Hussein Nagi Khairan ( ar, حسين ناجي خيران) is a
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
i military officer. Until November 2016, he served as defense minister for the
Houthi
The Houthi movement (; ar, ٱلْحُوثِيُّون ''al-Ḥūthīyūn'' ), officially called Ansar Allah (' ''Partisans of God'' or ''Supporters of God'') and colloquially simply Houthis, is an Islamist political and armed movement that ...
-appointed
government of Yemen
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, having been appointed on 22 March 2015, after the defection of
Mahmoud al-Subaihi
Major general Mahmoud al-Subaihi ( ar, محمود الصبيحي) is a Yemeni military officer. He served in the cabinet of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi as defence minister. In the Yemen Army, he holds the rank of major general. He was appoint ...
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.
He reportedly took charge of the
military offensive
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against Hadi's holdouts in
southern Yemen.
Biography
Khairan previously served from 1993 to 2014 as commander of the 1st Marine Infantry Brigade in
Socotra
Socotra or Soqotra (; ar, سُقُطْرَىٰ ; so, Suqadara) is an island of the Republic of Yemen in the Indian Ocean, under the ''de facto'' control of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, a secessionist participant in Yemen’ ...
.
In December 2014, Hadi named him as chief of staff of the
Yemen Army
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and s ...
. However, the Houthi militants that
occupied
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Sana'a
Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Gover ...
earlier that year blocked him from entering the defense ministry. Hadi officially fired Khairan as army chief of staff on 5 April, weeks after he switched sides to join the Houthis' ranks.
He was reported to have been killed on October 8, 2016, during the
Sanaa Funeral Bombing.
His death was then denied.
On 28 November 2016, he was replaced by
Mohamed al-Atifi as defense minister.
On 29 November 2016, he was appointed as presidential advisor.
[https://www.sabanews.net/fr/news448086.htm]
References
Living people
Yemeni generals
Yemeni politicians
1952 births
People from Sanaa Governorate
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