Mohammed Nasser Ahmed

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Mohammed Nasser Ahmed
Minister of Defence of Yemen
In office
14 February 2006 – 9 November 2014
President Ali Abdullah Saleh
Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawar
Mohammed Basindawa
Abdullah Mohsen al-Akwa (Acting)
Preceded by Abdullah Ali Elewa
Succeeded by Mahmoud al-Subaihi
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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