Mohammed Nasser Ahmed

For other people with the same name, see Muhammad Nasser (disambiguation).

Mohammed Nasser Ahmed
Minister of Defence of Yemen
In office
14 February 2006 – 9 November 2014
President
Prime Minister
Preceded byAbdullah Ali Alewa
Succeeded byMahmoud al-Subaihi
Personal details
Born (1950-01-01) 1 January 1950 (age 75)
Na`ab, Mudiyah District, Abyan Governorate, Aden Protectorate
Political partyGeneral People's Congress
Military service
Allegiance Yemen
RankMajor General

Mohammed Nasser Ahmed (Arabic: محمد ناصر أحمد; born 1950) is a Yemeni major general, who was the defense minister of Yemen between 2006 and 2014.

Education

Ahmed was born on 1 January 1950 in Na`ab, Mudiyah District, Abyan Governorate.[1] He holds a master's degree in military science.[2]

Career

Mohammed Nasser Ahmed with Sergey Shoigu in 2014

Ahmed served in various capacities in Yemeni army and ministry of defense until 1994.[2] That year he became director of logistics and supply.[2] He later joined the Congress Party.[3][4] He was appointed defense minister by President Ali Abdullah Saleh in February 2006.[2][5] He succeeded Abdullah Ali Alewa in the post.[6]

Later, Ahmed began to cooperate with future President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.[5] Ahmed retained his post in the government formed on 7 December 2012 after Saleh was removed from office.[3] The so-called national reconciliation government was headed by prime minister Muhammad Salim Basindwah.[7]

Assassination attempts

Ahmed survived an assassination attempt on 27 September 2011 in Aden.[8] He escaped another assassination attempt unhurt in Sanaa on 11 September 2012.[9] However, the attack killed at least 13 people.[9] He escaped an ambush by al-Qaeda gunmen southeast of Sanaa on 9 May 2014.[10]

References

  1. ^ من هو محمد ناصر أحمد وزيرالدفاع اليمني. jnobia.com (in Arabic). 15 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "Biography of Ministers". National Information Center. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  3. ^ a b Faisal Darem (8 December 2011). "Yemen forms national reconciliation government". Al Shorfa. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Tasks and hindrances to Yemeni reconciliation government". Yemen Fox. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  5. ^ a b Ahmed Al Hajj; Maggie Michael (21 May 2012). "96 Yemeni soldiers killed in suicide bombing". Sanaa. Associated Press. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Yemeni president orders cabinet reshuffle". People's Daily. 12 February 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  7. ^ "December 2011". Rulers. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  8. ^ Ahmed Al Haj (27 September 2011). "Mohammed Nasser Ahmed, Yemen Defense Minister, Escapes Second Assassination Attempt". HuffPost. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  9. ^ a b "Yemen defense minister Mohammed Nasser Ahmed escapes assassination attempt in Sanaa". CBS News. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  10. ^ "Gunmen target convoy near British Embassy in Yemen". Al Arabiya. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.