A/HRC/45/CRP.7 Serial Name Position Location 22 Brigadier General Mohammed al-Ajani Commander of the Third Brigade, Storm741 Shada Front, Sa’ada fronts Sa’ada ‫عميد محمد العجاني‬ Remarks 2. Intelligence, Security, Political, and Civil Administration Actors 12. The Political Security Organisation was formed in 1992 as the primary intelligence entity responsible for both domestic and external intelligence gathering and analysis, until then President Saleh formed the National Security Bureau in 2002, with Colonel Ammar Saleh, Saleh’s nephew, as deputy head director. 13. In 2001, then President Saleh appointed Brigadier General Yahya Saleh as chief of staff for the Central Security Forces, a paramilitary organisation working under the ministry of interior, which focused on domestic threats. Yahya also supervised the formation of the Central Security Services’ counter-terrorism force. 14. In January 2013, President Hadi announced a major overhaul of the interior ministry. Among other things, he streamlined the number of departments reporting directly to the minister; increased provincial governors’ authority over ministry forces in their respective areas; rebranded the controversial Central Security Forces as the new Special Security Forces; and established a General Inspectors office to deal with human rights transgressions, corruption and police violations within the ministry.742 The main actors are as follows: Serial Name Position Location Remarks 1 Major General Abdo Mohammed al-Huthaifi Political Security Organization Aden Head of National Security Bureau Aden 29 August 2016 National Security Bureau Aden Head of the Yemeni governmental team, RCC Prime Minister Riyadh 15 October 2018. On 29 July 2020 he was charged with reforming the cabinet.744 ‫لواء عبده محمد الحذيفي‬ 2 Major General Ahmed Abdullah al-Musabi743 ‫لواء أحمد عبدهللا المصعبي‬ 3 Major General Mohammad Musleh Eidah, ‫لواء ركن محمد مصلح العيضه‬ 4 Moeen Abdul Malik Saeed ‫معين عبد الملك سعيد‬ 5 Ahmed bin Ahmed alMesry Minister of Interior Since 2017 ‫احمد بن احمد الميسري‬ 741 743 744 See: https://www.al-tagheer.com/news109622.html. 742 See: https://d2071andvip0wj.cloudfront.net/yemens-military-security-reform-seeds-of-newconflict-arabic.pdf Presidential Decree 115 (2016). Available at: https://www.yen-news.net/news25103.html. Presidential Decree 35 (2020). Available at: https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=ar&newsid=2115408. 127