Mohammed Basindawa
| Mohammed Basindawa | |
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| Prime Minister of Yemen | |
| In office 10 December 2011 – 9 November 2014 |
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| President | Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi |
| Preceded by | Ali Muhammad Mujawar |
| Succeeded by | Khaled Bahah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 April 1935 Aden, South Arabia (now Yemen) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Mohammed Salim Basindawa (Arabic: محمد سالم باسندوة born 4 April 1935) is a Yemeni politician who was Prime Minister of Yemen from 10 December 2011 to 21 September 2014.
Background
Born in Aden, Basindawa served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1994.[1] He was a member of Yemen's ruling party, but resigned in the early 2000s to join the opposition to President Ali Abdullah Saleh as an independent.[2]
In November 2011, following months of unrest, Basindawa was nominated by the Yemeni opposition to lead the first government after the ouster of President Saleh.[3] On 27 November 2011, he was named Prime Minister by Vice President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi.[4] He and the members of his cabinet were sworn in on 10 December 2011.[5]
On 31 August 2013 Basindawa narrowly escaped an assassination attempt when gunmen opened fire on his convoy.
On 21 September 2014, Basindawa resigned as Prime Minister on the same day that Houthi rebels captured Sana'a, the capital of Yemen.[6][7]
References
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| Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs 1993–1994 |
Succeeded by Abd Al-Karim Al-Iryani |
| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Yemen 2011–2014 |
Succeeded by Khaled Bahah |
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