Jalal Ali bin Ali Al-Ruwishan (born 1965) was the former Interior Minister of the internationally recognised Yemeni government from 9 November 2014 to 2015. In October 2016, he was said to be killed by an airstrike by Saudi warplanes but the

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did not say whether Rowaishan was in the building at the time of the attack.

Early life and education

al-Rowaishan was born in 1965 in a village in Khawlan district, west of Sanaa. He started his formal education in a high school in Sanaa and graduated in 1980. He joined the Police College and graduating in 1985. He also holds a Diploma in police Sciences, and Bachelor of

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law from the

University of Sanaa Sana'a University ( ) was established in 1970 as the first and the primary university in the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen), now the Republic of Yemen (see also Aden University). It is located in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, and is currently o ...

Career

After the unification of Yemen in 1990, he was appointed deputy director general of the Political Security branch in

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, and then as general manager, which he served until 2003.

References

Living people Interior ministers of Yemen 1965 births People from Sanaa Governorate Sanaa University alumni Bahah Cabinet {{Yemen-politician-stub