Personal Information:

Birth date: 1962

Birth place: Al-Rasas fortress, Al-Makhadar District, Ibb Governorate.

Nationality: Yemeni

Marital status: Married

Email: r.alrssas@gmail.com

Education:

• PhD in Public Law, Ain Shams University, Arab Republic of Egypt 1995
• Master of Public Law, Ain Shams University, Arab Republic of Egypt 1989
• Bachelor of Sharia and Law – Sana’a University, 1985

Experience:

• Instructor of constitutional law and political systems – Faculty of Sharia, Sana’a University.
• Director General of Parliament and Shura Council Affairs (1996 -1997).
• Undersecretary of the Ministry of Legal Affairs and Parliament Affairs in 1997.
• Secretary General of the Supreme Elections Committee (2001-2003).
• Minister of Legal Affairs (2003-2006).
• Minister of State for Parliament and Shura Council Affairs (Government of National Reconciliation) (2011-2014).
• Secretary General of the House of Representatives.
• Contributed to drafting and advocating new laws during ministerial tenure.

Conferences and Workshops:

• Representing Yemen before many international courts.
• International Afro-Asian Legal Consultative Organization.
• Many capacity building workshops.

Researches:

• A master’s research on “The Characteristics of the Constitution of the Republic of Yemen” (unpublished).

PhD thesis on “The Electoral System in the Republic of Yemen (A Comparative Study)” (unpublished).