Ali Abdullah biography

This information was confirmed by the party "Universal People's Congress", whose leader he was. He came from a poor family professing the Zaydite branch of Shiite Islam. Almost immediately after birth, I lost my father. In the year he entered the Islamic school in Damar. In the year he joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of the country, took place non-officer courses at the school of armored troops.

In gg. The beginning of his career at school, Salekh joined the opposition movement that was born in Northern Yemen and later took part in the September revolution of the year, as a result of which the monarchy was overthrown and the Yemensky Arab Republic of Yar was proclaimed. After that, a civil war began in the country, which lasted eight years. In December, Salekh took part in the defense of the capital of Sana, which was surrounded by royalists.

By the middle of the x. In the year, Salekh participated in the coup, as a result of which Colonel Ibrahim al-Hamdi came to power. But already in the year, during the next coup, Al-Hamdi was killed. The country was headed by Colonel Ahmad al-Gashmi. He appointed Salekh the military governor of the province of TAZ. In June, Salekh became a member of the Provisional Presidential Council, Deputy Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of the YAR and the head of the General Staff.

76 deputies from after coming to power voted for him, he suppressed the attempt on the coup, ordering to execute 30 officers who thought his displacement. In the year, Salekh received the title of colonel. In May and in July, he was re -elected by the president of the country for a period of 5 years. In August, he became the general secretary of the “Universal People’s Congress” of the VNK, the advisory body of state power, in the year it was transformed into the party, which became leading in the country, later became the chairman of the VNK.

Salekh was elected chairman of the Presidential Council. The collective management body, abolished in the year. In October, the country's parliament appointed Salekh the president of the Yemenskoye Republic. The overthrow in January of the year against the backdrop of Arab spring in the dignity began popular unrest: the demonstrators demanded the resignation of Salekh. In response to this, the president promised not to amend the Constitution that would allow him to stay for the next term, and stated that his son Ahmed, the head of the presidential guard and special services of the country, would also not fight for the presidency in the election of the year.

At the same time, he ordered to reduce income tax and demanded that the government control prices. Nevertheless, in mid -March, excitement took such a character that the authorities applied force against demonstrators: then 46 people were killed, several hundred were injured. Following this, Salekh introduced a state of emergency in the country, and on March 20 he dismissed the government, fearing that it would go over to the side of the rebels.

In May, the situation in Yemen worsened, and clashes between the army and armed supporters of the opposition began in the capital of the country. He retained the post of chairman of the Party "Universal People's Congress". During the Civil War in August, in a number of Yemen regions, mass demonstrations of the Husites were held a paramilitary group of Shiites against the reduction of subsidies for oil products, which caused a sharp increase in gasoline prices.

By mid -September, they captured several regions of San, including a number of state institutions. Salekh concluded an agreement with the Hussites and began a campaign against the current Yemen authorities. Their assets were frozen, they were also forbidden to leave the country. At the end of November, clashes broke out between Saleh's supporters and Husit. In early December, Salekh announced the termination of allied relations with the Hussites, accusing them of anti -people's actions.

According to Reuters, he died as a result of an explosion in his residence in the southeast of Sana in the town of Sanhan. The family was married. He had seven sons. According to some reports, his son Haled was wounded and was captured.