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Jaafar Mohammed Saad

Jaafar Mohammed Saad
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
Personal details
Died 6 December 2015
Tawahi, Aden, Yemen
Military service
Allegiance  South Yemen
 Yemen
Rank YemeniArmyInsignia-MajorGeneral.PNG Major general
Battles/wars Yemeni Civil War (1994)
Yemeni Civil War (2015-present)

Major General Jaafar Mohammed Saad (died 6 December 2015) was a Yemeni politician and soldier.

Saad was a soldier for South Yemen before unification with North Yemen in 1990. 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.

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. He was appointed as Governor of Aden Governorate on 9 October 2015.

Saad was killed 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.



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