Originally from Hadhramaut, Shamlan was educated in the elite Ghayl ba-Wazeer School ġail bā wazīr, which was one of the best schools in Yemen and beyond at the time.
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Incumbent president Ali Abdullah Saleh of the General People's Congress party defeated the Yemen opposition coalition candidate Faisal Bin Shamlan.