Yasin Said Numan
Yemen politician (born 1947)
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Yasin Said Numan (Arabic: ياسين سعيد نعمان; born 21 March 1947)[1] is the former General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party from 2005 to 2015. He is the current ambassador of Yemen to the United Kingdom since 2015.[2] Previously, he served as the Prime Minister of South Yemen from February 1986 until the Yemeni unification in May 1990.[3]
Yassin Saeed Noman | |
|---|---|
ياسين سعيد نعمان | |
Noman in 2009 | |
| Ambassador of Yemen to the United Kingdom | |
| Assumed office 25 May 2015 | |
| President of the House of Representatives of Yemen | |
| In office 1990–1993 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar |
| Prime Minister of South Yemen | |
| In office 8 February 1986 – 22 May 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 March 1947 |
| Party | Yemeni Socialist Party |
Numan joined the Yemeni National Front, which later became the Yemeni Socialist Party, when he was 17.[4] In 1986 he became the Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen from February 1986[5] until Yemeni unification in 1990, under Chairman Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, who preceded Numan as Prime Minister. Numan had previously been Minister of Fisheries and Deputy Prime Minister.[5]
After the Unification of Yemen Numan became the interim Speaker of Parliament, until the parliamentary election of 1993[6] when he was replaced by Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar.[4] He became the General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party in 2005.[7]
During the Yemeni Revolution of 2011, Numan was critical of President Ali Abdullah Saleh and supported a plan by the GCC for Saleh to step down.[8] He escaped from an assassination attempt in August 2012; he was one of several Socialist Party politicians targeted during 2012.[9]
