Sadiq Abdulkarim Abdulrahman is a

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physician and politician who served as first

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between 14 November 2012 and 29 August 2014.

Early life and education

Abdulrahman was born around 1966. He received a bachelor's degree in general surgery in 1993. Then he obtained a master's degree in medicine in 2001 and a PhD again in medicine in 2005.

Career

Abdulrahman worked as a physician in public hospitals and private clinics. Then he served as a deputy prime minister in the transitional government of

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. He was appointed first deputy prime minister on 14 November 2012 to the cabinet headed by

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. Abdulrahman also held the portfolio of acting interior minister temporarily. On 29 January 2014 he escaped an assassination attempt unhurt in

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. Abdulrahman's term as deputy prime minister ended on 29 August 2014.

References

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