Sadeq Amin Abu Rass (born 1952; ar, صادق أمين أبو راس) is the Chairperson of the Sanaa-based
General People’s Congress. Sadeq Rass was named the GPC’s Leader on January 7, 2018, following previous leader
Ali Abdullah Saleh’s death on December 4, 2017, during the
Battle of Sanaa. Sadeq Rass had served as an Agriculture Minister before his appointment, as Governor of
Taiz Governorate, and in the
Republic of Yemen Armed Forces
The Armed Forces of Yemen ( ar, الْقُوَّاتُ الْمُسَلَّحَةُ الْيَّمَّنِيَّة, Al-Quwwat Al-Musallahah Al-Yamaniyah) are the military forces of the Republic of Yemen. They include the Yemeni Army (including t ...
. He was wounded in the June 2011 assassination attempt on President Ali Abdullah Saleh and was taken to
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
for treatment during the
Yemeni revolution.
Several leaders of the GPC later rejected his appointment.
References
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Living people
General People's Congress (Yemen) politicians
Yemeni military personnel
People from Al Jawf Governorate
Governors of Taiz Governorate
1952 births
21st-century Yemeni politicians
Local administration ministers of Yemen
Agriculture ministers of Yemen