Hussein Khairan

Hussein Khairan
Minister of Defence of Yemen
Disputed
In office
23 March 2015 – 28 November 2016*
Acting: 23 March 2015 – 4 October 2016
President Mohammed Ali al-Houthi
Saleh Ali al-Sammad
Prime Minister Talal Aklan (Acting)
Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour
Preceded by Mahmoud al-Subaihi
Succeeded by Mohamed al-Atifi
Personal details
Born 1952-1953
Arhab District, Sana'a Governorate
Military service
Allegiance  Yemen
Service/branch Yemen Army
Rank Major general[1]
Unit 1st Marine Infantry Division
Commands 1st Marine Infantry Division 1993-2014
*Khairan's term has been disputed by Mahmoud al-Subaihi.

Hussein Nagi Khairan (Arabic: حسين ناجي خيران‎‎), born in Arhab District, is a Yemeni military officer. He served as defence minister, until November 2016, for the Houthi-appointed government of Yemen, having been appointed on 22 March 2015 after the defection of Mahmoud al-Subaihi to the internationally recognised government of Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in Aden. According to a Houthi political official, Khairan's appointment placed him in direct command of all military units except for those loyal to Hadi.[2] He reportedly took charge of the military offensive against Hadi's holdouts in southern Yemen.[1]

Khairan previously served from 1993 to 2014 as commander of the 1st Marine Infantry Brigade on Socotra.[2] In December 2014, Hadi named him as chief of staff of the Yemen Army.[3] However, the Houthi militants that occupied Sana'a earlier that year blocked him from entering the defence ministry.[4] Hadi officially fired Khairan as army chief of staff on 5 April, weeks after he switched sides to join the Houthis' ranks.[5]

He was reported to have been killed on October 8, 2016 during the Sanaa Funeral Bombing.[6][7]

His death was then denied.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rebel Fighters Advance Into Yemen's Third-Largest City". Bloomberg. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 Al-Homaid, Fareed (23 March 2015). "HOUTHIS APPOINT NEW DEFENSE MINISTER". The Yemen Times. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Yemen military chief fired as wave of bombings targets Houthis". Al-Akhbar. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Ghobari, Mohammed (16 December 2014). "Houthis block Yemen army chief, accuse president of corruption". Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Brumfield, Ben (6 April 2015). "Death toll rises quickly as conflict rages in Yemen". CNN. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  6. ↑ https://twitter.com/marcelsardo/status/785806565462970368
  7. ↑ http://www.7adramout.net/alhadath-yemen/785349/%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1--%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%86-%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1.html
  8. ↑ http://sabanews.net/en/news444638.htm
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