Mohammed Nasser Ahmed

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Mohammed Nasser Ahmed
Minister of Defense
Assumed office
February 2006
President Ali Abdullah Saleh
Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi
Prime Minister Muhammad Salim Basindwah
Preceded by Abdullah Ali Elewa
Personal details
Political party General People's Congress
Military service
Rank Major General

Mohammed Nasser Ahmed is a Yemeni major general, who is the defense minister of Yemen.

Education

Ahmed holds a master's degree in military science.[1]

Career

Ahmed served in various capacities in Yemeni army and ministry of defense until 1994.[1] That year he became director of logistics and supply.[1] He later joined the Congress Party.[2][3] He was appointed defense minister by former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in February 2006.[1][4] He succeeded Abdullah Ali Elewa in the post.[5]

However, later Ahmed began to cooperate with future President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.[4] Ahmed retained his post in the government formed on 7 December 2012 after Saleh was removed from office.[2] So-called national reconciliation government was headed by prime minister Muhammad Salim Basindwah.[6]

Assassination attempts

Ahmed survived an assassination attempt on 27 September 2011 in Aden.[7] He escaped another assassination attempt unhurt in Sanaa on 11 September 2012.[8] However, the attack killed at least 13 people.[8] He escaped an ambush by al-Qaeda gunmen southeast of Sanaa on 9 May 2014.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Biography of Ministers". National Information Center. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 Darem, Faisal (8 December 2011). "Yemen forms national reconciliation government". Al Shorfa (Sanaa). Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Tasks and hindrances to Yemeni reconciliation government". Yemen Fox. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  4. 1 2 Ahmed Al Hajj; Maggie Michael (21 May 2012). "96 Yemeni soldiers killed in suicide bombing". Associated Press (Sanaa). Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Yemeni president orders cabinet reshuffle". People's Daily. 12 February 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "December 2011". Rulers. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  7. ↑ Al Haj, Ahmed (27 September 2011). "Mohammed Nasser Ahmed, Yemen Defense Minister, Escapes Second Assassination Attempt". Huffington Post. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Yemen defense minister Mohammed Nasser Ahmed escapes assassination attempt in Sanaa". CBS News. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "Gunmen target convoy near British Embassy in Yemen". Al Arabiya. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
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