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Born: Sanaa
province, 1952.
Primary and
secondary education in Sanaa. Graduated from Sanaa University: MA in Islamic
Jurisprudence.
Prominent member of the National
Dialogue Committee; helped to formulate the National Convention and the popular plebiscite
on it.
1982: Elected a member in the Permanent Committee at the
First Institutional Conference of the General Peoples Congress (GPC).
1990: Re-elected to the Permanent Committee.
1990: Elected to politburo of the GPC as head of the
Organisational Committee.
1993: Elected head of the politburo's Political Department
and Foreign Relations.
1995: Elected as an Assistant Secretary General of the
GPC.
1997-2001 Minister of Culture and Tourism.
Has held numerous other posts, including:
Undersecretary for the General Board of Scientific
Institutes.
Deputy Minister of Endowment and Guidance.
Chairman of the Central Auditing Organization.
Member of the Islamic Savants Board for the Legislation of
Islamic Jurisprudence.
Member of Sanaa Universitys Higher Council.
Instructor in the National Convention Institute.
Teacher in the Faculty of Arts - Sanaa University.
Represented Yemen in many Arab and international venues.
He has literary and cultural interests and is a writer in
many local newspapers.
He is the author of a number of books.
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