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Ali Abdullah Saleh is a Yemeni politician who was President of Yemen from 1990 to 2012. Saleh previously served as President of North Yemen from 1978 until unification with South Yemen in 1990.
After more than 33 years in power, Saleh signed the Gulf Cooperation Council agreement in November 2011, paving the way for his vice president to become acting president until 21 February 2012; at that point the vice president would be elected to the presidency. On 22 January 2012, the Yemeni parliament passed a law that granted Saleh immunity from being prosecuted and he left Yemen for treatment in the United States. Saleh stepped down and formally ceded power to his deputy Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi at the Presidential Palace on 27 February 2012.
(via Freebase)
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![Yemeni protesters urge interim leader to start transition [Dubai TV, UAE]](/images/image_cache/base-47000/47838/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=85b2484ca63a7adba3085ec500a9b730)
![Thousands of Yemenis decry US-Saudi intervention [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-70000/70307/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=9554960866127d76ce78db0536bed0a6 "Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz June 21, 2011: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah Ali Al Mahdi")
![Protests in Saada denounce US interference in Yemen [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-65000/65735/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=6a5aa8089ed9c2f180c481d69844fa98)
![Yemen opposition dismisses Gulf mediation offer [Oman TV, Oman]](/images/image_cache/base-60000/60300/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=5aa679974c3cd9c84d42a38dee8bf366)
![Yemenis push for transitional council as 24-hour ultimatum expires [Dubai TV, UAE]](/images/image_cache/base-58000/58200/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=6866d6d5069684ea49406496a6b8c898)
![Yeminis stage rival rallies [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-53000/53140/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=dffde4bf91cacf21de7c7656eac66503)
![Yemen's rivals react to Saleh's possible return [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-49000/49170/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=3fcbc569c9fe7530b7f6394658b2c05a)
![US, Saudi Arabia push for immediate transition in Yemen [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-45000/45700/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=422b80414a20d3a3e2dbabc8fda16e62 "Smoke rises after coalition air strikes in Tripoli June 7, 2011: REUTERS/STR New")