Jalal Ali bin Ali Al-Rowaishan (born 1965) is the former Interior Minister of the internationally recognised Yemeni government from 9 November 2014 to 2015. In October 2016, he was said to be killed by an airstrike by Saudi warplanes but the

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did not say whether Rowaishan was in the building at the time of the attack. He survived an airstrike by Saudi warplanes in 2016. He appeared in a 12 January 2024 documentary in which he narrated about his ordeal.

Early life and education

al-Rowaishan was born in 1965 in a village in Khawlan district, west of Sanaa. He started his formal education in a high school in Sanaa and graduated in 1980. He joined the Police College and graduating in 1985. He also holds a Diploma in police Sciences, and Bachelor of

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law from the University of Sanaa.

Career

After the unification of Yemen in 1990, he was appointed deputy director general of the Political Security branch in

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, and then as general manager, which he served until 2003.

References

Living people Interior ministers of Yemen 1965 births People from Sanaa Governorate Sanaa University alumni Bahah Cabinet {{Yemen-politician-stub