Abdul Qader Qahtan (born 13 December 1952) is a

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

i jurist, security officer and politician. He served as interior minister from December 2011 to March 2014.

Early life and education

Qahtan was born in

Taiz Taiz ( ar, تَعِزّ, Taʿizz) is a city in southwestern Yemen. It is located in the Yemeni Highlands, near the port city of Mocha, Yemen, Mocha on the Red Sea, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is the capital of Taiz Governorate. W ...

on 13 December 1952. He graduated from Yemeni Police College in 1976. Then he received a law degree in

Sanaa Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Governo ...

in 1980. He also obtained a master's degree in law from

Ain Shams University Ain Shams University ( ar, جامعة عين شمس) is a public university located in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 1950, the university provides education at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels. History Ain Shams University was fou ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

in 1983. In addition, he holds a PhD in public law, which he received again from Ain Shams University in 1991.

Career

Qahtan was a faculty member at

Sanaa University Sana'a University ( ) was established in 1970 as the first and the primary university in the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen), now the Republic of Yemen (see also Aden University). It is located in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, and is currently o ...

from 1992 to 2011. He is also a career security officer with the rank of major general. He served as security manager of Taiz from 1992 to 1996. He was also Interpol commander in Sanaa. He later joined the Islah Party. He was appointed interior minister on 10 December 2011 to the cabinet led by prime minister Mohammad Salim Basindwah. He is one of the opposition group members in the cabinet.

References

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