Ali Abdullah Saleh's Biography
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Ali Abdullah Saleh was born on 21 March 1942 in the small town of Bayt al-Ahmar. He is a member of the Sanhan tribe.
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Ali Abdullah Saleh has been the president of the Arab world's poorest nation, Yemen since 1978.
- Amid years of civil war and unrest, the two presidents who preceded Ali Abdullah Saleh had been assassinated.
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On 2 February 2011, after a series of protests against him, Ali Abdullah Saleh announced that he would not run for re-election when his presidential term ended in 2013 and that his eldest son, Ahmed, who headed the elite Republican Guard, would not seek the presidency either.
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In 2005, Ali Abdullah Saleh had declared that he would not seek another term, however in 2006 he was elected to another seven-year term in office.
- In 1990, he presided over the merger of North Yemen and the formerly Communist south.
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About.com and Global Security have interesting biographies of Ali Abdullah Saleh.
- In June 2011, President Ali Abdullah Saleh flew to Saudi Arabia to receive medical treatment, after being hit by shrapnel just below the heart in a rocket attack or bomb explosion.
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