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Mohammed Ali Al-Maqdashi
Yemeni politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lieutenant General[1] Mohammed Ali Al-Maqdashi (Arabic: محمد علي المقدشي, born 1962) is a Yemeni military officer. On 28 July 2022 he appointed by Rashad Al-Alaimi as an advisor to the Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council for military and security affairs.[2] He was previously Yemeni Minister of Defense,[3] and a military advisor to former President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.[4] He also served as chief of staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces.[5]
Quick Facts Advisor to the Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, Appointed by ...
Mohammed Ali Al-Maqdashi | |
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Advisor to the Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council | |
Assumed office 28 July 2022 | |
Appointed by | Rashad al-Alimi |
Prime Minister | Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed |
Defense Minister | |
In office 7 November 2018 – 28 July 2022 | |
Appointed by | Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi |
Preceded by | Mahmoud al-Subaihi |
Succeeded by | Mohsen Mohammed Al-Daeri |
Chief of the Yemeni Armed Forces Staff | |
In office 3 May 2015 – 8 November 2018 | |
Appointed by | Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi |
Succeeded by | Taher Al-Auqaili |
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Born | 1962 (age 61–62) Dhamar Governorate, North Yemen |
Military service | |
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Battles/wars | Yemeni Civil War (1994) Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) |
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On 19 February 2020, a landmine explosion struck the motorcade of the Hadi Government Ministry of Defense in Marib leaving six bodyguards dead. Ali Al-Maqdashi survived the attack.[6]