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| successor = | office1 = Governor of Aden Governorate| deputy1 = Nayef al-Bakri| term_start1 = 25 December 2014| term_end1 = 20 July 2015| predecessor1 = Waheed Ali Rashid| successor1 = Nayef al-Bakri19558|df=y}}Shabwah Governorate>Ghareer, Aden Protectorate| death_date = | death_place = General People's Congress (Yemen)>General People's Congress| spouse = | children = 5| alma_mater = University of AdenBerlin School of Economics and LawLeipzig University| caption = Bin Habtour in 2014| native_name_lang = arعبد العزيز بن حبتور}}}}Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour (; 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.WEB,weblink University of Aden, Curriculum Vitae, 23 February 2015, An ally of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, he condemned the 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'étatNEWS, Southern Yemen moves towards secession as Houthis call for reconciliation,weblink Asharq al-Awsat, 28 January 2015, 22 February 2015, 22 February 2015,weblink" title="archive.today/20150222234801weblink">weblink dead, and received the deposed leader after his flight from the Houthi-controlled capital of Sanaa on 21 February 2015.NEWS,weblink Agence France-Presse, Yemen leader meets governors after fleeing capital, 22 February 2015, 22 February 2015, 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.NEWS,weblink National Yemen, Aden's Governor Says Secession Impossible, Fakhri, Al-Arashi, 15 February 2015, 22 February 2015,weblink 3 February 2018, dead, NEWS, Forces loyal to president seize parts of Yemen's economic hub,weblink Reuters, 16 February 2015, 22 February 2015, Mohammed, Mukhashaf, 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.

Personal life

Bin Habtour was born in 1955 in the Shabwah Governorate, part of what was then the British Aden Protectorate. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics and administration from the University of Aden in 1981, a master's degree in economics from the Berlin School of Economics and Law in 1988, and a doctorate from Leipzig University in 1992. He is married with five children.

Professional career

The University of Aden employed bin Habtour as a prorector from 1994 to 2001. In 2001, President Ali Abdullah Saleh named bin Habtour to serve as Deputy Minister of Education, an office he held until 2008. Afterward, he became president and rector of the University of Aden.NEWS,weblink Almotamar.net, To be affected by the world crisis, determined by relation to Washington: Mahatir, 24 December 2008, 23 February 2015, President Hadi appointed bin Habtour as Governor of Aden by decree on 22 December 2014.NEWS,weblinkweblink" title="archive.today/20150224060145weblink">weblink dead, 24 February 2015, Yemen Observer, Republican Decree Appoints Seven Governors, 25 December 2014, 23 February 2015, He was sworn in three days later.NEWS,weblink Saba News Agency, Newly-appointed governors sworn in, 26 December 2014, 23 February 2015, WEB, President of the Republic of Yemen,weblink Newly-appointed governors sworn in before President Hadi, 25 December 2014, 23 February 2015,weblink 2015-02-24, dead, As Aden's new governor, he confronted the unrest created by the Houthi takeover in 2015, including a pro-separatist uprising in Aden seaport. He also met with Hadi after he fled to Aden from the capital of Sana'a.At some point during the months-long battle for Aden in 2015, bin Habtour fled the city.WEB,weblink UAE team arrives in Yemen to reopen Aden airport - The National, 20 July 2015, In July, the Yemeni government-in-exile in Saudi Arabia announced the appointment of his former deputy, Nayef al-Bakri, as governor.NEWS,weblink Yemen death toll from rebel shelling doubles to nearly 100, aid group says, CTV News, 20 July 2015, 5 December 2015,

Premiership

On 2 October 2016, he was appointed as Prime Minister by the Houthis.NEWS,weblink Yemen's Houthis ask former Aden governor to form government, 2 October 2016, Reuters, On 4 October, he formed his cabinet.WEB,weblink Yemen rebels form rival government, dead,weblink 2016-10-05, The cabinet, which includes members of the Southern Movement,WEB,weblink Yemen rebels form rival government, is not internationally recognized.WEB,weblink UN rejects Yemen rebels' bid to form government, 5 October 2016, Gulf News, On 28 November 2016, a new cabinet was formed.WEB,weblink Saba Net - Yemen news agency, On 13 December 2016, he accused United Kingdom of war crimes against Yemen, by giving bombs to the Saudi-led coalition.WEB,weblink Yemen rebel leader accuses UK of 'war crimes', 14 December 2016, On 5 April 2017, he tendered his resignation as Prime Minister by submitting it to the Supreme Political Council, according to sources close to him. This occurred after Houthi militiamen stormed the headquarters of the General Authority for Social Security and Pensions in Sana'a, reportedly taking over the establishment and seizing funds intended for pensioners.WEB,weblink Yemen's Houthi-appointed PM tenders resignation, Anadolu Agency, 6 April 2017,

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