Hisham Sharaf | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yemen Disputed | |
Assumed office 28 November 2016* | |
President | Saleh Ali al-Sammad Mahdi al-Mashat |
Prime Minister | Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour |
Preceded by | Abu Bakr al-Qirbi |
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research | |
In office 12 September 2012 – 9 November 2014 | |
President | Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi |
Prime Minister | Muhammad Salim Basindwah |
Preceded by | Yahia Al Shoaibi |
Succeeded by | Mohammad al-Mutahar[1] |
Personal details | |
Born | 1956 (age 67–68) Taiz, Yemen |
Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University Catholic University of America |
*Sharaf's term has been disputed first by Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi and thereafter by Khaled al-Yamani. | |
Hisham Sharaf Abdullah (born 1956) is a Yemeni civil engineer and politician who has served in several cabinet posts. He is currently Yemen's minister of foreign affairs, and formerly the minister of higher education and scientific research.