A/HRC/42/17 2. United Arab Emirates Serial Name 1 Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al- Supreme Commander Nahyan 2 Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Deputy Supreme al-Nahyan Commander 3 Mohammed bin Rashid alMaktoum7 Minister of Defence 4 Lieutenant General Hamad Mohammed Thani alRomaithi8 Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces 5 Major General Eisa Saif alMazrouei Deputy Chief of Staff 6 Major General Saleh Mohammad Saleh al-Ameri Commander of Ground Forces 7 Major General Ibrahim Nasser Commander of Air Force Mohammed al-Alawi and Air Defence 8 Major General Sheikh Saeed Commander of Navy Bin Hamdan Bin Mohammad al-Nahyan9 9 Brigadier General Ali Ahmed Coalition Commander el-Tanjee Location Date Assumed Role/Remarks 3 November 2004 3 January 2005 On 11 October 2017 replaced Rear Admiral Ibrahim al-Musharrakh Aden May 2015 - January 2016 al-Hudaydah10 2018 - 2019 10 Brigadier General Ali alNuaimee Coalition Commander Aden January 2016 - July 2016 11 Brigadier General Sultan alHabsee Coalition Commander Aden July 2016 - January 2017 12 Brigadier General Naser alOtaibee Coalition Commander Aden January 2017 – July 2017 13 Brigadier General Ahmed al- Coalition Commander Blushee Aden July 2017 – January 2018 14 Brigadier General Muhammad Coalition Commander al-Hasani Aden January 2018 – July 2018 7 8 9 10 20 Position https://uaecabinet.ae/en/biography. https://uaecabinet.ae/en/details/news/ chief-of-staff-of-armed-forces-promoted-to-the-rank-ofminister. Equivalent rank of Major General listed; actual rank in Navy is Rear Admiral. https://arabic.cnn.com/middle-east/article/2018/09/18/saudi-led-coalition-launches-offensivestrategic-yemeni-port-city; see also: https://twitter.com/amalka4_al, and https://al-ain.com/article/alhodeidah-yemen-arab-alliance-al-taniji.