Hisham Sharaf

Hisham Sharaf
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yemen
Disputed
Assumed office
28 November 2016*
PresidentSaleh Ali al-Sammad
Mahdi al-Mashat
Prime MinisterAbdel-Aziz bin Habtour
Preceded byAbu Bakr al-Qirbi
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
In office
12 September 2012  9 November 2014
PresidentAbed Rabbo Mansour Hadi
Prime MinisterMuhammad Salim Basindwah
Preceded byYahia Al Shoaibi
Succeeded byMohammad al-Mutahar
Personal details
Born1956 (age 6869)
Taiz, Yemen
Alma materPennsylvania State University
Catholic University of America
*Sharaf's term has been disputed first by Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi and thereafter by Khaled al-Yamani.

Hisham Sharaf Abdullah (born 1956) is a Yemeni civil engineer and politician who has served in several cabinet posts. He is currently Yemen's minister of foreign affairs, and formerly the minister of higher education and scientific research.