Ghaleb Mutahar al-Qamesh | |
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Chief of Security Political Office | |
In office 1980–2014 | |
President | Ali Abdullah Saleh, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi |
Succeeded by | Jalal al-Rowaishan |
Minister of Interior | |
In office May 1990 – 1993 | |
President | Ali Abdullah Saleh |
Prime Minister | Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas |
Succeeded by | Yahya al-Matwakel |
Personal details | |
Born | 1948 (age 75–76) Karif, Amran |
Nationality | Yemeni |
Ghaleb Mutahar al-Qamesh (Arabic: غالب مطهر القمش; born 1948) is a Yemeni politician, military and intelligence official.[1] He served as chief of Political Security Office, Yemen's intelligence agency, for more than three decades.[2]
Ghaleb was born in Kharif District, Amran Governorate, in 1948. He studied his basic education and grew up in his village al-Assyah in Kharif of Amran northern Yemen. He joined the Military Academy in Sana'a and graduated in 1968.[3]