Sadeq Amin Abu Rass | |
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صادق أمين أبو راس | |
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| Deputy Chairman of theSupreme Political Council of Yemen | |
| Assumed office 24 August 2022 | |
| President | Mahdi al-Mashat |
| Preceded by | Qassem Labozah |
| Chairman of theGeneral People’s Congress | |
| Assumed office 7 January 2018 Disputed withAbdrabbuh Mansur Hadi andAhmed Saleh[1][2] | |
| Preceded by | Ali Abdullah Saleh |
| Member of theSupreme Political Council | |
| Assumed office 15 August 2016 | |
| President | Saleh Ali al-Sammad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1952 (age 73–74) |
| Party | General People’s Congress (Pro-Houthi faction) |
| Relations | Faisal Amin Abu Rass (brother) |
Sadeq Amin Abu Rass (Arabic:صادق أمين أبو راس; born 1952) is the Chairperson of the Sanaa-basedGeneral People’s Congress. Sadeq Rass was named the GPC’s Leader on January 7, 2018, following previous leaderAli Abdullah Saleh’s death on December 4, 2017, during theBattle of Sanaa. Sadeq Rass had served as an agriculture minister[4] and local administration minister before his appointment,[5] as Governor ofTaiz Governorate, and in theRepublic of Yemen Armed Forces.
He was wounded in the June 2011 assassination attempt on President Ali Abdullah Saleh and was taken toSaudi Arabia for treatment during theYemeni revolution.[3] Several leaders of the GPC later rejected his appointment.[6] His brother isFaisal Amin Abu Rass.
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