Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi

Abd al-Rahman Mansur al-Hadi عبدالرحمن منصور الهادي
President of Yemen Acting
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2011
Prime Minister	Ali Muhammad Mujawar
Preceded by	Ali Abdullah Saleh
Vice President of Yemen
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 October 1994
President	Ali Abdullah Saleh
Preceded by	Ali Salim al-Beidh
Personal details
Born	(1950-09-09) 9 September 1950 Aden, South Yemen (now Yemen)
Political party	General People's Congress

Maj. Gen. Abd al-Rahman Mansur al-Hadi (Template:Lang-ar; born 9 September 1950) is a Yemeni politician who has been the Vice President of country since 3 October 1994. He was appointed as acting President on June 4, 2011 during the 2011 Yemeni uprising, after Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded in an attack on the presidential palace. Ali Abdullah Saleh is still the official President of Yemen.

Early life

He was born on 9 September 1950 in Aden, South Yemen. His name can be spelt also Abdo Rabo Mansour Hadi, Abdulrab Mansur al-Hadi, Abd al-Rab Mansur al-Hadi, Abd Rabbah Mansour Hadi or Abdurabu Mansour Hadi.

He joined to the Army of Yemen in 1970 and became a Major General in early 1990.

Political career

He became Vice President of Yemen after Ali Salim al-Beidh resigned and al-Beidh lost the civil war. Al-Hadi was appointed by President Ali Abdullah Saleh as Vice President on 3 October 1994.

2011 Yemeni protests

Main article: 2011 Yemeni uprising

The crisis in Yemen is heading towards a resolution in compliance with the Gulf Cooperation Council initiative, which has two main features. First, it calls for the President Saleh to hand over power to his vice president Abdal Rab Mansur Al-Hadi . Second, a national unity government should be formed and headed by the Opposition. This would be a transition government whose task is to holding free and fair elections and handing over power to the elected representatives of the people of Yemen.

In this regard, delegations of the Yemeni government and opposition attended a reconciliation meeting at the headquarter of GCC in Riyadh. The meeting was chaired by Foreign Minister of UAE Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Those who attended the meeting from the government were Abdal Rab Mansur Al-Hadi, Advisor of Yemeni President Abdulkarim Al- Eryani and Deputy Prime Minister for Local Administrative Affairs Sadik Ameen Abu Ras.

The Opposition was represented by its President Yaseen Saeed Noman, Salim Basindwa, chief of the preparation committee for the national dialogue, Secretary General for the Islamic Islah Party Abdulwahab Al Anisy and Secretary General of Al Haq Party Hassan Zaid.

Both sides emphasized the peaceful solution to the current crisis in Yemen and expressed adherence to the GCC initiative. They also expressed their respect to the principle of freedom of expression and not to use violence against peaceful and legitimate demands of the people of Yemen and their right to claim freedom, reform, development, democratic change and social justice. Difference, however, remain on the modalities of transfer of power and the time-frame for the stepping down of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who insists that power should be transformed to “ safe hands”. The Opposition, on the other hand wants that President to step down next Friday. The two sides agreed to continue dialogue but did not specify the date of the next round.

It is reliably learnt that the GCC promised to offer Yemen a Marshal Plan for overcoming its economic crisis once the power is transferred peacefully and the turmoil is ended. The GCC is also seriously thinking of admitting Yemen as the seventh member in the Gulf Cooperation Council when peace and stability returned to Yemen.

The GCC urged both sides to resolve their differences very quickly. It promised that the GCC members would invest in Yemen immediately after the transitional phase in order to help Yemen overcome unemployment and economic and social explosions.

The GCC initiative aims at saving Yemen from regression and deterioration during the transitional period and enable it to turn to real democratic environment.