Abdullah Ali Alewa

{{Short description|Yemeni politician and military officer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Abdullah Ali Alewa

| office = Minister of Defense

| termstart = 4 April 2001

| termend = 7 April 2007

| successor = Mohammed Nasser Ahmed

| predecessor = Mohammed Dhaifullah Mohammed

| president = Ali Abdullah Saleh

| primeminister = Abdul Qadir Bajamal

| birth_place = Shabwah Governorate, Yemen

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1947}}

}}

Abdullah Ali Alewa ({{Langx|ar|عبدالله علي عليوه}}; born 1947– ) is a Yemeni politician and military officer.{{Cite web |date=1 October 2015 |title=Who's who in Yemen (A-K) |url=http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/biog/biogAK.htm#ALEWA |access-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001231218/http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/biog/biogAK.htm#ALEWA |archive-date=1 October 2015 }}{{Cite web |date=27 March 2016 |title=Abdullah Ali Alewa |url=http://al-aalam.com/personinfo.asp?pid=17316 |access-date=19 January 2023 |website=موسوعة الإعلام |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327134244/http://al-aalam.com/personinfo.asp?pid=17316 |archive-date=27 March 2016 |language=ar}} He served previously as chief of staff of Yemen Armed Forces and Minister of Defense.{{Cite web |title=Current government of Yemen |url=http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/gov/gov1.htm |website=Al-Bab|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207021356/http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/gov/gov1.htm |archive-date=7 December 2006 }}

Early life and education

He was born in 1947 in Haban, Shabwah governorate. He grew up and studied his basic and elementary education in Aden. He obtained a master's degree in Military Sciences from Air Academy in Kyiv in 1977.

Career

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