Tareq Saleh

Not to be confused with Tarek Saleh.

Tareq Mohammed Abdullah Saleh (Arabic: طارق محمد عبد الله صالح; born 1970) is a Yemeni military commander and the nephew of the late President Ali Abdullah Saleh. He is currently a member of the presidential council of Yemen. His father was Major-General Mohammed Abdullah Saleh.^[2]

Tareq Mohammed Abdullah Saleh
طارق محمد عبد الله صالح
Saleh in 2024
Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 April 2022[1]
Personal details
Born	1970 (age 54–55) Sanaa, Yemen Arab Republic
Relations	Ali Abdullah Saleh (uncle) Yahya Saleh (brother) Ahmed Saleh (cousin) Mohammed Abdullah Saleh (father)
Children	Mubarak Saleh
Website	Twitter Profile
Military service
Allegiance	Yemen
Branch/service	Yemen Army
Years of service	1999 – present
Rank	Commander
Commands	National Resistance 2018–present Special Security Forces 2012–2017 Republican Guard 2004–2012
Battles/wars	Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)

Prior to the national crisis beginning in 2011, he headed the elite Presidential Guard. In 2012, he was ordered to stand down from this position.^[3] On 10 April 2013, he was appointed as a military attaché to Germany in an effort to remove the remnants of the previous regime.^[4] He re-emerged as a commander in the Houthi-Saleh alliance when the Yemeni Civil War broke out in 2015. When this alliance collapsed in 2017, Tareq Saleh commanded troops loyal to his uncle. Prior to the collapse of the pro-Saleh forces, the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya reported that negotiations were ongoing to form a military council in Saleh-held areas, which would have been headed by Tareq.^[5]

Following his uncle's death, reports emerged that the younger Saleh had also been killed.^[6] However, these were never confirmed, and Houthi forces launched a manhunt. Saleh evaded capture and eventually resurfaced in the Hadi loyalist-held Shabwah Governorate.^[7]