Mohammed Nasser Ahmed
{{Short description|Yemeni major general (born 1950)}}
{{Other people||Muhammad Nasser (disambiguation)}}
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| name = Mohammed Nasser Ahmed
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| office1 = Minister of Defence of Yemen
| term_start1 = 14 February 2006
| term_end1 = 9 November 2014
| president1 = {{ubl|Ali Abdullah Saleh|Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi}}
| primeminister1 = {{ubl|Ali Muhammad Mujawar | Mohammed Basindawa | Abdullah Mohsen al-Akwa (Acting)}}
| predecessor1 = Abdullah Ali Alewa
| successor1 = Mahmoud al-Subaihi
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|1|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Na`ab, Mudiyah District, Abyan Governorate, Aden Protectorate
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| party = General People's Congress
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| rank = Major General
| allegiance = {{Flag|Yemen}}
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Mohammed Nasser Ahmed ({{langx|ar|محمد ناصر أحمد }}; born 1950) is a Yemeni major general, who was the defense minister of Yemen between 2006 and 2014.
Education
Ahmed was born on 1 January 1950 in Na`ab, Mudiyah District, Abyan Governorate.{{cite web|website=jnobia.com|language=ar
|url=https://www.jnobia.com/26175.html|script-title=ar:من هو محمد ناصر أحمد وزيرالدفاع اليمني|date=15 May 2014}} He holds a master's degree in military science.{{cite web|title=Biography of Ministers|publisher=National Information Center|access-date=14 April 2013
|url=http://www.yemen-nic.info/english_site/government/government/present_gov/main.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713122905/http://www.yemen-nic.info/english_site/government/government/present_gov/main.php}}
Career
File:Ahmed with Shoigu (2014-10-27).jpg in 2014]]
Ahmed served in various capacities in Yemeni army and ministry of defense until 1994. That year he became director of logistics and supply. He later joined the Congress Party.{{cite news|title=Tasks and hindrances to Yemeni reconciliation government|url=http://www.yemenfox.net/articles.php?id=328|access-date=14 April 2013|newspaper=Yemen Fox|date=17 December 2011}} He was appointed defense minister by President Ali Abdullah Saleh in February 2006. He succeeded Abdullah Ali Alewa in the post.{{cite news|title=Yemeni president orders cabinet reshuffle|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200602/12/eng20060212_241997.html|access-date=15 April 2013|newspaper=People's Daily
|date=12 February 2006}}
Later, Ahmed began to cooperate with future President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.{{cite news|title=96 Yemeni soldiers killed in suicide bombing|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/content/96-yemeni-soldiers-killed-suicide-bombing|access-date=14 April 2013|date=21 May 2012|agency=Associated Press|author=Ahmed Al Hajj|author2=Maggie Michael|location=Sanaa}} Ahmed retained his post in the government formed on 7 December 2012 after Saleh was removed from office.{{cite news|author=Faisal Darem|title=Yemen forms national reconciliation government|url=http://al-shorfa.com/en_GB/articles/meii/features/main/2011/12/08/feature-02|access-date=14 April 2013
|newspaper=Al Shorfa|date=8 December 2011}} The so-called national reconciliation government was headed by prime minister Muhammad Salim Basindwah.{{cite web|title=December 2011|url=http://rulers.org/2011-12.html|publisher=Rulers|accessdate=14 April 2013}}
=Assassination attempts=
Ahmed survived an assassination attempt on 27 September 2011 in Aden.{{cite news|author=Ahmed Al Haj|access-date=14 April 2013
|newspaper=HuffPost|title=Mohammed Nasser Ahmed, Yemen Defense Minister, Escapes Second Assassination Attempt|date=27 September 2011
|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/27/mohammed-nasser-ahmed-assassination_n_982759.html}} He escaped another assassination attempt unhurt in Sanaa on 11 September 2012.{{cite news|title=Yemen defense minister Mohammed Nasser Ahmed escapes assassination attempt in Sanaa|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/yemen-defense-minister-mohammed-nasser-ahmed-escapes-assassination-attempt-in-sanaa/|access-date=14 April 2013|publisher=CBS News|date=11 September 2012}} However, the attack killed at least 13 people. He escaped an ambush by al-Qaeda gunmen southeast of Sanaa on 9 May 2014.{{cite news
|title=Gunmen target convoy near British Embassy in Yemen|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/05/09/Gunmen-target-convoy-near-British-Embassy-in-Yemen.html|accessdate=9 May 2014|publisher=Al Arabiya|date=9 May 2014}}
References
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External links
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Category:General People's Congress (Yemen) politicians
Category:Survivors of terrorist attacks
Category:People from Abyan Governorate