Hisham Sharaf

Hisham Sharaf
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yemen
Disputed
Assumed office
28 November 2016*
PresidentSaleh Ali al-Sammad
Mahdi al-Mashat
Prime MinisterAbdel-Aziz bin Habtour
Preceded byAbu Bakr al-Qirbi
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
In office
12 September 2012 – 9 November 2014
PresidentAbed Rabbo Mansour Hadi
Prime MinisterMuhammad Salim Basindwah
Preceded byYahia Al Shoaibi
Succeeded byMohammad al-Mutahar[1]
Personal details
Born1956 (age 67–68)
Taiz, Yemen
Alma materPennsylvania 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.

  1. ^ "President Hadi announced the formation of a new government". Yemen Embassy.