Hussein Khairan | |
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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 | |
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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, romanized: Ḥusayn Nājī Khyrān) is a Yemeni military officer. Until November 2016, he served as defense minister 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]
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