2017 in Yemen

Events in the year 2017 in Yemen.

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See also:	Other events of 2017 History of Yemen Timeline Years

Incumbents

• President: Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
• Vice President: Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar
• Prime Minister: Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr

Events

• Ongoing – the Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
• 25 June – The World Health Organization estimates that Yemen has more than 200,000 cases of Cholera.^[1]
• 14 August – The WHO suspects cholera cases in Yemen hit 500,000 mark.^[2]

Deaths

Ali Abdullah Saleh

• 14 August – Nearly 2000 people have died since the cholera outbreak began to spread rapidly at the end of April.^[3]

• 4 December – Ali Abdullah Saleh, politician, President of North Yemen 1978–1990 and President of Yemen 1990–2012 (b. 1947).^[4]