Jaafar Mohammed Saad

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
Born(1950-05-05)5 May 1950
Ash Shaikh Outhman District, Aden Governorate, Yemen
Died6 December 2015(2015-12-06) (aged 65)
Tawahi, Aden Governorate, Yemen
Cause of deathAssassination (car bomb attack)
Military service
Allegiance South Yemen
Yemen
Rank Major general
Battles/warsYemeni Civil War (1994)
Yemeni Civil War (2015-present)

Major General Jaafar Mohammed Saad (Arabic: جعفر محمد سعد; born 1950 – died 6 December 2015) was a Yemeni politician and soldier.[1]

Biography

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]

Death

Jaafar Mohammed Saad was assassinated on 6 December 2015 when a car bomb targeted his convoy in the Tawahi district of Aden. The attack resulted in his death along with five of his bodyguards. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the bombing.[2] However, the circumstances surrounding the assassination, as well as the political and security developments that followed in Aden, have led some observers and analysts to question the official account and point to alternative interpretations regarding the parties that may have benefited from the attack.

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. 1 2 Shaheen, Kareem (6 December 2015). "Governor of Aden in Yemen killed in an explosion, say, officials". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Yemen's Aden governor Jaafar Mohammed Saad killed in car bombing claimed by Islamic State". ABC.net.au. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 al-Jalal, Fares (12 October 2015). "Securing Aden: New governor attempts to 'integrate' armed groups". Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. Archived from the original on 9 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.


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