Today, Thursday, Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi relinquished power, ten years following ascending to the throne as a consensual president of the country, according to the Gulf initiative before the Houthi militia overthrew his authority in late 2014.
Hadi’s transfer His full powers and the powers of his dismissed deputy, Lieutenant-General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, to a presidential leadership council Headed by his advisor, Deputy Prime Minister and former Minister of Interior, Major General Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi.
According to the presidential decree, the Presidential Leadership Council, which includes eight members, will complete the implementation of the tasks of the transitional phase, and delegate all the powers of President Hadi in accordance with the constitution, the Gulf initiative and its executive mechanism.
The Yemeni president also authorized the Presidency Council to negotiate with the Houthi group for a permanent ceasefire across the country, according to a transitional phase that ends with the election of a new president.
Who is the new President of the Presidential Council in Yemen?
Major General Dr. Rashad Muhammad Al-Alimi was born in the year 1954 in the isolation of Al-Aloom, Al-Mawasit District, Taiz Governorate. He received his first education in his village at the hands of his father, Judge Muhammad bin Ali Al-Alimi, and then continued his secondary education until he graduated from Jamal Abdel Nasser School in Sana’a in 1969.
Al-Alimi was injured in the explosion of the Al-Nahdain Mosque in the Presidential House during Friday prayers, which targeted the late Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and leaders in the country on June 3, 2011. He was subsequently transferred to Saudi Arabia for treatment, and returned to Sana’a on June 13, 2012 following a year of treatment in Saudi Arabia and Germany , before leaving Sanaa once more following the coup of the Houthi militia.
Major General Dr. Rashad Muhammad Al-Alimi
Positions held:
He worked at the Police College in Sana’a from 1975 to 1978, before moving to the Criminal Investigation Department until 1981.
Professor at Sana’a University in 1989.
Director of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Interior in 1989.
Head of the Immigration and Passports Authority in 1994.
Director of Security in Taiz Governorate in 1996.
Minister of the Interior in 2001.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior in 2006.
Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs – May 2008.
Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs and Minister of Local Administration – November 2008.
Chairman of the Supreme Security Committee since 2006.
Member of the General Committee of the General People’s Congress.
Member of the Yemeni National Dialogue Conference.
Advisor to the President of the Republic 2014.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Military Sciences from the Police College – Kuwait 1975. He was ranked third in the batch.
Bachelor of Arts from the Faculty of Arts, Sana’a University, 1977.
Master’s degree in Sociology from Ain Shams University, with distinction – Egypt 1984.
PhD in Sociology from Ain Shams University with first class honors – Egypt 1988.
