Sagheer Hamoud ِAhmed Aziz ( ar, صغير حمود احمد عزيز) (born 1967), sometimes spelled "Sagher Hamood,or Saghir", commonly known as Sagheer bin Aziz, is a Yemeni politician, MP, and military officer. He is the current chief of the Yemeni Armed Forces Staff. He is also a GPC member in the Yemeni Parliament, for the parliamentary session 2003–2009 for constituency No. (280) B Amran Governorate, north

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. On 28 February 2020, he was appointed as Chief of the General Staff of the Yemeni Army and promoted to Lt. Gen.

Early life and education

Born in Al-Amashyah, Harf Sufyan District, Amran Governorate. He received his primary there, and continued his high education in Sana'a. He got a bachelor in Business Administration from Sanaa University in 2000.

Military education

* Master's degree in military science, Joint Command and Staff College, Sudan, 2017 * Battalion Commanders' Course, Thulaya Military Institute, Aden * Company Commanders and Battery Commanders Course, the Republican Guard combat school * Management and Personnel Affairs course, National Institute of Administrative Sciences, Sanaa, 1989 * Special Forces and Special Forces Instructors Course, the Republican Guard, 1986 * Thunderbolt Course, the Republican Guard

Political career

He is a GPC member Members of the Yemeni House of Representatives and elected to the Yemeni Parliament in 1997 and 2003 parliamentary sessions. He is also a member of the National Dialogue Conference.

Military service

Sagheer bin Azizi joined the military service in the Republican Guard in 1983. He was promoted to the rank of

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in 1990 then to the rank of

Brigadier Brigadier is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country. In some countries, it is a senior rank above colonel, equivalent to a brigadier general or commodore, typically commanding a brigade of several thousand soldiers. In ...

in the Yemeni Army in 2007.

Main commands

* Platoon commander, the Republican Guard, Sana'a * Company commander, the Republican Guard, Sana'a * Commander of the 1st Armored Division positions in Amshi, Harf Sufyan District, Amran Governorate * Battalion chief of staff, the Republican Guard camp * Deputy Chief Teacher, the Republican Guard Combat School * Head of Tariq's Operations Camp, the Republican Guard * Deputy chief of staff for training affairs, 2016 * Head of the Government Team in UN Redeployment Coordination Committee in Hudeidah, 2018 * Commander of the Yemeni military Joint Operations, 2019 * Chief of Staff of the Yemeni Army, 28 February 2020 – present

2020 missile attack

On 27 May 2020, a missile strike targeted the Yemeni army's chief of staff Sagheer bin Aziz during a meeting with military leaders at Sahn al-Jan military base near

Marib Marib ( ar, مَأْرِب, Maʾrib; Old South Arabian: 𐩣𐩧𐩨/𐩣𐩧𐩺𐩨 ''Mryb/Mrb'') is the capital city of Marib Governorate, Yemen. It was the capital of the ancient kingdom of ''Sabaʾ'' ( ar, سَبَأ), which some scholars ...

. He survived the attack, but his son Fahd Aziz and his nephew Abdul Qawi were killed. Six other soldiers who were accompanying Gen Sagheer were also killed.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aziz, Sagheer Hamoud Yemeni politicians Yemeni generals Yemeni military personnel of the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) 1967 births Living people People from Amran Governorate Members of the House of Representatives (Yemen) Ministry of Defense (Yemen)