Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour
Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن حبتور; born 8 August 1955) is a Yemeni politician who has been the Incumbent prime minister of Yemen since 4 October 2016. He also served as Governor of Aden during the Houthi takeover in Yemen. He is a member of the General People's Congress, sitting on its permanent committee since 1995. An ally of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, he condemned the 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état and received the deposed leader after his flight from the Houthi-controlled capital of Sanaa on 21 February 2015. He is also a vocal opponent of the separatist movement in the former South Yemen, saying the movement is too fractured and small to achieve its goals.
Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour | |
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عبد العزيز بن حبتور | |
Bin Habtour in 2014 | |
| Prime Minister of Yemen | |
| Assumed office 4 October 2016 Disputed by Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak (Presidential Leadership Council) | |
| President | Saleh Ali al-Sammad Mahdi al-Mashat |
| Deputy | Jalal al-Rowaishan Akram Abdullah Attaya Hussein Abdullah Mkabuli |
| Preceded by | Talal Aklan (Acting) |
| Governor of Aden Governorate | |
| In office 25 December 2014 – 20 July 2015 | |
| Deputy | Nayef al-Bakri |
| Preceded by | Waheed Ali Rashid |
| Succeeded by | Nayef al-Bakri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 August 1955 Ghareer, Aden Protectorate |
| Political party | General People's Congress |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | University of Aden Berlin School of Economics and Law Leipzig University |
In October 2016, bin Habtour was appointed as Prime Minister in the Houthi-led parallel government.
Bin Habtour served as Deputy Minister of Education from 2001 to 2008 and subsequently as Rector of the University of Aden.