Sadeq Amin Abu Rass (; born 1952) is the Chairperson of the Sanaa-based General People’s Congress. Sadeq Rass was named the GPC’s Leader on January 7, 2018, following previous leader

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’s death on December 4, 2017, during the Battle of Sanaa. Sadeq Rass had served as an agriculture minister and local administration minister before his appointment, as Governor of

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, and in the

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. He was wounded in the June 2011 assassination attempt on President Ali Abdullah Saleh and was taken to

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for treatment during the

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. Several leaders of the GPC later rejected his appointment. His brother is Faisal Amin Abu Rass.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abu Rass, Sadeq Amin Living people General People's Congress (Yemen) politicians Yemeni military personnel People from Al Jawf Governorate Governors of Taiz Governorate 1952 births 21st-century Yemeni politicians Local administration ministers of Yemen Agriculture ministers of Yemen