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Saleh Ali al-Sammad

1979 - 2018

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Saleh Ali al-Sammad (Arabic: صالح علي الصمَّاد; 1 January 1979 – 19 April 2018) was a Yemeni political figure from the Houthi movement who served as the chairman of Yemen's Supreme Political Council and the de facto president of Yemen until his assassination by a Saudi air strike. On 23 April 2018, Houthi officials announced al-Sammad was killed in a Saudi-led coalition drone airstrike. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Saleh Ali al-Sammad is the 18,103rd most popular politician (down from 17,660th in 2024), the 34th most popular biography from Yemen (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Yemeni Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Saleh Ali al-Sammad ranks 18,103 out of 19,576. Before him are Henri-Marie Dondra, Andrew Cooper, Petar Lesov, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Gretchen Whitmer, and Filippos Petsalnikos. After him are Jens Spahn, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Kuldip Nayar, Eliot Spitzer, Sharice Davids, and Shinjirō Koizumi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Saleh Ali al-Sammad ranks 418. Before him are Sander van Doorn, Mageina Tovah, Lucas Severino, Joey Mercury, Jamie Cullum, and Stiliyan Petrov. After him are Halyna Hutchins, Antonio Núñez Tena, Yukie Nakama, Igor Duljaj, Holly Madison, and Karam Gaber. Among people deceased in 2018, Saleh Ali al-Sammad ranks 570. Before him are Kate Spade, Armand de Las Cuevas, Oksana Shachko, Yuriy Tyukalov, Celeste Yarnall, and Nanette Fabray. After him are Kuldip Nayar, Javier Otxoa, Dennis Edwards, Jerry Maren, Christopher Lawford, and Kōji Tsujitani.

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In Yemen

Among people born in Yemen, Saleh Ali al-Sammad ranks 34 out of 35. Before him are Abdul Qadir Bajamal (1946), Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak (null), Ahmed Obaid Bin Dagher (1952), Mona Mahmudnizhad (1965), Khadija al-Salami (1966), and Mohammed al-Houthi (1979). After him are Khaled Bahah (1965), Ramzi bin al-Shibh (1972), Mahdi al-Mashat (null), Nasir al-Wuhayshi (1976), Qasim al-Raymi (1978), and Ahmed Saleh (1972).

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Among POLITICIANS In Yemen

Among politicians born in Yemen, Saleh Ali al-Sammad ranks 21. Before him are Ahmad al-Ghashmi (1935), Ali Muhammad Mujawar (1953), Abdul Qadir Bajamal (1946), Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak (null), Ahmed Obaid Bin Dagher (1952), and Mohammed al-Houthi (1979). After him are Khaled Bahah (1965), Mahdi al-Mashat (null), and Keith Vaz (1956).

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