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Ali Abdullah Saleh علي عبد الله صالح
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1st President of Yemen
Incumbent
Assumed office  July 18, 1978
6th President of North Yemen
In office July 18, 1978 – May 22, 1990
Preceded by	Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi
Born	March 21, 1942 (1942-03-21) (age 65)
Nationality	Yemeni
Political party	General People's Congress
Religion	Islam

Field Marshal Ali Abdullah Saleh (Arabic: علي عبد الله صالح), born March 21, 1942, is the current President of Yemen. He was President of the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) from 1978 to 1990 and became president of the new merged Republic of Yemen in 1990.^[1] Ali Abdullah Saleh (1990-present) See also: President of North Yemen, President of South Yemen Categories: Government stubs | Lists of office-holders | Yemen ... For the ecclesiastical office, see Incumbent (ecclesiastical). ... is the 199th day of the year (200th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Abdullah as-Sallal (1962-1967) Abdul Rahman al-Iryani (1967-1974) Ibrahim al-Hamdi (1974-1977) Military Command Council Ahmed al-Ghashmi (1977-1978) Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi (1978) Ali Abdullah Saleh (1978-1990) For Presidents after this see: President of Yemen See also: Prime Minister of North Yemen... is the 199th day of the year (200th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi was the President of the Yemen Arab Republic briefly from 24 June to 18 July 1978. ... is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The General Peoples Congress is the ruling political party in Yemen. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... Arabic redirects here. ... is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ali Abdullah Saleh (1990-present) See also: President of North Yemen, President of South Yemen Categories: Government stubs | Lists of office-holders | Yemen ... Abdullah as-Sallal (1962-1967) Abdul Rahman al-Iryani (1967-1974) Ibrahim al-Hamdi (1974-1977) Military Command Council Ahmed al-Ghashmi (1977-1978) Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi (1978) Ali Abdullah Saleh (1978-1990) For Presidents after this see: President of Yemen See also: Prime Minister of North Yemen... National motto: None Official language Arabic Capital Sanaa Area 195,000 km² Population  - Total (July 1990) -Density   7,160,981 36/km² Currency 1 Yemeni riyal = 100 fils (1975-1990); 1 Yemeni riyal = 40 buqshas (bogaches) (1963-1975) Time zone UTC +3 National anthem Royal Salute The Yemen Arab Republic... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ...

Saleh was Yemen's first directly elected president in 1999, winning 96.2% of the vote. The only other candidate, Najib Qahtan al-Shaabi, is the son of a former President of South Yemen and a member of Saleh's General People's Congress (GPC) party. However, Qahtan ran as an independent.^[2] This article is about the year. ... Capital Aden Language(s) Arabic Government Socialist republic President Sam Hazlewood al-Attas Prime Minister Yasin Said Numan Historical era Cold War  - Independence November 30, 1967  - UN membership December 14, 1967  - Constitution October 31, 1978  - Reunification May 22, 1990 Area  - 1990 332,970 km² Population  - 1990 est. ... The General Peoples Congress is the ruling political party in Yemen. ...

On February 20, 2001 a referendum was held and passed, extending presidential terms from five to seven years, parliamentary terms from four to six years, and creating a 111-member, presidentially appointed council of advisors with legislative power. This move prompted the non-profit organization Freedom House to downgrade their rating of political freedom in Yemen from 6 to 5.^[3] is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... A non-profit organization (abbreviated NPO, or non-profit or not-for-profit) is an organization whose primary objective is to support an issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes, without concern for monetary profit. ... Freedom House is a non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. and with field offices in about a dozen countries. ...

Saleh announced in July 2005, during the 27th anniversary celebrations of his term in office as President of Yemen, 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." ^[4] 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 peaceful transfer of power" but that he was now bowing to the "popular pressure and appeals of the Yemeni people." Political analyst Ali Saif Hasan said he had been "sure [President Saleh] would run as a presidential candidate. His announcement in July 2005 – that he wouldn’t run – was exceptional and unusual." Mohammed al-Rubai, head of the opposition supreme council, said the president's decision "shows 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."^[2]

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