Sadeq Amin Abu Rass Explained

Native Name:صادق أمين أبو راس
Office:Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen
President:Mahdi al-Mashat
Term Start:24 August 2022
Predecessor:Qassem Labozah
Office1:Chairman of the General People’s Congress
Term Start1:7 January 2018
Disputed with Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and Ahmed Saleh[1] [2]
Predecessor1:Ali Abdullah Saleh
Office2:Member of the Supreme Political Council
President2:Saleh Ali al-Sammad
Term Start2:15 August 2016
Party:General People’s Congress
Birth Place:Bart Al Anan District, Al Jawf Governorate, North Yemen[3]

Sadeq Amin Abu Rass (born 1952; Arabic: صادق أمين أبو راس) is the Chairperson of the Sanaa-based General People’s Congress. Sadeq Rass was named the GPC’s Leader on January 7, 2018, following previous leader Ali Abdullah Saleh’s death on December 4, 2017, during the Battle of Sanaa. Sadeq Rass had served as an Agriculture Minister before his appointment,[4] as Governor of Taiz Governorate, and in the Republic of Yemen Armed Forces.

He was wounded in the June 2011 assassination attempt on President Ali Abdullah Saleh and was taken to Saudi Arabia for treatment during the Yemeni revolution. Several leaders of the GPC later rejected his appointment.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tawfeek al-Ganad . Weak and Divided, the General People’s Congress Turns 40 . Sana'a Center For Strategic Studies . 11 February 2023 . . 20 September 2022.
  2. Web site: The General People's Congress in Ma'rib Governorate salutes its leadership, members and supporters on the 40th anniversary of its founding . Al-Methaq News . General People's Congress . 11 February 2023 . 25 August 2022 . ar.
  3. Web site: صادق أبو راس.. خليفة صالح بزعامة المؤتمر الشعبي. January 8, 2018. www.aljazeera.net.
  4. Web site: Yemeni party names new leader after Saleh killed. Reuters Staff. January 7, 2018. www.reuters.com.
  5. Web site: Leaders in the GPC party reject meeting held in Sanaa. The National.