Saadaldeen Talib

Saadaldeen Talib was born on 29 January 1959 in Hadhramaut, Yemen.^[3] He was educated in Aden, Yemen, and in Singapore.^[3] He received a Doctorate in Medicine from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt.^[3]

He returned to Yemen in 1990.^[3] From 1993 to 1997, he worked for a Singaporean maritime engineering company.^[3]

From 1997 to 2003, he served in the House of Representatives as a member of the General People's Congress.^[3] During that time, he served on the served on Development and Petroleum committee.^[3] From 2007 to 2009, he served on the Supreme National Authority for Combating Corruption (SNACC).^[3] He lived in Singapore from 2009 to 2011.^[3]

In December 2011, he was appointed as the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Yemen.^[3][4] During his ministerial tenure, he paved the way for the approval of Yemen's membership in the World Trade Organization.^[5][6]

He has been married to Nahla Husein Saleh Talib since 1990.^[3] He has two sons and a daughter.^[3] Their names are Yahya, Ola and Sultan.

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