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Faisal bin Shamlan
Faisal bin Shamlan was a Yemeni engineer and politician from Hadramawt who served as oil minister and became known for his integrity, resigning from parliament in protest against an extension of its term. In 2006 he stood as the joint candidate of the opposition alliance against President Ali Abdullah Saleh and won about a fifth of the votes, the most competitive presidential contest in Yemen's history.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Faisal bin Shamlan. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/faisal-bin-shamlan
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