Abdullah Ali Alewa Explained

Abdullah Ali Alewa
Office:	Minister of Defense
Termstart:	4 April 2001
Termend:	7 April 2007
Successor:	Mohammed Nasser Ahmed
Predecessor:	Mohammed Dhaifullah Mohammed
President:	Ali Abdullah Saleh
Primeminister:	Abdul Qadir Bajamal
Birth Place:	Shabwah Governorate, Yemen

Abdullah Ali Alewa (; born 1947–) is a Yemeni politician and military officer.^{[1] [2]} He served previously as chief of staff of Yemen Armed Forces and Minister of Defense.^[3]

Early life and education

He was born in 1947 in Haban, Shabwah governorate. He grew up and studied his basic and elementary education in Aden. He obtained a master's degree in Military Sciences from Air Academy in Kyiv in 1977.

Career

• Com of the Air Force and Air Defense, South Yemen
• Chief of Staff of the Army, South Yemen
• Deputy Minister of Defense, South Yemen
• Com of Al-Jawf Axis, Governor of Al-Jawf Governorate, 1992
• Com of Shabwa Axis, 1994
• Chief of Staff of Yemen Armed Forces, 1994
• Minister of Defense, 2001
• Advisor to Supreme Com of the Yemeni Armed Forces, 2006

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1 October 2015 . Who's who in Yemen (A-K) . 19 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151001231218/http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/biog/biogAK.htm#ALEWA . 1 October 2015 .
2. Web site: 27 March 2016 . Abdullah Ali Alewa . 19 January 2023 . موسوعة الإعلام . https://web.archive.org/web/20160327134244/http://al-aalam.com/personinfo.asp?pid=17316 . 27 March 2016 . ar.
3. Web site: Current government of Yemen . Al-Bab. https://web.archive.org/web/20061207021356/http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/gov/gov1.htm . 7 December 2006 .