Ali Abdullah Saleh

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21 March 1942 — 4 December 2017

AGE 75

NATIONALITY Yemeni

CAREER Military Personnel, Politician

COUNTRY OF DEATH Yemen

BORN Sanaa, Yemen

DIED Sanaa, Yemen

He was born in Sanaa, Yemen on 21 March 1942.

He died in Sanaa, Yemen on 4 December 2017.

He was 75 years old at the time of death.

He was a Military Personnel, Politician.

Ali Abdullah Saleh was a Yemeni military officer and politician who became the first president of the Republic of Yemen after the country’s unification in 1990. He remained in office for more than two decades before stepping down in 2012 following widespread protests during the Yemeni Revolution.

Saleh was one of the most influential political figures in Yemen’s modern history, having played a central role in the country’s politics for many years.

CAUSE OF DEATH Assassination by firearm

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