Nihal Naj Ali Al-Awlaqi of Yemen - IWOC 2016

Nihal Naj Ali Al-Awlaqi (alternative spellings: Nihal Naji Ali Al Awlaki, Nehal Al-Awlaqi) ( ar, نهال ناجي علي العولقي; born 1977) 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 ...

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. She was the Yemeni Minister of Legal Affairs from 9 January 2016 to 17 December 2020. In 2016 she received the

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Life

Al-Awlaqi is from the

Shabwah Governorate Shabwah ( ar, شَبْوَة, Šabwa) is a governorate (province) of Yemen. Its main town is Ataq. During the Yemeni Civil War in 2015, the province became a battleground. The battle, known as the Shabwah Campaign, ended on August 15, 2015, af ...

in Yemen. She received a Bachelor of Legal Sciences, Master of Law and Doctor of Laws degrees from Mohammed V University in

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. She speaks Arabic, English, and French. Al-Awlaqi became an assistant law professor at the University of Aden, where she worked on research and training on the status of women. In 2013-14 she was a member of the State-Building Working Group of the National Dialogue Conference. In March 2014 she was appointed a member of the

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drafting committee (CDC), and was subsequently elected deputy chair of the CDC. She was a member of the government negotiating team in Geneva. In January 2016 she was announced as Minister of Legal Affairs. On September 9, 2016, Yemen President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi officially appointed al-Awaqi, then 39 years old, as Minister of Legal Affairs ( وزيراً للشؤون القانونية ). She retained this role until 17 December 2020.

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2016 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr
(U.S. Department of State) {{DEFAULTSORT:Awlaqi, Nihal Naj Ali 1977 births Living people Yemeni lawyers Mohammed V University alumni Women government ministers of Yemen Recipients of the International Women of Courage Award Legal Affairs ministers of Yemen 21st-century Yemeni politicians 21st-century Yemeni women politicians