Sultan al-Barakani
Speaker of the Yemeni House of Representatives
Assumed office
13 April 2019
Preceded byYahya Ali al-Raee
Personal details
Born (1956-07-27) July 27, 1956
Al-Maafer District, Taiz Governorate
NationalityYemeni
Political partyGeneral 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

  1. "Parliaments elects new speaker, vice speakers". وكالة الانباء اليمنية Saba Net :: سبأ نت. 13 April 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. "الشيخ: سلطان سعيد البركاني" [Sheikh Sultan Saeed al-Barakani]. Parliament of Yemen. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  4. اليمني, المرصد. "سلطان سعيد عبدالله البركاني" [Parliament / members of the House of Representatives]. Yemeni Center for Public Opinion. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  5. "Yemeni Parliament second session discusses public budget". debriefer.net. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2022.


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