Ali Abdullah Saleh: a political life in the modern history of Yemen.
A documentary digital archive preserving speeches, interviews, photographs, documents, and selected materials from the political life of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
About the Late President
Glimpses into the life and leadership of the maker of modern Yemeni history, and his military and constitutional career.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh, founder of the Republic of Yemen and its president for 21 years, from May 1990 until February 2012, after having served as President of the Republic in the northern part starting from 17 July 1978.
Amid storms of challenges and transformations locally, regionally and internationally, he led Yemen with wisdom and sagacity, and succeeded, together with the men and honourable figures of Yemen and with the support of the Yemeni people, in bringing about historic transformations in Yemen, the land of civilization, history and humanity.
His career began with participation in the 26th of September Revolution of 1962, passing through his assumption of the presidency of the Republic in the North, then unified Yemen, along with the pivotal achievements and challenges that accompanied that, until the handover of power in February 2012.
He remained the man of Yemen and its devoted son, defending the state, the republic and the gains of the Yemenis, until he concluded his national legacy as a martyr on the fourth of December 2017.