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Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour
Yemeni official
Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن حبتور; born 8 August 1955) is a Yemeni politician who has been the Incumbent prime minister of Yemen since 4 October 2016. He also served as Governor of Aden during the Houthi takeover in Yemen. He is a member of the General People's Congress, sitting on its permanent committee since 1995.[1] An ally of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, he condemned the 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état[2] and received the deposed leader after his flight from the Houthi-controlled capital of Sanaa on 21 February 2015.[3] He is also a vocal opponent of the separatist movement in the former South Yemen, saying the movement is too fractured and small to achieve its goals.[4][5]
In October 2016, bin Habtour was appointed as Prime Minister in the Houthi-led parallel government.
Bin Habtour served as Deputy Minister of Education from 2001 to 2008 and subsequently as Rector of the University of Aden.[1]