Hamid al-Ahmar
| Hamid al-Ahmar | |
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| حميد الأحمر | |
| General Secretary of the Preparatory Committee of the National Dialogue Conference | |
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In office 2011 – June 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak (as General Secretary of the NDC) |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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Assumed office 1993 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 December 1967 Sana'a, Yemen Arab Republic |
| Political party | Al-Islah |
| Relations | Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar (father) |
| Alma mater | Sana'a University |
Hamid al-Ahmar (Arabic: الشيخ حميد الأحمر) (born 1967) is a Yemeni multimillionaire businessman and politician currently living in exile after fleeing Yemen during the Houthi takeover of Sana'a September 2014. He is the former general secretary of the Preparatory Committee of the National Dialogue for the JMP and a member of opposition party Yemeni Congregation for Reform, commonly known as Islah.
He is a son of Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar, the former head of the now defunct Hashid tribal confederacy of Islah which is now headed by Hamid's older brother Sadeq who's living in the capital Sana'a, and the former Speaker of the Yemeni HR since 1993. Senior Al-ahmer has been known in Yemen as the presidents’ maker and breaker. His uncle, after whom he is named, was executed by the Yemeni Imam Ahmed Hameed Al-deen (1948–1962) during the Yemeni civil war of 1962-1968. "After all, the heinous murder of his ambitious uncle and grandfather led his father to mobilize the Hashid tribes, normally supporters of the Imam, to the side of the revolution when it broke out in north Yemen in 1962. The efforts of his father, family, and tribesmen eventually led to the permanent demise of the Imamate’s 11 centuries’ rule."
As a youth, he spent summers in either the United States or the United Kingdom, staying with a family to learn English. He earned a bachelor degree in economics with honors at Sana'a University. He went into buying, eventually owning cellular telecom Sabafon, the Islamic Bank of Saba, and at least a dozen other businesses which most of them have now been seized by the Houthi militia.
He has been a member of the Yemeni House of Representatives (HR) since the 1993 parliamentary elections. He has been a member of the Shoura Council of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform party which is known by its short Arabic name Islah, meaning "reform." At the beginning of 2007, he was elevated to the Higher Commission of the party, which is equivalent to a political bureau.
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