Yemeni politician
Saadaldeen Talib (born 1959) is a Yemeni physician, businessman and politician. He served as the Yemeni Minister of Industry and Trade from December 2011 to 2014.[1] He currently lives in Singapore and holds a position of a Goodwill Ambassador for UNDP Yemen.[2]
Biography
Early life
Saadaldeen Talib was born on 29 January 1959 in Hadhramaut, Yemen.[3] He was educated in Aden, Yemen, and in Singapore.[3] He received a Doctorate in Medicine from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt.[3]
Career
He returned to Yemen in 1990.[3] From 1993 to 1997, he worked for a Singaporean maritime engineering company.[3]
From 1997 to 2003, he served in the House of Representatives as a member of the General People's Congress.[3] During that time, he served on the served on Development and Petroleum committee.[3] From 2007 to 2009, he served on the Supreme National Authority for Combating Corruption (SNACC).[3] He lived in Singapore from 2009 to 2011.[3]
In December 2011, he was appointed as the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Yemen.[3][4] During his ministerial tenure, he paved the way for the approval of Yemen's membership in the World Trade Organization.[5][6]
Personal life
He has been married to Nahla Husein Saleh Talib since 1990.[3] He has two sons and a daughter.[3] Their names are Yahya, Ola and Sultan.
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