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Sultan al-Barakani
Sultan al-Barakani
سلطان البركاني
Speaker of the Yemeni House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 13 April 2019
Preceded by	Yahya Ali al-Raee
Personal details
Born	July 27, 1956 (age 68); Al-Maafer District, Taiz Governorate
Nationality	Yemeni
Political party	General People's Congress (Yemen)

Sultan Saeed Abdullah al-Barakani (Arabic: سلطان سعيد عبدالله البركاني; born 1956) is a Yemeni politician and the current speaker of the Yemeni House of Representatives since 2019.^[1]^[2]

Al-Barakani was born in 1956 in Al-Maafer District, Taiz Governorate.^[3]^[2] He is a GPC MP, and was elected as new speaker of the House of Representatives during a session held in Seiyun on 13 April 2019.^[4] This was the first session for the parliament loyal to the internationally recognized government of Yemen since the Yemen civil war started in 2015.^[5]

References

^ "Parliaments elects new speaker, vice speakers". وكالة الانباء اليمنية Saba Net :: سبأ نت. 13 April 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b Al-Ahmadi, Adel (13 April 2019). "سلطان البركاني... من صقور حزب صالح إلى رئاسة البرلمان اليمني" [Sultan al-Barakani... From GPC Hawks to the Speaker of the Yemeni Parliament]. The New Arab (in Arabic). Retrieved 4 October 2022.
^ "الشيخ: سلطان سعيد البركاني" [Sheikh Sultan Saeed al-Barakani]. Parliament of Yemen. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
^ اليمني, المرصد. "سلطان سعيد عبدالله البركاني" [Parliament / members of the House of Representatives]. Yemeni Center for Public Opinion. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
^ "Yemeni Parliament second session discusses public budget". debriefer.net. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2022.