Abdullah Al-Alimi Bawazeer (born 1979) is a Yemeni politician and member of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council. Abdullah was born in Bayhan, Shabwah governorate.
He served as director of the office of former president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi since 8 November 2016. Abdullah was considered one of President HadiâÂÂs inner circle. He is also a member of the Al-Islah party.
Bawazeer was born in 1979 to a wealthy family from Bayhan district in Shabwah. After receiving basic education in Bahyan, he attended the University of Aden, where he received bachelorâÂÂs degree in general medicine while serving as president of the students union. He later headed to Malaysia, where he studied at the Malaysian University and completed a masterâÂÂs degree in management. He returned to Yemen and attended the University of Science and Technology in Sanaa, which he graduated from with a bachelor's degree in Sharia and law.
The first political activities Bawazeer was involved in took place during his tenure as student union president at the University of Aden. He later served on the university's teaching staff. He also eventually joined the Islah party, becoming the head of its political department in Aden Governorate.
Abdullah has been a Professor at the University of Aden. In the Office of the Yemeni Presidency, he has been the Head of the Department of Local and Civil Society Organizations (2012), the Deputy Director (2015), and the Director (2016). As of 2022, he is a Member of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council.