Mohammed Salim Basindawa (; born 4 April 1935) is a

Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...

i politician who was

Prime Minister of Yemen The prime minister of the Republic of Yemen is the head of government of Yemen. Under the Constitution of Yemen, the prime minister is appointed by the president, and must, like his cabinet, enjoy confidence from the House of Representatives ...

from 10 December 2011 to 24 September 2014.

Career

Born in

Aden Aden () is a port city located in Yemen in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula, on the north coast of the Gulf of Aden, positioned near the eastern approach to the Red Sea. It is situated approximately 170 km (110 mi) east of ...

, Basindawa served as

minister of foreign affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and foreign relations, relations, diplomacy, bilateralism, ...

from 1993 to 1994. He was a member of Yemen's ruling party, the General People's Congress but resigned in the early 2000s to join the opposition to President

Ali Abdullah Saleh Ali Abdullah Saleh Affash (21 March 1947There is a dispute as to Saleh's date of birth, some saying that it was on 21 March 1942. See: However, by Saleh's own confession (an interview recorded in a YouTube video), he was born in 1947.4 Decembe ...

as an

independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in Pennsylvania, United States * Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist ...

. In November 2011, following months of unrest, Basindawa was nominated by the Yemeni opposition to lead the first government after the ouster of President Saleh. On 27 November 2011, he was named Prime Minister by Vice President

Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi (born 1 September 1945) is a Yemeni politician and former military officer who served as the second president of Yemen from 2012 until his resignation in 2022. He previously served as the second vice president of Yemen fro ...

. He and the members of his cabinet were sworn in on 10 December 2011. On 31 August 2013, Basindawa narrowly escaped an assassination attempt when gunmen opened fire on his convoy. On 21 September 2014, Basindawa resigned as Prime Minister on the same day that Houthi rebels captured

Sanaa Sanaa, officially the Sanaa Municipality, is the ''de jure'' capital and largest city of Yemen. The city is the capital of the Sanaa Governorate, but is not part of the governorate, as it forms a separate administrative unit. At an elevation ...

, the capital of Yemen. On 24 September, Abdullah Mohsen al-Akwa began acting prime minister.

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Basindawa, Mohammed 1935 births Living people People from Aden People of the Yemeni revolution Prime ministers of Yemen 20th-century Yemeni politicians 21st-century prime ministers of Yemen Foreign ministers of Yemen General People's Congress (Yemen) politicians Independent politicians 20th-century Yemeni diplomats