A/HRC/42/17 3. Government of Yemen a. Yemen Armed Forces Serial Name 1 President Abd Rabbu Mansour Supreme Commander of the Hadi14 Armed Forces 2 Major General Ali Mohsen al- Vice President15 Ahmar 3 April 2016 3 Major General Mohammad AliMinister of Defence16 al-Maqdashi 8 November 2018 4 Major General Abdullah Salem Ali Al-Nakhai17 Chief of the General Staff18 8 November 2018 5 Major General Tahir Ali alAqaili Adviser to the Supreme Commander19 8 November 2018 6 Major General Khaled Qassem Adviser to Minister of Fadhal Defence20 31 December 2018 7 Major General Saghir Aziz Joint Operations Commander21 11 July 2019 8 Major General Saleh Mohammad Timis 1st Military District Commander22 Seiyoun, Hadramaut 22 November 2016 9 Major General Faraj Salamin 2nd Military District al-Bahasani Commander23 al-Mukalla, Hadramaut Since 2015 10 Major General Faisal Qaid Hassan Ma’rib 26 May 2018 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 Positon 3rd Military District Commander24 Location Date Assumed Role/Remarks February 2012 https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/world/middleeast/yemen-to-get-a-new-president-abed-rabumansour-hadi.html. Presidential Decree 48 (2016). https://www.facebook.com/alimohsensalehalahmar/posts/1011971235550346/. Presidential Decree 71 (2018). https://buyemen.net/news67338.html; see also https://almasdaronline.com/article/republic-decrees-appointing-minister-of-defence-chief-of-staffand-governor-of-aden; and UN document S/2019/83. Ibid. Replaced Major General Tahir Ali al-Aqaili. Presidential Decree 182 (2018). Available on https://www.almashhad-alyemeni.com/121600. Presidential Decree 189 (2018)available on https://almasdaronline.com/articles/162681. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2496705833693803&id=476830182348055. Presidential Decree 154 (2016). https://www.almashhad-alyemeni.com/61690. https://buyemen.net/news48340.html; see also https://arabic.sputniknews.com/arab_world/201508161015325772. Presidential Decree 109 (2018) Replacing Major General Ahmed Hassan Gibran. Available on https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/p-18771.