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'''Hamid al-Ahmar''' ({{lang-ar|الشيخ حميد الأحمر}}) (born 1967) is a [[Yemen]]i politician currently living in exile after fleeing Yemen during the Houthi takeover of Sana'a September 2014. He is the former general secretary of the [[Yemeni Revolution#Opposition factions|Preparatory Committee of the National Dialogue]] for the [[Joint Meeting Parties|JMP]] and a member of opposition party [[Al-Islah (Yemen)|Yemeni Congregation for Reform]], commonly known as Islah.<ref>[http://www.yementimes.com/defaultdet.aspx?SUB_ID=35693 Sheikh Hameed Al-Ahmar to Yemen Times: "The real threat to Yemen’s unity and stability is this current regime"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815022604/http://yementimes.com/defaultdet.aspx?SUB_ID=35693 |date=15 August 2011 }}, ''[[Yemen Times]]'', 1 March 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f4a1f49e-53f0-11e0-8bd7-00144feab49a.html Feared general regarded as kingmaker], ''[[Financial Times]]'', 21 March 2011</ref>

He is a son of [[Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar]],{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} the former head of the [[Hashid]] tribal confederacy of Islah which is now headed by Hamid's older brother Sadeq who's living in the capital Sana'a,<ref>[http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/06/201162683433467434.html Yemen's splintered opposition], ''[[Al Jazeera]]'', 26 June 2011</ref> and the former Speaker of the Yemeni HR since 1993. Senior Al-ahmer has been known in Yemen as the presidents' maker and breaker.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} His uncle, after whom he is named, was executed by the Yemeni Imam Ahmed Hameed Al-deen (1948–1962) during the [[North Yemen Civil War|Yemeni civil war]] of 1962–1968. "After all, the heinous murder of his ambitious uncle and grandfather led his father to mobilize the Hashid tribes, normally supporters of the Imam, to the side of the revolution when it broke out in north Yemen in 1962. The efforts of his father, family, and tribesmen eventually led to the permanent demise of the Imamate’s 11 centuries' rule."<ref name="yementimes2007">[http://www.yementimes.com/DefaultDET.aspx?i=1115&p=opinion&a=2 The Yemeni Opposition’s strong man] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608060159/http://www.yementimes.com/DefaultDET.aspx?i=1115&p=opinion&a=2 |date=8 June 2011 }}, Dr. Abdullah Al-Faqeh, ''[[Yemen Times]]'', 27 December 2007</ref>

As a youth, he spent summers in either the United States or the United Kingdom, staying with a family to learn English. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics with honors at [[Sana'a University]]. He went into buying, eventually owning cellular telecom [[Sabafon]], the [[Islamic Bank of Saba]], and at least a dozen other businesses which most of them have now been seized by the Houthi militia.<ref name="yementimes2007"/>

He has been a member of the [[Assembly of Representatives of Yemen|Yemeni House of Representatives]] (HR) since the 1993 parliamentary elections. He has been a member of the Shoura Council of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform party which is known by its short Arabic name Islah, meaning "reform." At the beginning of 2007, he was elevated to the Higher Commission of the party, which is equivalent to a political bureau.

While not occupying any formal position within the Yemeni opposition parties coalition which is known as the Joint Meeting Parties—JMP. He is credited for leading the Yemeni opposition in a presidential elections battle against Saleh in September 2006. Hameed's success in the past is attributed to his very influential political family (Al-ahmer) of the now fragmented and weakened Hashid tribal coalition which once dominated Yemen's politics until the Houthi takeover of Sana'a.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}

==See also==
*[[2011 Yemeni protests]]
*[[Political parties in Yemen]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110608060159/http://www.yementimes.com/DefaultDET.aspx?i=1115&p=opinion&a=2 The Yemeni Opposition’s strong man], Dr. Abdullah Al-Faqeh, ''[[Yemen Times]]'', 27 December 2007
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110615232555/http://yementribune.com/blog/?p=1153 Saleh’s Son Lashes at Sheik Hamid al-Ahmar, Vows to Face 'Plots'], Mohammed Al-Amrani, ''[[Yemen Tribune]]'', 15 November 2009
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110815022604/http://yementimes.com/defaultdet.aspx?SUB_ID=35693 Sheikh Hameed Al-Ahmar to Yemen Times: "The real threat to Yemen’s unity and stability is this current regime"], ''[[Yemen Times]]'', 1 March 2011, extensive interview
*[http://www.yobserver.com/front-page/10020996.html Yemen security blames Islah leader for Friday massacre], Nasser Arrabyee, ''[[Yemen Observer]]'', 21 March 2011
*[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c2e4472c-5715-11e0-9035-00144feab49a.html#axzz1HdclbIgu Kingmaker seeks stable, developed Yemen], Abigail Fielding-Smith in Sana’a, ''[[Financial Times]]'', 25 March 2011
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12917913 Yemen's Hamid al-Ahmar urges President Saleh to leave], ''[[BBC News]]'', 31 March 2011

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