A/HRC/42/CRP.1 Government of Yemen a. Yemen Armed Forces1482 Serial 1 Name President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi1483 Positon Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces1484 Assessment/ remarks February 2012 Vice President1485 3 April 2016 ‫الرئيس عبد ربه منصور هادي‬ 2 Major General Ali Mohsen alAhmar ‫الفريق الركن علي محسن االحمر‬ 3 Major General Mohammad Ali al- Minister of Defence1486 Maqdashi ‫الفريق الركن محمد علي المقدشي‬ 8 November 2018 4 Major General Abdullah Salem Ali al-Nakhai1487 ‫اللواء الركن البحري عبدهللا النخعي‬ Chief of the General Staff1488 8 November 2018 5 Major General Saleh al-Zindani ‫اللواء الركن صالح الزنداني‬ Deputy Chief of General Staff Al-Zindani was among 11 people injured in a Houthi drone attack on 10 January 2019 at alAnid Base in Lahij. He died a month later 6 Major General Tahir Ali al-Aqaili Adviser to the Supreme Commander1489 ‫اللواء الركن طاهر علي العقيلي‬ 8 November 2018 Major General Khaled Qassem Fadhal Adviser to Minister of Defence1490 When conflict first broke out Fadhel rallied locals to fight the Houthi/Saleh alliance in his home district of Jabal Habashi. After Ta’izz was controlled by the Houthis President Hadi appointed him commander of the Ta’izz Axis in August 2016. On 31 December 2018, he was appointed as adviser to the Minister of Defence. Joint Operations Commander1491 11 July 2019 Chief of Mil. Intelligence Staff1492 On 22 January 2019, he replaced Major General Mohammad Saleh Tamah who was killed on January 2019 in al-Anid drone incident. 7 ‫اللواء الركن خالد قاسم فاضل‬ Major General Saghir Aziz 8 ‫اللواء الركن صغير بن عزيز‬ 9 Major General Ahmad Mohsen Salem al-Yafa’ay ‫اللواء الركن أحمد محسن سالم اليافعي‬ 1482 Former Chief of General Staff See Appendix 1, Yemen Armed Forces Organizational Structure https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/world/middleeast/yemen-to-get-a-new-president-abed-rabumansour-hadi.html 1484 See appendix 2, Government of Yemen Security Apparatus 1485Presidential Decree 48 (2016) https://www.facebook.com/alimohsensalehalahmar/posts/1011971235550346/ 1486 Presidential Decree 71 (2018). https://almasdaronline.com/article/republic-decrees-appointing-ministerof-defence-chief-of-staff-and-governor-of-aden. Also, see UN document S/2019/83 1487 UN document S/2019/83 1488 Replace Major General Tahir Ali al-Aqaili 1489 Presidential Decree 182 (2018). Available on https://www.almashhad-alyemeni.com/121600 1490 Presidential Decree 189 (2018)available on https://almasdaronline.com/articles/162681 1491 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2496705833693803&id=476830182348055 1492 Presidential Decree 12 (2019). Available on: https://naba-ye.com/news1105.html 1483 230