He was a Yemeni member of parliament who had held the post of Oil and Mineral Resources Minister in the postunification government of Yemen
ते मनमोहनसिंग मंत्रिमंडळात अवजड उद्योग व सार्वजनिक उपक्रम खात्याचे केंद्रीय मंत्री होते.