Jaafar Mohammed Saad

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
Governor of Aden Governorate
In office
9 October 2015 – 6 December 2015
PresidentAbdrabbuh Mansour Hadi
Preceded byNayef al-Bakri
Succeeded byAidarus al-Zoubaidi
Personal details
Born5 May 1950
Ash Shaikh Outhman District, Aden Governorate, Yemen
Died6 December 2015
Tawahi, Aden Governorate, Yemen
Military service
Allegiance South Yemen
 Yemen
Rank Major general
Battles/warsYemeni Civil War (1994)
Yemeni Civil War (2015-present)

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 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.[2]

See also

References
  1. ""رجــــال في ذاكــــرة التـاريـــخ" الشهيد جعفر محمد سعد.. قائد معركة "غضب عدن" قتله مرتزقة الجنوب". www.alayyam.info (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  2. "Governor of Aden in Yemen killed in an explosion, say, officials". The Guardian. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  3. "Yemen's Aden governor Jaafar Mohammed Saad killed in car bombing claimed by Islamic State", from ABC.net.au
  4. Fares al-Jalal (12 October 2015). "Securing Aden: New governor attempts to 'integrate' armed groups". Al-Araby. Retrieved 6 December 2015.


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