May 22, 2013
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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.
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![Protestors in Yemen's Taiz demand expulsion of US ambassador [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-1245000/1245707/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=5dc530ead425f0f6645e34cdc5f070a9)
![Yemen's Saleh formally steps down after 33-year reign [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-1207000/1207971/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=57798f71227469024c81007e8c3b4173 "Yemen's new president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi receives the country's national flag from former president Ali Abdullah Saleh during a ceremony at the presidential palace in Sanaa February 27, 2012: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah Ali Al Mahdi")
![Yemen's new president faces multiple challenges [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-1173000/1173787/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=b09ce2edb95f07d8dd6b7b378b57e9a3)
![Outgoing Saleh to return home to take part in the inauguration of his successor [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-1067000/1067230/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=4f7e2efdf85c3a1d4cddd4065f0f6c4b)
![Yemeni activists renew demand for Saleh's prosecution [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-1033000/1033094/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=4c19745ffa79e1245c8aa654c0140d74)
![Yemen votes for Saleh's ouster as violence erupts in the south [Dubai TV, UAE]](/images/image_cache/base-993000/993378/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=80f47d827fb288892f43d040d32ddbb1 "A policeman organizes male voters during presidential elections in Sanaa February 21, 2012: REUTERS/Mohamed Al-Sayaghi")
![Anti-regime protests rage in Saudi Arabia, Yemen [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-783000/783009/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=d37f620a9389cc24f619103af49521fd)
