Major General Jaafar Mohammed Saad (; born 1950 – died 6 December 2015) was a
Yemen
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i politician and soldier.
Biography
Saad was a soldier for
South Yemen
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before
unification with North Yemen in 1990.
Local officials said he fought for South Yemen in the
Yemeni Civil War of 1994 and later lived in exile in
Egypt
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and the
United Kingdom
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.
"Yemen's Aden governor Jaafar Mohammed Saad killed in car bombing claimed by Islamic State", from ABC.net.au
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Saad, who held the rank of Major-General, helped government forces defend the city of Aden
Aden () is a port city located in Yemen in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula, on the north coast of the Gulf of Aden, positioned near the eastern approach to the Red Sea. It is situated approximately 170 km (110 mi) east of ...
from Houthis
The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, is a Zaydism, Zaydi Shia Islamism, Shia Islamist political and military organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s. It is predominantly made up of Zaydi Shias, with their namesake leadersh ...
in the Yemeni Civil War of 2015.[ He was appointed as Governor of ]Aden Governorate
Aden ( ) is a governorate of Yemen, including the city of Aden. At the 2004 census, it had a population of 589,419. The ancient capital, the port city of Crater, was located here.
Aden was under British rule in the period from 1839 to 1967. In ...
on 9 October 2015.
Death
Saad was assassinated in a car bombing on his convoy in the Tawahi district of Aden on 6 December 2015. Five of his bodyguards died as well. Islamic State
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militants claimed responsibility for the attack.[
]
See also
* 2015 Aden car bombing
References
2015 deaths
Assassinated Yemeni politicians
Governors of Aden
Yemeni generals
Yemeni military personnel killed in the Yemeni civil war (2014–present)
People from Aden Governorate
1950 births
21st-century Yemeni politicians
Assassinated governors and heads of sub-national entities
21st-century governors
Asian politicians assassinated in the 2010s
Politicians assassinated in 2015
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