Mohammed Basindawa

Mohammed Basindawa
Prime Minister of Yemen
In office 10 December 2011 – 21 September 2014
President	Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Deputy	Abdullah Mohsen al-Akwa Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr
Preceded by	Ali Muhammad Mujawar
Succeeded by	Abdullah Mohsen al-Akwa (Acting)
Personal details
Born	4 April 1935 Aden, South Arabia (now Yemen)
Political party	Independent
Religion	Sunni Islam

Mohammed Salim Basindawa (Arabic: محمد سالم باسندوة‎‎ born 4 April 1935) is a Yemeni politician who was Prime Minister of Yemen from 10 December 2011 to 21 September 2014.

Background

Born in Aden, Basindawa served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1994.^[1] He was a member of Yemen's ruling party, but resigned in the early 2000s to join the opposition to President Ali Abdullah Saleh as an independent.^[2]

In November 2011, following months of unrest, Basindawa was nominated by the Yemeni opposition to lead the first government after the ouster of President Saleh.^[3] On 27 November 2011, he was named Prime Minister by Vice President AAbdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.^[4] He and the members of his cabinet were sworn in on 10 December 2011.^[5]

On 31 August 2013 Basindawa narrowly escaped an assassination attempt when gunmen opened fire on his convoy.

On 21 September 2014, Basindawa resigned as Prime Minister on the same day that Houthi rebels captured Sana'a, the capital of Yemen.^[6][7]

References

1. "Foreign ministers S-Z". Rulers. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
2. "Yemeni opposition names a former member of Saleh's party as candidate to government". Al Arabiya. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
3. "Yemen opposition names candidate to government". Emirates 24/7. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
4. "Yemen opposition leader Mohammed Basindawa named prime minister", BBC News, 27 November 2011.
5. "December 2011". Rulers. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
6. "Yemen PM quits amid rebel clashes". BBC News. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
7. "Houthis dictate state spending after seizing Sanaa". Al Arabia. 3 October 2014.