Ali Abdullah Saleh Politician

Ali Abdullah Saleh (Arabic: علي عبدالله صالح‎, ʿAlī ʿAbdullāh Ṣāliḥ; born 21 March 1942) is a Yemeni politician who was President of Yemen from 1990 to 2012. Saleh previously served as President of North Yemen from 1978 until unification with South Yemen in 1990.After more than 33 years in power, Saleh signed the Gulf Cooperation Council agreement in November 2011, paving the way for his vice president to become acting president until 21 February 2012; at that point the vice president would be elected to the presidency. On 22 January 2012, the Yemeni parliament passed a law that granted Saleh immunity from being prosecuted and he left Yemen for treatment in the United States. Saleh stepped down and formally ceded power to his deputy Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi at the Presidential Palace on 27 February 2012.

Personal facts

Birth date	March 21, 1942
Birth place	Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen , Hashid
Religion	Zaidiyyah

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Office holder

military rank	Field marshal
office	President of Yemen Arab Republic 1st President of Yemen Vice President of Yemen Arab Republic
party	General People's Congress (Yemen)
president	Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi
prime minister	Abdul Qadir Bajamal Abd Al-Karim Al-Iryani Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani Faraj Said Bin Ghanem Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas Ali Muhammad Mujawar Mohammed Basindawa
relation	Ahmed Saleh
service end	2012
service start	1958
successor	Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi
vice president	Ali Salim al-Beidh Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi