Saadaldeen Talib (born 1959) 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 physician, businessman and politician. He served as the Yemeni
Minister of Industry and Trade from December 2011 to 2014. He currently lives in Singapore and holds a position of a Goodwill Ambassador for UNDP Yemen.
Biography
Early life
Saadaldeen Talib was born on 29 January 1959 in
Hadhramaut
Hadhramaut ( ; ) is a geographic region in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula which includes the Yemeni governorates of Hadhramaut, Shabwah and Mahrah, Dhofar in southwestern Oman, and Sharurah in the Najran Province of Saudi A ...
, Yemen.
He was educated 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 ...
, Yemen, and in
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
.
He received a Doctorate in Medicine from
Ain Shams University
Ain Shams University () is a public university located in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 1950, the university provides education at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels.
History
Ain Shams University was founded in July 1950, the third ...
in
Cairo
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,
Egypt
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.
Career
He returned to Yemen in 1990.
From 1993 to 1997, he worked for a Singaporean maritime engineering company.
From 1997 to 2003, he served in the
House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entities. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often ...
as a member of the
General People's Congress.
During that time, he served on the served on Development and Petroleum committee.
From 2007 to 2009, he served on the
Supreme National Authority for Combating Corruption (SNACC).
He lived in Singapore from 2009 to 2011.
In December 2011, he was appointed as the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Yemen.
During his ministerial tenure, he paved the way for the approval of Yemen's membership in the
World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland that regulates and facilitates international trade. Governments use the organization to establish, revise, and enforce the rules that g ...
.
[AFP]
Yemen joins WTO, says it aims to be maritime hub
''The West Australian
''The West Australian'' is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia. It is owned by Seven West Media (SWM), as is the state's other major newspaper, ''The Sunday Times''. It is the second-oldest continuousl ...
'', 28 May 2014
Personal life
He has been married to Nahla Husein Saleh Talib since 1990.
He has two sons and a daughter.
Their names are Yahya, Ola and Sultan.
See also
*
Cabinet of Yemen
The Cabinet of Yemen refers to the governing body of the internationally recognized government of the Republic of Yemen, led by its President Rashad al-Alimi, who is also the chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), the govern ...
References
Living people
1959 births
Ain Shams University alumni
21st-century Yemeni politicians
People from Hadhramaut Governorate
Members of the House of Representatives (Yemen)
Industry and trade ministers of Yemen
Yemeni emigrants to Singapore
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