Faisal Bin Shamlan
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Faisal Othman Bin Shamlan | |
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Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources | |
In office October 1994 – March 1995 | |
President | Ali Abdullah Saleh |
Prime Minister | Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani |
Succeeded by | Muhammad Said al-Attar |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 22 May 1990 – 2003 | |
Member of the Supreme People's Council | |
In office 1971 – 22 May 1990 | |
Minister of Public Works and Transport | |
In office 1967–1969 | |
President | Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi |
Prime Minister | Faysal al-Shaabi |
Personal details | |
Born | 1934 Hadhramaut, Aden Protectorate |
Died | 1 January 2010 (aged 74) Aden, Yemen |
Political party | Yemeni Free Forum |
Alma mater | Kingston University Bakht al-Ridha Institute |
Faisal Othman Bin Shamlan (1934 – 1 January 2010) (فيصل عثمان بن شملان) (faiṣal bin šamlān) was a
Early life
Originally from
Bin Shamlan, along with his school mates, played an important role in the history of modern Yemen. As a young activist, he was a mild
Role in South Yemen government
During the war of liberation of occupied South Yemen he was part of a broad coalition of activists who overthrew the Qu'aiti Sultanate in Hadhramaut on 17 September 1967. In the interim period, before independence on 30 November 1967, he was a member of the "Supreme Popular Committee" which was formed by the revolutionaries to run Hadhramaut province. Bin Shamlan was charged with the day-to-day running of the province.
After independence and the unification of South Yemen by the National Front for the Liberation of South Yemen (NLF), he was the first Minister of Public Works and Transport in the first cabinet of the independent
In 1969, Bin Shamlan was appointed as Executive Chairman of the
Role in post-unification Yemeni government
After the 1990 unity, Bin Shamlan was a member of the Council of Representatives (the parliament of the
In the 1993 and 1997 parliamentary elections he ran again for parliament and kept his seat, with a 66% vote. During the 1994 crisis he was in the unity camp. On 29 September 1994, the parliament approved a series of amendments to the constitution which, among other things, abolished the presidential council and replaced it with a one-man presidency. Two days later, parliament elected Ali Abdullah Saleh as president for a five-year term. Faisal Bin Shamlan, (independent) was a candidate along with three other candidates representing Islah, YSP and Ba'ath parties. He continued a Member of Parliament until 2003, when he resigned in protest to the amendment to the Constitution by which the parliament extended its tenure for a further 2 years, which Bin Shamlan deemed an unconstitutional move and resigned on the ground that his 4-year mandate by the people is over.
He was appointed as Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources from October 1994, which he accepted on the condition that he would have power to reorganize and reform the Ministry. In March 1995, he resigned. In June 1995, in a Cabinet reshuffle President Saleh replaced Faisal Bin Shamlan with Mohammed Said al-Attar, formerly Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, as Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources, in a move to tie the oil ministry closer to the President's office.
In 1998-99, Bin Shamlan along with several Yemeni public figures including Dr. Faraj Bin Ghanim (ex Prime Minister, Dr. Abubakar Al-Qirby (Current Foreign Minister), Engineer Mohammed Al-Tayyeb (ex minister, GPC), Mr. Mohammed Abdo Saeed (business man), Dr. Mohammed Al-Afandi (economist, Islah Party), Ahmed Saleh Al-Salami (
Presidential bid
On 2 July 2006 the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) opposition coalition officially announced that Bin Shamlan would be the JMP candidate for the presidential election of September 2006. In the election, held on 20 September, bin Shamlan received about 22% of the vote according to official results.
Death
Bin Shamlan died in Aden on 1 January 2010 after a lengthy battle with cancer and having sought treatment abroad.
References
- ^ "Yemen opposition candidate named". BBC News. 30 June 2006.
- ^ a b "Bin Shamlan applies for presidency". Yemen Times. 8 July 2006. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.