Zinjibar_and_Jaar" title="Fall of Zinjibar and Jaar">Zinjibar and Jaar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2015_Taiz_missile_attack" title="December 2015 Taiz missile attack">December 2015 Taiz missile attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nihm_Offensive" title="Nihm Offensive">Nihm Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Port_Midi" title="Battle of Port Midi">Battle of Port Midi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadramaut_Insurgency" class="mw-redirect" title="Hadramaut Insurgency">Hadramaut Insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Abyan_Offensive_(2016)" title="Southern Abyan Offensive (2016)">Southern Abyan Offensive (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abyan_conflict_(2016%E2%80%932018)" class="mw-redirect" title="Abyan conflict (2016–2018)">Abyan conflict (2016–2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mukalla_(2016)" title="Battle of Mukalla (2016)">Battle of Mukalla (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2016_Yemen_police_bombings" title="May 2016 Yemen police bombings">May 2016 Yemen police bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2016_Mukalla_attacks" title="June 2016 Mukalla attacks">June 2016 Mukalla attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Sanaa_funeral_airstrike" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Sanaa funeral airstrike">2016 Sanaa funeral airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Yakla" title="Raid on Yakla">Raid on Yakla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Al_Hathla" title="Raid on Al Hathla">Raid on Al Hathla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sanaa_(2017)" title="Battle of Sanaa (2017)">Battle of Sanaa (2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aden_(2018)" title="Battle of Aden (2018)">Battle of Aden (2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Al_Hudaydah" title="Battle of Al Hudaydah">Battle of Al Hudaydah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dahyan_air_strike" title="Dahyan air strike">Dahyan air strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abha_International_Airport_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Abha International Airport attack">Abha International Airport attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Jabara_Valley" title="Battle of the Jabara Valley">Battle of the Jabara Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Abqaiq%E2%80%93Khurais_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Abqaiq–Khurais attack">2019 Abqaiq–Khurais attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2020_Marib_attack" title="January 2020 Marib attack">January 2020 Marib attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Jawf_offensive" title="Al-Jawf offensive">Al-Jawf offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Transitional_Council_takeover_of_Socotra" title="Southern Transitional Council takeover of Socotra">Southern Transitional Council takeover of Socotra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Bayda_offensive" title="Al Bayda offensive">Al Bayda offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2020_Marib_attack" title="August 2020 Marib attack">August 2020 Marib attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Aden_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Aden attacks">2020 Aden attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Marib" title="Battle of Marib">Battle of Marib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Aden_bombings" title="2021 Aden bombings">2021 Aden bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Abu_Dhabi_attack" title="2022 Abu Dhabi attack">2022 Abu Dhabi attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saada_prison_airstrike" title="Saada prison airstrike">Saada prison airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Jeddah_missile_attack" title="2022 Jeddah missile attack">2022 Jeddah missile attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Southern_Yemen_offensive" title="2022 Southern Yemen offensive">2022 Southern Yemen offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Sea_crisis" title="Red Sea crisis">Red Sea Crisis (2023-)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Prosperity_Guardian" title="Operation Prosperity Guardian">Operation Prosperity Guardian</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_Yemeni_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="International reactions to the Yemeni Revolution">Reactions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_involvement_in_the_Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%93present)" title="Foreign involvement in the Yemeni civil war (2014–present)">Foreign involvement in the Yemeni civil war</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saudi-led_intervention_in_the_Yemeni_civil_war" title="Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war">Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_support_for_Saudi_Arabian%E2%80%93led_operations_in_Yemen" title="United States support for Saudi Arabian–led operations in Yemen">United States support for Saudi Arabian–led operations in Yemen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_Yemen" title="Blockade of Yemen">Blockade of Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_peace_process" title="Yemeni peace process">Yemeni peace process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_takeover_of_Socotra" class="mw-redirect" title="United Arab Emirates takeover of Socotra">United Arab Emirates takeover of Socotra</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Impacts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Yemeni_humanitarian_crisis" title="Timeline of the Yemeni humanitarian crisis">Humanitarian crisis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Famine_in_Yemen_(2016%E2%80%93present)" title="Famine in Yemen (2016–present)">Famine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%932022_Yemen_cholera_outbreak" title="2016–2022 Yemen cholera outbreak">Cholera outbreak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airstrikes_on_hospitals_in_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Airstrikes on hospitals in Yemen">Airstrikes on hospitals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Refugees_on_Jeju_Island" title="Refugees on Jeju Island">Refugees on Jeju Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Yemen" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen">COVID-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Yemen" title="Water supply and sanitation in Yemen">Water supply and sanitation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%93present)" title="War crimes in the Yemeni civil war (2014–present)">War crimes and human rights violations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Belligerents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Yemen" title="Cabinet of Yemen">Alimi</a> government</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rashad_al-Alimi" title="Rashad al-Alimi">Pro-Alimi</a> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Yemen_Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Yemen Armed Forces">security forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Saleh" title="Ahmed Saleh">Saleh</a> loyalist defectors</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Islah_(Yemen)" title="Al-Islah (Yemen)">Al-Islah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees_(Yemen)" title="Popular Resistance Committees (Yemen)">Popular Resistance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_Committees_(Yemen)" title="Popular Committees (Yemen)">Popular Committees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Movement" title="Southern Movement">Southern Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Transitional_Council" title="Southern Transitional Council">Southern Transitional Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Guard_(Yemen)" title="Republican Guard (Yemen)">Republican Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Hadhrami_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="National Hadhrami Council">National Hadhrami Council</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Houthi" class="mw-redirect" title="Houthi">Houthi</a> government</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Political_Council" title="Supreme Political Council">Supreme Political Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houthi_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Houthi movement">Houthis</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Pro-Saleh</a> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Yemen_Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Yemen Armed Forces">forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Revolutionary_Committee" title="Supreme Revolutionary Committee">Supreme Revolutionary Committee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Yemen" title="Cabinet of Yemen">Alimi</a> government</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rashad_al-Alimi" title="Rashad al-Alimi">Rashad al-Alimi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdrabbuh_Mansur_Hadi" title="Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi">Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_al-Subaihi" title="Mahmoud al-Subaihi">Mahmoud al-Subaihi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Mohsen_al-Ahmar" title="Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar">Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khaled_Bahah" title="Khaled Bahah">Khaled Bahah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hussein_Arab" title="Hussein Arab">Hussein Arab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Saleh" title="Ahmed Saleh">Ahmed Saleh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tareq_Saleh" title="Tareq Saleh">Tareq Saleh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Houthi_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Houthi movement">Houthi</a> government</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saleh_Ali_al-Sammad" title="Saleh Ali al-Sammad">Saleh Ali al-Sammad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_al-Atifi" title="Mohamed al-Atifi">Mohamed al-Atifi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_al-Houthi" title="Mohammed al-Houthi">Mohammed al-Houthi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hussein_Khairan" title="Hussein Khairan">Hussein Khairan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul-Malik_al-Houthi" title="Abdul-Malik al-Houthi">Abdul-Malik al-Houthi</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ali Abdullah Saleh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States%E2%80%93Houthi_conflict_(2023%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="United States–Houthi conflict (2023–present)">United States–Houthi conflict (2023–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_Saudi-led_intervention_in_Yemen_(2015%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="International reactions to the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen (2015–present)">Reactions to the Saudi-led military intervention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aviation_shootdowns_and_accidents_during_the_Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention_in_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen">List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Arab_Spring415" style="wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#CEE0F2;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Arab_Spring" title="Template:Arab Spring"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Arab_Spring" title="Template talk:Arab Spring"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Arab_Spring" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Arab Spring"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Arab_Spring415" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Arab_Spring" title="Arab Spring">Arab Spring</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#eeeeee;"><div>"<i><a href="/wiki/Ash-shab_yurid_isqat_an-nizam" title="Ash-shab yurid isqat an-nizam">Ash-shab yurid isqat an-nizam</a></i>"</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left">Events by country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%932012_Algerian_protests" title="2010–2012 Algerian protests">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Bahraini_uprising" title="2011 Bahraini uprising">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Djiboutian_protests" title="2011 Djiboutian protests">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Revolution_of_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian Revolution of 2011">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Iraqi_protests" title="2011 Iraqi protests">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordanian_protests_(2011%E2%80%9312)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jordanian protests (2011–12)">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwaiti_protests_(2011%E2%80%932013)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuwaiti protests (2011–2013)">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Lebanese_protests" title="2011 Lebanese protests">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Libyan_civil_war" class="mw-redirect" title="First Libyan civil war">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%932012_Mauritanian_protests" title="2011–2012 Mauritanian protests">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%932012_Moroccan_protests" title="2011–2012 Moroccan protests">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Omani_protests" title="2011 Omani protests">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Palestinian_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Palestinian protests">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%932012_Saudi_Arabian_protests" title="2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%932013_Sudanese_protests" title="2011–2013 Sudanese protests">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_revolution" title="Tunisian revolution">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Western_Saharan_protests" title="2011 Western Saharan protests">Western Sahara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_revolution" title="Yemeni revolution">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Bahrain:</i> <a href="/wiki/Al_Wefaq" title="Al Wefaq">Al Wefaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_14_Youth_Coalition" title="February 14 Youth Coalition">February 14 Youth Coalition</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Egypt:</i> <a href="/wiki/April_6_Youth_Movement" title="April 6 Youth Movement">April 6 Youth Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kefaya" title="Kefaya">Kefaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood" title="Muslim Brotherhood">Muslim Brotherhood</a> (<a href="/wiki/Freedom_and_Justice_Party_(Egypt)" title="Freedom and Justice Party (Egypt)">FJP</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_for_Change" title="National Association for Change">National Association for Change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Party_(Egypt)" title="National Democratic Party (Egypt)">National Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Salvation_Front_(Egypt)" title="National Salvation Front (Egypt)">National Salvation Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialists_(Egypt)" title="Revolutionary Socialists (Egypt)">Revolutionary Socialists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shayfeencom" title="Shayfeencom">Shayfeencom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ultras_Ahlawy" title="Ultras Ahlawy">Ultras Ahlawy</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Libya:</i> <a href="/wiki/National_Liberation_Army_(Libya)" title="National Liberation Army (Libya)">National Liberation Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Transitional_Council" title="National Transitional Council">National Transitional Council</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Mauritania:</i> <a href="/wiki/February_25th_Movement" title="February 25th Movement">February 25th Movement</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Saudi Arabia:</i> <a href="/wiki/Women_to_drive_movement" title="Women to drive movement">Women to drive movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_for_the_Defense_of_Human_Rights_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula" title="Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the Arabian Peninsula">CDHRAP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_for_Development_and_Change" title="Society for Development and Change">Society for Development and Change</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Syria:</i> Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Socialist_Ba%27ath_Party_%E2%80%93_Syria_Region" title="Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region">Regional Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ba%27ath_Party_(Syrian-dominated_faction)" title="Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction)">National Command</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Coalition_for_Syrian_Revolutionary_and_Opposition_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces">National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Syrian_Army" title="Free Syrian Army">Free Syrian Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_Revolution_General_Commission" title="Syrian Revolution General Commission">Syrian Revolution General Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_National_Council" title="Syrian National Council">Syrian National Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Coordination_Committee_for_Democratic_Change" title="National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change">National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hizb_ut-Tahrir" title="Hizb ut-Tahrir">Hizb ut-Tahrir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_rebel_fighters_in_the_Syrian_civil_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign rebel fighters in the Syrian civil war">Foreign fighters</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Tunisia:</i> <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Democratic_Rally" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional Democratic Rally">Constitutional Democratic Rally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ennahda" title="Ennahda">Ennahda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_Front_(Tunisia)" title="Popular Front (Tunisia)">Popular Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_General_Labour_Union" title="Tunisian General Labour Union">Tunisian General Labour Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_National_Dialogue_Quartet" title="Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet">Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Yemen:</i> <a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Yemeni_Tribes" title="Alliance of Yemeni Tribes">Alliance of Yemeni Tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Islah_(Yemen)" title="Al-Islah (Yemen)">Al-Islah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hashid" title="Hashid">Hashid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houthis" title="Houthis">Houthis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_People%27s_Congress_(Yemen)" title="General People's Congress (Yemen)">General People's Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Yemen_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="South Yemen Movement">Hiraak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left">Notable people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_Arab_Spring" title="Women in the Arab Spring">Women in the Arab Spring</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Algeria:</i> <a href="/wiki/Abdelaziz_Bouteflika" title="Abdelaziz Bouteflika">Abdelaziz Bouteflika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Ouyahia" title="Ahmed Ouyahia">Ahmed Ouyahia</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Bahrain:</i> <a href="/wiki/Hamad_bin_Isa_Al_Khalifa" title="Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa">Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasan_Mushaima" title="Hasan Mushaima">Hasan Mushaima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Salman" title="Ali Salman">Ali Salman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Ali_Jawad_al-Sheikh" title="Death of Ali Jawad al-Sheikh">Ali Jawad al-Sheikh</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Egypt:</i> <a href="/wiki/Hosni_Mubarak" title="Hosni Mubarak">Hosni Mubarak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omar_Suleiman_(politician)" title="Omar Suleiman (politician)">Omar Suleiman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Hussein_Tantawy" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohamed Hussein Tantawy">Mohamed Hussein Tantawy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Nazif" title="Ahmed Nazif">Ahmed Nazif</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Shafik" title="Ahmed Shafik">Ahmed Shafik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wael_Ghonim" title="Wael Ghonim">Wael Ghonim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Ganzouri" title="Kamal Ganzouri">Kamal Ganzouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Khaled_Mohamed_Saeed" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed">Khaled Mohamed Saeed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essam_Sharaf" title="Essam Sharaf">Essam Sharaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_ElBaradei" title="Mohamed ElBaradei">Mohamed ElBaradei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Morsi" title="Mohamed Morsi">Mohamed Morsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesham_Qandil" title="Hesham Qandil">Hesham Qandil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bassem_Youssef_(television_host)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bassem Youssef (television host)">Bassem Youssef</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Jordan:</i> <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_II_of_Jordan" title="Abdullah II of Jordan">King Abdullah II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marouf_al-Bakhit" title="Marouf al-Bakhit">Marouf al-Bakhit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samir_Rifai" title="Samir Rifai">Samir Rifai</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Libya:</i> <a href="/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi" title="Muammar Gaddafi">Muammar Gaddafi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saif_al-Islam_Gaddafi" title="Saif al-Islam Gaddafi">Saif al-Islam Gaddafi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mustafa_Abdul-Jelil" class="mw-redirect" title="Mustafa Abdul-Jelil">Mustafa Abdul-Jelil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahmud_Gebril" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahmud Gebril">Mahmud Gebril</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Nabbous" title="Mohammed Nabbous">Mohammed Nabbous</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Mauritania:</i> <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Ould_Abdel_Aziz" title="Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz">Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moulaye_Ould_Mohamed_Laghdaf" title="Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf">Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Morocco:</i> <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_VI_of_Morocco" title="Mohammed VI of Morocco">Mohammed VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbas_El_Fassi" title="Abbas El Fassi">Abbas El Fassi</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Saudi Arabia:</i> <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Abdullah of Saudi Arabia">Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khaled_al-Johani" title="Khaled al-Johani">Khaled al-Johani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manal_al-Sharif" title="Manal al-Sharif">Manal al-Sharif</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimr_al-Nimr" title="Nimr al-Nimr">Nimr al-Nimr</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Sudan:</i> <a href="/wiki/Omar_al-Bashir" title="Omar al-Bashir">Omar al-Bashir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hassan_al-Turabi" title="Hassan al-Turabi">Hassan al-Turabi</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Syria:</i> <a href="/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad" title="Bashar al-Assad">Bashar al-Assad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Naji_al-Otari" title="Muhammad Naji al-Otari">Muhammad Naji al-Otari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adel_Safar" title="Adel Safar">Adel Safar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riyad_Farid_Hijab" title="Riyad Farid Hijab">Riyad Farid Hijab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wael_Nader_al-Halqi" title="Wael Nader al-Halqi">Wael Nader al-Halqi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maher_al-Assad" title="Maher al-Assad">Maher al-Assad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burhan_Ghalioun" title="Burhan Ghalioun">Burhan Ghalioun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moaz_al-Khatib" title="Moaz al-Khatib">Moaz al-Khatib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Hamza_Ali_Al-Khateeb" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb">Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Tunisia:</i> <a href="/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali">Zine El Abidine Ben Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Ghannouchi" title="Mohamed Ghannouchi">Mohamed Ghannouchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moncef_Marzouki" title="Moncef Marzouki">Moncef Marzouki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashid_al-Ghannushi" class="mw-redirect" title="Rashid al-Ghannushi">Rashid al-Ghannushi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fouad_Mebazaa" title="Fouad Mebazaa">Fouad Mebazaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beji_Caid_Essebsi" title="Beji Caid Essebsi">Beji Caid Essebsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamadi_Jebali" title="Hamadi Jebali">Hamadi Jebali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Bouazizi" title="Mohamed Bouazizi">Mohamed Bouazizi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chokri_Belaid" title="Chokri Belaid">Chokri Belaid</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>United Arab Emirates:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UAE_Five" title="UAE Five">UAE Five</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Yemen:</i> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ali Abdullah Saleh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdrabbuh_Mansur_Hadi" title="Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi">Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tawakkol_Karman" title="Tawakkol Karman">Tawakkol Karman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Majeed_al-Zindani" title="Abdul Majeed al-Zindani">Abdul Majeed al-Zindani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Mohsen_al-Ahmar" title="Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar">Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadiq_al-Ahmar" title="Sadiq al-Ahmar">Sadiq al-Ahmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul-Malik_al-Houthi" title="Abdul-Malik al-Houthi">Abdul-Malik al-Houthi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Ali_al-Houthi" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammed Ali al-Houthi">Mohammed Ali al-Houthi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left">Role of the Internet</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_the_Arab_Spring" title="Internet censorship in the Arab Spring">Internet censorship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_media%27s_role_in_the_Arab_Spring" title="Social media's role in the Arab Spring">Online social media</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left"><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_Arab_Spring" title="Impact of the Arab Spring">Impact</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Occupy_movement" title="Occupy movement">Occupy movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Albanian_opposition_demonstrations" title="2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Armenian_protests" title="2011 Armenian protests">Armenia</a></li> <li>Azerbaijan <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Azerbaijani_protests" title="2011 Azerbaijani protests">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Baku_protests" title="2013 Baku protests">2013</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Belarusian_protests" title="2011 Belarusian protests">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Burkinab%C3%A8_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Burkinabè protests">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Chinese_pro-democracy_protests" title="2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9312_Greek_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="2010–12 Greek protests">Greece</a></li> <li>India <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Indian_anti-corruption_movement" title="2011 Indian anti-corruption movement">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Indian_anti-corruption_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Indian anti-corruption movement">2012</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%932012_Iranian_protests" title="2011–2012 Iranian protests">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Kurdish_protests_in_Iraq" title="2011 Kurdish protests in Iraq">Iraqi Kurdistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Israeli_social_justice_protests" title="2011 Israeli social justice protests">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%932012_Maldives_political_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2011–2012 Maldives political crisis">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Mali_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Mali conflict">Mali</a></li> <li>Mexico <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Movement_for_Peace_with_Justice_and_Dignity" title="Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yo_Soy_132" title="Yo Soy 132">2012</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-austerity_movement_in_Portugal" title="Anti-austerity movement in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%932013_Russian_protests" title="2011–2013 Russian protests">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%932012_Spanish_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="2011–2012 Spanish protests">Spain</a></li> <li>Turkey <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%932012_Kurdish_protests_in_Turkey" title="2011–2012 Kurdish protests in Turkey">2011–2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gezi_Park_protests" title="Gezi Park protests">2013</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_anti-austerity_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 United Kingdom anti-austerity protests">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_United_States_public_employee_protests" title="2011 United States public employee protests">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_civil_war_(2011%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Libyan civil war (2011–present)">Libyan civil war (2011–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_crisis_(2011%E2%80%932014)" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian crisis (2011–2014)">Egyptian crisis (2011–2014)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left">UN Resolutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_65/265" title="United Nations General Assembly Resolution 65/265">65/265</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1970" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1973" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_2009" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 2009">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_2014" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 2014">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_2016" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 2016">2016</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left"><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_Arab_Spring" title="International reactions to the Arab Spring">International reactions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_Bahraini_uprising_(2011%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="International reactions to the Bahraini uprising (2011–present)">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_Egyptian_Revolution_of_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="International reactions to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011">Egypt</a></li> <li>Libya <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_Libyan_civil_war" class="mw-redirect" title="International reactions to the Libyan civil war">civil war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_2011_military_intervention_in_Libya" title="International reactions to the 2011 military intervention in Libya">military intervention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_death_of_Muammar_Gaddafi" class="mw-redirect" title="International reactions to the death of Muammar Gaddafi">death of Muammar Gaddafi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="International reactions to the Syrian civil war">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_Tunisian_revolution" title="International reactions to the Tunisian revolution">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_Yemeni_revolution" title="International reactions to the Yemeni revolution">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left">Domestic reactions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Domestic_responses_to_the_Egyptian_revolution_of_2011" title="Domestic responses to the Egyptian revolution of 2011">Egypt</a></li> <li>Libya <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Domestic_responses_to_the_Libyan_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Domestic responses to the Libyan Civil War">domestic responses</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_reactions_to_the_Syrian_civil_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian reactions to the Syrian civil war">Syria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Arab_Spring" title="Timeline of the Arab Spring">Timelines</a> by country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Bahraini_uprising_(2011%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of the Bahraini uprising (2011–present)">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Egyptian_revolution_of_2011" title="Timeline of the Egyptian revolution of 2011">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Libyan_civil_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of the Libyan civil war">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2011%E2%80%9313_Saudi_Arabian_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of the 2011–13 Saudi Arabian protests">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="Timeline of the Syrian civil war">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Yemeni_revolution" title="Timeline of the Yemeni revolution">Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_crisis_(2011%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yemeni crisis (2011–present)">Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_crisis_(2011%E2%80%93present)" title="Libyan crisis (2011–present)">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_crisis_(2011%E2%80%932014)" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian crisis (2011–2014)">Egypt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2" style="background-color:#eeeeee;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yemen" title="Kingdom of Yemen">Kingdom</a><br />(1918–1962)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Kingdom of Yemen"><img alt="Flag of the Kingdom of Yemen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen.svg/25px-Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, 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Yemen"><img alt="Flag of North Yemen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg/25px-Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg/38px-Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg/50px-Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Flag of North Yemen</figcaption></figure> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_al-Sallal" title="Abdullah al-Sallal">al-Sallal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Rahman_al-Eryani" title="Abdul Rahman al-Eryani">al-Eryani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_al-Hamdi" title="Ibrahim al-Hamdi">al-Hamadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_al-Ghashmi" title="Ahmad al-Ghashmi">al-Ghashmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Karim_Abdullah_al-Arashi" title="Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi">al-Arashi</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Saleh</a></li></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/South_Yemen" title="South Yemen">South Yemen</a><br />(1967–1990)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of South Yemen"><img alt="Flag of South Yemen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg/25px-Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg/38px-Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg/50px-Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg.png 2x" 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class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Yemen"><img alt="Flag of Yemen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/25px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/38px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/50px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Flag of Yemen</figcaption></figure> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Saleh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdrabbuh_Mansur_Hadi" title="Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi">Hadi</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_al-Houthi" title="Mohammed al-Houthi">al-Houthi</a></i><sup>§</sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saleh_Ali_al-Sammad" title="Saleh Ali al-Sammad">al-Sammad</a></i><sup>§</sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mahdi_al-Mashat" title="Mahdi al-Mashat">al-Mashat</a></i><sup>§</sup></li> 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