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'{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2013}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi<br>{{small|عبد ربه منصور هادي}} |image = Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi 2013.jpg |office = 2nd [[President of Yemen]] |primeminister = [[Mohammed Basindawa]] |term_start = 23 November 2011<br>{{small|[[Acting (law)|Acting]]: 23 November 2011 – 27 February 2012}} |term_end = |predecessor = [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]] |successor = |primeminister1 = [[Ali Muhammad Mujawar]] |term_start1 = 4 June 2011 |term_end1 = 23 September 2011<br>{{small|[[Acting (law)|Acting]]}} |predecessor1 = [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]] |successor1 = |office2 = 2nd Vice President of Yemen |president2 = [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]] |term_start2 = 3 October 1994 |term_end2 = 27 February 2012 |predecessor2 = [[Ali Salim al-Beidh]] |successor2 = Ahmed Hassan Abu Khanir |office3 = Minister of Defence |primeminister3 = [[Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas]] |term_start3 = 29 May 1994 |term_end3 = 3 October 1994 |predecessor3 = [[Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas]] |successor3 = ??? |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|9|1|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Abyan Governorate|Abyan]], [[Aden Protectorate]]<br>{{small|(now [[Yemen]])}} |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[General People's Congress (Yemen)|General People's Congress]] |religion = [[Sunni Islam]] }} '''Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi''' ({{pronunciation|En-us-Abd Al-Rab Mansur Al-Hadi from Yemen pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg}} {{respell|AHB|dahl}} {{respell|RAHB|mahn|SOOR|ahl|HAD|ee}};{{needs IPA}} {{lang-ar|عبد ربه منصور هادي}} {{IPA-ar|ʕæbd 'rɑb:ʊh mɑn'sˤu:r 'hæ:di:|}}; born 1 September 1945) is a Yemeni major general and politician who has been the [[President of Yemen]] since 27 February 2012. He was previously the Vice President from 1994 to 2012.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=V4tQ-He6bdYC&pg=PA688&lpg=PA688&dq=%22Abd+al-Rab+Mansur+al-Hadi%22&source=bl&ots=3Ou-jDB03A&sig=nmadnVunpEQGbTzLXpWSCOqcngE&hl=en&ei=70bSTIPFLpCO4gafpfHhDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBEQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=%22Abd%20al-Rab%20Mansur%20al-Hadi%22&f=false|title=The CIA World Factbook 2008|publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] |publisher=[[Skyhorse Publishing]]|year=2007|isbn=978-1-60239-080-5|page=688}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-y/yemen.html|title=Yemen|work=World Leaders|publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]]|date=9 February 2012}}</ref> Between 4 June and 23 September 2011, he was the acting [[President of Yemen]] while [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]] was undergoing medical treatment in [[Saudi Arabia]] following an attack on the presidential palace during the [[2011 Yemeni uprising]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/yemen-jun-4-2011-2332|title=Al-Hadi acting President of Yemen|newspaper=Al Jazeera|date=4 June 2011}}</ref> Then, on 23 November, Hadi became Acting President again, after Saleh moved into a non-active role pending the [[Yemeni presidential election, 2012|presidential election]] "in return for immunity from prosecution." Hadi was "expected to form a national unity government and also call for early presidential elections within 90 days" while Saleh continued to serve as President in name only.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15858911|title=Yemeni President Saleh signs deal on ceding power|newspaper=BBC News|date=23 November 2011}}</ref> ==Early life and education== Hadi was born in 1945 in Thukain village in [[Abyan Governorate|Abyan]], a southern Yemeni governorate.<ref name=yfox23feb>{{cite news|title=Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi biography|url=http://www.yemenfox.net/news_details.php?sid=2166|accessdate=14 April 2013|newspaper=Yemen Fox|date=23 February 2012}}</ref> He graduated in 1966 after receiving a military scholarship to study in Britain, where he learned to speak [[English language|English]] fluently.<ref name=yfox23feb/> Then, in 1970, he received another military scholarship to study tanks in Egypt for six years. Hadi spent the following four years in Soviet Union studying military commanding. He occupied several military posts in the southern Yemen army until 1986, when he fled to Sana’a with [[Ali Nasser Mohammed]], president of South Yemen, after Ali Nasser's faction of the ruling [[Yemeni Socialist Party]] lost the 1986 [[South Yemen Civil War|civil war]].<ref>[http://yemen24news.blogspot.com/2012/02/hadi-elected-as-yemen-new-president.html "Hadi elected as Yemen new president", 25 February 2012]</ref> ==Career== Hadi was a career military officer with the rank of major general.<ref name=alar19feb>{{cite news|title=Saleh’s successor: low-profile warrior of consensus in Yemen|url=http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/02/19/195733.html|accessdate=14 April 2013|newspaper=Al Arabiya|date=19 February 2012|agency=AFP|location=Sanaa}}</ref> He became Vice President of Yemen after [[Ali Salim Al-Beidh]] resigned and lost the [[1994 civil war in Yemen|1994 civil war]]. Hadi was appointed by [[President of Yemen|President]] [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]] as Vice President on 3 October 1994. Before his appointment as Vice President, he served briefly as the minister of defense. ==President of Yemen== ===Mandate=== {{main|Yemeni presidential election, 2012}} Hadi was the sole candidate in the presidential election that was held on 21 February 2012. His candidacy was backed by the ruling party as well as the parliamentary opposition. The Election Commission reported that 65 percent of registered voters in Yemen voted during the election. Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi took the oath of office in Yemen's parliament on 25 February 2012. <ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|first=Laura|last=Kasinof|title=Yemen’s New President Sworn Into Office|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/world/middleeast/abed-rabu-mansour-hadi-sworn-in-as-yemens-new-president.html?_r=1&ref=global-home|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date=25 February 2012|accessdate=25 February 2012}}</ref> He was formally inaugurated as the president of Yemen on 27 February 2012, when Saleh resigned from the presidency and formally ceded power to Hadi.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iqhKKOqo6XDujeTI_yaD4B0CcyVA?docId=CNG.12cc0199ecc6457c2d2a25874218f73d.691 |title=AFP: Yemen's Saleh formally steps down after 33 years|publisher=Google|date=27 February 2012|accessdate=14 April 2013}}</ref> ===Political reform=== In March 2013 the National Dialogue Conference was conceived as a core part of the transition process and is intended to bring together Yemen’s diverse political, social, geographic, and demographic groups to address the most critical issues plaguing the country.<ref>[http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/yemens-national-dialogue-behind-closed-doors Yemen's National Dialogue Behind Closed Doors]</ref> ===Military=== In a move to unify the [[Military of Yemen]] which suffered from split since the Yemeni Revolution, Hadi began reforming the Military. He issued Presidential [[decree]] №104 of December 2012 reorganizing the Military into 5 main branches: Air Force, Army (Ground Force), Navy and Coastal Defence, Border Troops and Strategic Reserve Forces, which includes the [[Special Operation Command]], the Missile Defence Command and the Presidential Protective Forces. The Strategic Reserve Forces replaces the [[Republican Guard (Yemen)|Republican Guard]].<ref>[Yemeni president orders new structure of armed forces. BBC Monitoring International Reports, 21 December 2012]</ref> ===Security issues=== [[image:Sitting down for a meeting, Yemen President Abd Rabuh Mansur Hadi listens as Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel welcomes him to the Pentagon July 30, 2013.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[President of Yemen|President]] Hadi meets [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] [[Chuck Hagel]] in the Pentagon on July 2013]] {{see also|2012 Sana'a bombing}} From his early days at office, President Hadi advocated fighting [[Al-Qaida]] as an important goal. In a meeting with British [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|Foreign Secretary]], [[William Hague]] in his first days at office Hadi said "We intend to confront terrorism with full force and whatever the matter we will pursue it to the very last hiding place".<ref name="reuters">[http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/05/us-yemen-idUSTRE8240YY20120305 "Yemen president vows to pursue Qaeda-linked militants", Reuters, 5 March 2012.]</ref> Another security issue he is busy with is the Yemeni military, which suffers from a sharp division since Major General Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar defected in late March 2011 in the midst of protests demanding Saleh's ouster. The military services protests extended to the [[Republican Guard (Yemen)|Republican Guard]] – based in the south of [[Sana'a]] – when dozens from the Fourth Brigade closed down southern entrances to the capital city and demanded the firing of the brigade's commander, Mohammad Al-Arar, and his general staff.<ref name="reuters"/> In an interview in September 2012 to the [[Washington Post]], Hadi warned that his country, still reeling from the popular uprising that ousted his predecessor Ali Abdullah Saleh, risks a descent into a civil war "worse than Afghanistan" should an upcoming months-long national dialogue fail to resolve the state's deep political and societal rifts. He also said that Yemen was facing "three undeclared wars" conducted by [[al Qaeda]], [[pirate]]s in the [[Gulf of Aden]], and [[Shia insurgency in Yemen|Houthi rebels]] in the north, and that [[Iran]] was supporting these adversaries indirectly without giving further details.<ref>[http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/09/29/yemens_president_warns_of_a_civil_war_worse_than_afghanistan "Yemen's president warns of a civil war 'worse than Afghanistan'", FP, 29 September 2012]</ref> ==References== {{reflist|33em}} {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[[Ali Salim al-Beidh]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Vice President of Yemen|years=1994–2012}} {{s-aft|after=Ahmed Hassan Abu Khanir}} |- {{s-bef|rows=2|before={{nowrap|[[Ali Abdullah Saleh]]}}}} {{s-ttl|title=[[President of Yemen]]<br>{{small|[[Acting (law)|Acting]]}}|years=2011}} {{s-aft|after={{nowrap|[[Ali Abdullah Saleh]]}}}} |- {{s-ttl|title=[[President of Yemen]]<br>{{small|Acting: 2011–2012}}|years=2011–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}} {{YemenPresidents}} {{Arab Spring}} {{YemenPres}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Hadi, Abd Rabbuh Mansur | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 1945 (age 66) | PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Abyan Governorate|Abyan]], [[Aden Protectorate]] (now [[Ayban, Yemen]]) | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hadi, Abd Rabbuh Mansur al-}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:General People's Congress (Yemen) politicians]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People of the Yemeni Revolution]] [[Category:Presidents of Yemen]] [[Category:Vice Presidents of Yemen]] [[Category:Yemeni politicians]]'