Post on 13-Jan-2016
By: Bailee
Yemen’s Flag
• Yemen• Republic• Protests began in February 2011 in Sanaa• Anti-government crowds started the protesting then
pro-government crowds came determined to chase them away
• They were demanding that the president Ali Abdullah Saleh quit, who has ruled for 32 years and the protests were inspired by revolts in Egypt and Tunisia.
• Saleh responded by offering great bargains, pledged not to run for another term, pledged not to make his son the next president, then Saleh got hurt and basically stepped down or quit.
• Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi was declared president for a two year term in February 2012 after an election in which he stood with no opponent.
President Saleh
President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi is the current leader of Yemen. He was brought to power after President Saleh quit. President Hadi was in an election with no opponent and began in February 2012 for a 2-year term. He currently is struggling to get rid of poverty and hunger, an Al-Qaeda terrorist group, a secessionist movement in the south, and Zaidi Shia rebels in the north. The process to draft a new constitution and to hold a democratic election happened in February 2012.
President Hadi
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