Marriages: Married names unavailable publicly. Read More. Children: Has children, including sons Ahmed and Khaled. Education: Did not finish elementary school.
Religion: Zaydi Shiite Muslim. Timeline: - Joins the army of the Kingdom of Yemen. July - Is elected to a five year term as president by the new Consultative Council. Saleh is named president of the unified Yemen. Hadi remains in Riyadh. Read more: How the Arab sprng led to an increasingly vicious civil war in Yemen.
Just before his death, Saleh shifted to support the Saudi-led coalition against the Houthis. It was likely to have been some time in the planning. On November 2, Saleh made gestures towards Saudi Arabia and was widely reported to have called for an uprising against the Houthis. Saleh flipped sides in a desperate attempt to secure his own place at the table — with a devastating cost to the Yemeni people who must now suffer the further intensification of fighting.
The good will of the Yemeni people has been sorely tested. At the heart of the conflict in Yemen has been a struggle over finite resources — Yemeni oil production accounts for a large part of government revenue but its supplies are near exhaustion and the conflict has interrupted production.
Since the uprising there has been a thriving black market for fuel. As the protest movement grew, Saleh failed to stave off accusations that he was seeking constitutional amendments, one of which included amending the presidential term of office from five to seven years.
This prompted speculation that Saleh wanted to remain in office until , allowing his son Ahmed to reach the age of 40 — the minimum age for a Yemeni to become president — as per the constitution. Demonstrations also spread to several other Yemeni cities, with the southern city of Taiz emerging as an epicentre. When the turnout at some rallies reached hundreds of thousands of people, several high-ranking military officers deserted Saleh. Tensions mounted further after a particularly brutal crackdown on March 18, when at least 50 protesters were killed by snipers in Sanaa.
General Ali Mohsen Saleh was the first to go. He ordered the troops under his command to protect the protesters.
Hamid al-Ahmar, a prominent businessman, was seen as a possible successor to Saleh, while his brother, Hussein al-Ahmar, quit the ruling party in February and publicly rebuked Saleh. In the early days of the protests, he portrayed the opposition as a conspiracy to destroy the country — a theme he repeatedly used during his decades in power. Saleh later offered to step down, promising to hand power over to a civilian government.
The opposition rejected that offer, holding out for a more immediate resignation. The former president also tried to buy his way out of trouble, offering tens of thousands of dollars and new cars to tribal elders. But his tribal support, which constitutes his main power base, was eroding.
Neighbouring countries tried to broker a peaceful exit for Saleh. A proposal negotiated by the GCC would have granted him immunity from prosecution in exchange for stepping down. But he refused — on three different occasions — to sign the deal.
He transferred power to his deputy of 18 years, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, before an early election, and in return, received immunity from prosecution. However, he left behind a government that was ill-equipped to handle the set of interlocking challenges confronting Yemen, including dwindling oil and water reserves and a rapidly growing population of unemployed youth. However, a few years after he was deposed, Saleh resurfaced when he allied with Houthi fighters in Before that, he had asked Gulf countries for safe passage out of the country when a coalition of Arab states launched a military campaign in to defeat the Houthis.
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