The Inside History

Arab Spring: Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Steps down

On 23 November 2011, President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a Gulf Cooperation Council initiative to transfer power to a deputy and step down from the power. As a result of a military coup, Saleh became president of North Yemen in 1978. After Yemen's unification in 1990, he became the country's president. In 2012, less than a year after the Arab Sp…