Ali Salem al Beidh
Ali Salem al-Beidh (Arabic: علي سالم البيض, romanized: ‘Alī Sālim al-Bīḍ; born 10 February 1939) is a Yemeni politician who served as the General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) in South Yemen and as Vice President of Yemen following the unification in 1990. He left the unification government in 1993, sparking the 1994 civil war in Yemen and then went into exile in Oman. He is a leader of the Southern independence movement known as Al Hirak.
Ali Salem al Beidh | |
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علي سالم البيض | |
Al Beidh in 1990 | |
| Vice President of Yemen | |
| In office 22 May 1990 – 6 May 1994 | |
| President | Ali Abdullah Saleh (Chairman of the Presidential Council) |
| Prime Minister | Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas Muhammad Said al-Attar |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (Vice President) |
| General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party | |
| In office 24 January 1986 – 9 June 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Ali Nasir Muhammad |
| Succeeded by | Ali Saleh Obad (Moqbel) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 February 1939 Ar Raydah Wa Qusayar, Aden Protectorate (present-day Yemen) |
| Political party | Yemeni Socialist Party Al Hirak |
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