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Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr Full Name Abdulmalik Abduljalil Al-Mekhlafi Born August 19, 1959 (age 57)
Taiz, Yemen ( 1959-08-19 ) Party Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation Similar Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr, Khaled Bahah Profiles | ||
Abdulmalik Abduljalil Al-Mekhlafi (Arabic: عبد الملك عبد الجليل المخلافي; born 19 August 1959) is a Yemeni politician. As of 2016 he was Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister.
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Early life
Ali was born in the village of Mekhlaf, Taiz Province on 19 August 1959. He received his early education from his grandfather Faqih Ali Radman Mekhlafi. He earned a Bachelor of law degree in 1984.
In 1978 Mekhlafi worked in private journalism, especially the student corner in The Republic Newspaper. He also worked on the student program broadcast in Taiz. From 1979 to 1981 he again worked as a journalist for The Republic.
Politics
At age fifteen he joined the Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation of Yemen. From 1977-81 he held various positions in the party. In 1981 he became a member of the group's executive leadership and supervisor of the group's official newspaper. He was elected secretary-general of the group in July 1982 at age 23, a difficult period for the organization, just after the October movement failed. In1985 he served as the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations. In September 1993 he served as Secretary General of the organization after political parties were legalized in Yemen.
He was a founding member of the Arab National Conference in 1990 and was repeatedly elected to the Secretariat and the Executive Committee of the National Conference. He was the founder of the Islamic National Conference member in 1994 and a member of the Coordinating Committee and follow-up of the conference previously. Thereafter he help multiple political and governmental positions.