Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of ...

Aidarous Qassem AbdulaAziz Al-Zubaidi (

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: عَيْدَرُوْس قاسم عبد العزيز الزُّبَيْدي) is the Vice President within the Yemen Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) and president of the Southern Transitional Council and the de facto leader of the Southern Movement in

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. He previously served as the governor of

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from December 2015 to April 2017. Al-Zoubadi's intention was to bring liberation to Yemen's southern provinces extending from Aden to

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Al-Zoubaidi is a former military commander from

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who remained loyal to

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Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi during the Yemeni Civil War. He was appointed as Governor of Aden in early December 2015, after the previous governor,

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, was assassinated in a car bombing. In early January 2016, he survived an assassination attempt by

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when a bomb exploded near his convoy, and at least one bodyguard was killed. He was fired on 27 April 2017 by President Hadi. On May 3, major rallies were held in Aden to protest the decision of Hadi. One week later, the Southern Transitional Council (STC) was formed; some of the members were the governors of

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, Lahij Governorate,

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, and

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. Al-Zoubaidi became a member of the Southern Movement and President of the Southern Transitional Council. On 29 January 2018, in the Battle of Aden, al-Zoubaidi announced the state of emergency in Aden and that "the STC has begun the process of overthrowing Hadi’s rule over the South". In April 2020, the STC announced self-rule in southern Yemen.

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Living people Governors of Aden Yemeni military personnel of the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Yemeni politicians People from Dhale Governorate 1967 births South Yemen independence activists {{Yemen-politician-stub Presidential Leadership Council

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