Major General Jaafar Mohammed Saad (Arabic: جعفر محمد سعد; born 1950 – died 6 December 2015) was a Yemeni politician and soldier.[1]
Jaafar Mohammed Saad
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Governor of Aden Governorate | |
In office 9 October 2015 – 6 December 2015 | |
President | Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi |
Preceded by | Nayef al-Bakri |
Succeeded by | Aidarus al-Zoubaidi |
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Born | 5 May 1950 Ash Shaikh Outhman District, Aden Governorate, Yemen |
Died | 6 December 2015 Tawahi, Aden Governorate, Yemen |
Manner of death | Assassination (car bomb attack) |
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Battles/wars | Yemeni Civil War (1994) Yemeni Civil War (2015-present) |
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Saad was a soldier for South Yemen before unification with North Yemen in 1990.[2] Local officials said he fought for South Yemen in the Yemeni Civil War of 1994 and later lived in exile in Egypt and the United Kingdom.[3]
Saad, who held the rank of Major-General, helped government forces defend the city of Aden from Houthis in the Yemeni Civil War of 2015.[4] He was appointed as Governor of Aden Governorate on 9 October 2015.[4]
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 militants claimed responsibility for the attack.[2]
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