Ali Abdullah Saleh became president of North Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic) on July 17, 1978. It followed the assassination of Ibrahim al-Hamdi, whom he helped bring to power. When the unification of Yemen took place in 1990, he became president of the unified Yemen. He held power until 2012, when he stepped down amid the Arab Spring uprising in Yemen.
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