2006 in Yemen
# 2006 in Yemen

The following lists events that happened during 2006 in Yemen.

## Incumbents

* President: Ali Abdullah Saleh
* Vice President: Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi
* Prime Minister: Abdul Qadir Bajamal

## Events

### February

* February 9 - U.S. forces are searching for the USS Cole attacker who escaped from prison last Friday. According to Interpol, an al-Qaeda operative who had been sentenced to death for plotting the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000 escaped with a group of convicts from their prison last week in Sana'a.

### September

* September 23 - Ali Abdullah Saleh, in office since 1978, is re-elected as President of Yemen with 77.2% of the votes, prompting allegations of electoral fraud from the Yemeni opposition coalition.
