When Yemen held parliamentary elections in 1997, Ahmed Ali Saleh, then aged 24, was a first-time candidate. Though new to politics, he won by a handsome margin – a victory that was no doubt helped by having his father, President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and many of the ruling party’s elite as voters in the district that elected him. The son’s
Will Saudi Arabia Impose Ahmed Ali Saleh, son of a Dictator, as Ruler of Yemen?
The ex-president is dead. Will the son rise over Yemen?