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| | name =Ali Abdullah Saleh<br>علي عبد الله صالح | |||
| | nationality =Yemeni | |||
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| Field Marshal '''Ali Abdullah Saleh''' (]: علي عبد الله صالح) (born ], ]) is the current ] of ]. He was ] of the ] (North Yemen) from ] to ] and became president of the new merged state of Yemen in ].<ref>{{cite book | |||
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| | first = Paul | |||
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| | title = A History of Modern Yemen | |||
| | publisher = Cambridge University Press | |||
| | date = 2000 | |||
| | location = Cambridge | |||
| | pages = 184 | |||
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| | id = ISBN 052179482X }}</ref> | |||
| Saleh was Yemen's first directly elected president in ], winning 96.2% of the vote, but the main opposition socialist party was barred from the election. The only other candidate, ], is the son of a former President of ] and a member of Saleh's ] (GPC) party. However, Qahtan ran as an independent.<ref name=REVERSAL>, IRIN News</ref> | |||
| On ], ] a referendum was held and passed, extending presidential terms from five to seven years, parliamentary terms from four to six years, and creating a 111-member, presidentially appointed council of advisors with legislative power. This move prompted the ] ] to downgrade their rating of political freedom in Yemen from 5 to 6.<ref name=FH> Freedom House</ref> | |||
| Saleh announced in July 2005, during the 27th anniversary celebrations of his term in office as President of Yemen, that he would "not contest the (presidential) elections" in September 2006. He expressed hope that "all political parties - including the opposition and the General People's Congress - find young leaders to compete in the elections because we have to train ourselves in the practice of peaceful succession." <ref name=NOCONTEST> Al Jazeera</ref> However, in June 2006 Saleh changed his mind and accepted his party's nomination as the presidential candidate of the GPC, saying that when he initially decided not to contest the elections his aim was "to establish ground for a peaceful transfer of power" but that he was now bowing to the "popular pressure and appeals of the Yemeni people." Political analyst Ali Saif Hasan said had been "sure would run as a presidential candidate. His announcement in July 2005 – that he wouldn’t run – was exceptional and unusual." Mohammed al-Rubai, head of the opposition supreme council, said the president's decision "shows that the president wasn’t serious in his earlier decision. I wish he hadn’t initially announced that he would step down. There was no need for such farce."<ref name=REVERSAL/> | |||
| In ], held on ], Saleh won with 77.2% of the vote; his main rival, ], received 21.8%.<ref>, Aljazeera.net, ] ].</ref> Opposition parties dispute the results accusing the government of fraud citing that their candidate lost by a wider margin than predicted. As of 22 September 2006, the opposition has called for large street protests to dispute the election results. <ref>{{cite news|title=Yemeni Opposition Threatens Protest|publisher=Guardian Unlimited|date=22 September 2006|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6099070,00.html}}</ref> | |||
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