Ali Muhammad Mujawar
Ali Muhammad Mujawar | |
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علي محمد مجور | |
Mujawar in 2024 | |
| Yemen’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva | |
| Assumed office 6 December 2012 | |
| President | Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi Rashad al-Alimi |
| Preceded by | Ibrahim Saeed al-Adoufi |
| 7th Prime Minister of Yemen | |
| In office 7 April 2007 – 10 December 2011 | |
| President | Ali Abdullah Saleh |
| Preceded by | Abdul Qadir Bajamal |
| Succeeded by | Mohammed Basindawa |
| Minister of Electricity and Energy | |
| In office 11 February 2006 – 7 April 2007 | |
| President | Ali Abdullah Saleh |
| Prime Minister | Abdul Qadir Bajamal |
| Preceded by | Yahya al-Abyadh |
| Succeeded by | Mustafa Yahya Baharan |
| Minister of Fisheries | |
| In office 17 May 2003 – 11 February 2006 | |
| President | Ali Abdullah Saleh |
| Prime Minister | Abdul Qadir Bajamal |
| Preceded by | Ali Hasan al-Ahmadi |
| Succeeded by | Mustafa Yahya Baharan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 June 1953 |
| Party | General People's Congress |
Ali Muhammad Mujawar (born 22 June 1953) is a Yemeni economist, politician and diplomat, currently serving as Yemen’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva since December 2012. He previously served as the seventh Prime Minister of Yemen from 2007 to 2011, among several other ministerial posts including the Minister of Electricity and Minister of Fish Resources.
Mujawar received education in Algeria and France as an economist before heading numerous divisions at the University of Aden. His appointment as Minister of Electricity in February 2006 saw him receive recognition for his stance against corruption. President Ali Abdullah Saleh appointed Mujawar as Prime Minister in April 2007 in an effort to revive the economy and combat corruption.
Following the anti-government uprising in Yemen, Saleh fired Mujawar and the other members of the his cabinet on 20 March 2011, but asked them to remain in their positions until a new government was formed. Mujawar remained loyal to Saleh during the revolution, and was considered by him as a potential replacement for Vice President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. Mujawar injured in a June 2011 mosque bombing alongside Saleh, and was subsequently treated in Saudi Arabia. After returning in August, he remained in his position until 10 December, when the Gulf Cooperation Council-stipulated deal signed by Saleh the previous month required him to step down as prime minister. Disinterested in local politics, Mujawar was approved by Hadi as the head of Yemen's mission to the UN in Geneva.