Mohammed Ali Al-Maqdashi

Lieutenant General[1] Mohammed Ali Al-Maqdashi (Arabic: محمد علي المقدشي, born 1962) is a Yemeni military officer. On 28 July 2022 he appointed by Rashad Al-Alaimi as an advisor to the Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council for military and security affairs.[2] He was previously Yemeni Minister of Defense,[3] and a military advisor to former President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.[4] He also served as chief of staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces.[5]

Mohammed Ali Al-Maqdashi
Advisor to the Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council
Assumed office
28 July 2022
Appointed byRashad al-Alimi
Prime MinisterMaeen Abdulmalik Saeed
Defense Minister
In office
7 November 2018 – 28 July 2022
Appointed byAbdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Preceded byMahmoud al-Subaihi
Succeeded byMohsen Mohammed Al-Daeri
Chief of the Yemeni Armed Forces Staff
In office
3 May 2015 – 8 November 2018
Appointed byAbdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Succeeded byTaher Al-Auqaili
Personal details
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Dhamar Governorate, North Yemen
Military service
Allegiance Yemen
Branch/service Yemen Army
RankLieutenant General Lieutenant General
Battles/warsYemeni Civil War (1994)
Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)

On 19 February 2020, a landmine explosion struck the motorcade of the Hadi Government Ministry of Defense in Marib leaving six bodyguards dead. Ali Al-Maqdashi survived the attack.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Yemeni minister hails Saudi backing against Houthis". Arab News. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  2. ^ "تعيين الفريق الركن محمد المقدشي مستشاراً لرئيس مجلس القيادة الرئاسي لشئون الدفاع والامن". وكالة الانباء اليمنية Saba Net :: سبأ نت. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  3. ^ "قرار جمهوري بتعيين الفريق المقدشي وزيراً للدفاع و اللواء عبدالله النخعي رئيساً لهيئة الأركان". وكالة الانباء اليمنية Saba Net :: سبأ نت. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  4. ^ newsletters (4 September 2017). "المقدشي مستشارا للقائد الأعلى للقوات المسلحة و العقيلي رئيساً لهيئة الأركان العامة". President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi (in Arabic). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  5. ^ Somoud.Ghazal. "هادي يعين المقدشي رئيساً لهيئة الأركان". www.alaraby.co.uk/ (in Arabic). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  6. ^ Landmine explosion targets Yemen's defense minister