Abdulwahab M. Al-Rawhani (Arabic: عبد الوهاب الروحاني) is a Yemeni politician. He quit his position as

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of Culture over the

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. He was born in 1958 in Rawhan village, Yemen Republic.

Political career

*2008 – 00: Member of the Shura Council (second parliament chamber), Sana’a, Yemen. *2003 – 2007: Yemeni ambassador to Russia. *2001 – 2003: Minister of culture. *1993 – 2003: Member of the Yemeni Parliament for two consecutive terms where he was a member of the Human right committee and

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of culture, information committee in the parliament. During this period he was one of few members who

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the movement to ban the marriage of minors under 18 years. This issue is still debated in Yemen up to date.

Education

*2007: PhD in Political science, Diplomatic Academy, Moscow, Russia *1986–1987:

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in management administration, Yemeni National Management Institute, Sana’a, Yemen. *1979–1985: Master's degree in Journalism, State University of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus.

Journalism career

*2014–2015: Political writer for Asharq Al-Awsat (widest spread newspaper in the middle-east, UK). *1991–1997: Founder and chief-editor of the "22nd of May" newspaper. *1990–1991: Founder and chief editor of "Al-Wahda newspaper". This is one of the state own newspapers. *1987–1990: Political editor of the main state newspaper "Al-Thawra newspaper" in Yemen. *1986–1991: News and political correspondents for some international news journals and papers namely: "Alyoum Alsabea" Paris-France, " Alkhaleej" Alsharjah -UAE. *2008 – 2012: Professor of journalism studies at the University of Sana’a ( main state University), Sana’a, Yemen, where he tough the following subjects:

Awards

*Presidential certificate of appreciation, awarded by the president of Yemen for his pioneering work on journalism, Sana’a, Yemen, 2010. *First class Gorchkov award, awarded by the Russian national awards committee, for his contribution on affirming relations between the

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of Yemen and Russia, Moscow, Russia, 2007.

Publications

*Yemen: a special case of unity and ruling method, Madbouly books, Cairo, Egypt, 2008. *Street talks in Yemen: Selected articles from the 80's and 90's, Ministry of culture, Sana’a, Yemen, 2010. *National dialogue: Towards a Yemeni modern civil state, Ministry of culture, Sana’a, Yemen, 2012.

References

External links

Human and since -in Russian language (Человек и Наука)

Yemeni Information Center

Articles by author- Mareb Press, Yemeni site
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اليمن خصوصية الحكم والوحدة والديمقراطية
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