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 Born:
1942 (21 March?),
Beit Al-Ahmar village (Sanhan district of Sana'a province).
Status: Married, with seven children.
Eldest son, Ahmed Ali Abdullah Salih, is a member of parliament for
Sana’a.
1960 Officers’ training school.
1962 As a sergeant, participated in 26
September revolution; promoted to adjutant military officer.
1963 Promoted to second lieutenant; injured
in a battle in eastern Sana'a province.
1964 Joined the school for armoured troops.
1970 Regarded as a hero of the Saba’in
war, when Sana'a came under siege.
Among his military positions, he served as
commanding officer of an armoured detachment and on the general staff of an
armoured battalion, in charge of provisions.
Commanding officer of an armoured battalion
in Bab al-Mandab sector.
1975-1978 Commanding officer of Ta’izz
military battalion and Camp Regiment Officer of Khalid bin al-Walid.
1978 Member of the Provisional Presidential
Council and Vice-General Commander and Chief of Staff of the Armoured Forces
at the time of ex-president al-Ghashmi's murder on June 24.
1978 Elected President of the Republic and
General Commander of the Armed Forces by the Founding People’s Assembly on
July 17.
1979 Promoted to colonel in recognition of
his services.
1982 Elected General Secretary of General
People’s Congress, August 30.
1983 Re-elected President and General
Commander of the Armed Forces by the assembly on May 23.
1989 Awarded Honorary Master’s Degree in
Military Science by the College of Leadership and Military General Staff.
1990 Promoted to Lieutenant General by the
Shura Council on May 21, in recognition of his services.
1990 Became chairman of the five-man
Presidential Council when north and south Yemen were unified on May 22.
1993 Elected chairman of the Presidential
Council by parliament on October 16, following Yemen's first multi-party
parliamentary elections.
1994 Led northern side in the brief war
against southern secessionists which ended July 7.
1994 Elected President of the Republic by
the parliament on October 1, following constitutional amendments.
1997 Promoted to Field Marshal by parliament
on December 24, in recognition of his services.
1999 Elected president with 96.3% of the
total votes in Yemen's first direct presidential election on 23 September.
See al-bab's report.
2006 Re-elected
with a 77% majority.
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