Tareq Saleh
Yemeni military commander (born 1970)
Tareq Mohammed Abdullah Saleh
طارق محمد عبد الله صالح |
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Saleh in 2018
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Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council | |
Assumed office
7 April 2022 [1] |
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Personal details | |
Born |
1970 (age
52
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53)
Sanaa , Yemen Arab Republic |
Relations |
Ali Abdullah Saleh
(uncle)
Yahya Saleh (brother) Ahmed Saleh (cousin) Mohammed Abdullah Saleh (father) |
Children | Mubarak Saleh |
Website | Twitter Profile |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Yemen |
Branch/service | Yemen Army |
Years of service | 1999 – present |
Rank | Commander |
Commands |
Republican Guard
2004–2012 Special Security Forces 2012–2017 National Resistance 2018–present |
Battles/wars | Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) |
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Tareq Mohammed Abdullah Saleh ( Arabic : طارق محمد عبد الله صالح ; born 1970) is a Yemeni military commander and the nephew of the late President Ali Abdullah Saleh . His father was Major General Mohammed Abdullah Saleh . [2] Prior to the national crisis beginning in 2011 , he headed the elite Presidential Guard . In 2012, he was ordered to stand down from this position. [3] On 10 April 2013, he was appointed as a military attaché to Germany in an effort to remove the remnants of the previous regime. [4] He re-emerged as a commander in the Houthi -Saleh alliance when the Yemeni Civil War broke out in 2015. When this alliance collapsed in 2017 , Tareq Saleh commanded troops loyal to his uncle. Prior to the collapse of the pro-Saleh forces, the Saudi -owned Al Arabiya reported that negotiations were ongoing to form a military council in Saleh-held areas, which would have been headed by Tareq. [5] Following his uncle's death, reports emerged that the younger Saleh had also been killed. [6] However, these were never confirmed, and Houthi forces launched a manhunt. Saleh evaded capture and eventually resurfaced in the Hadi loyalist-held Shabwah Governorate . [7]
References
- ↑ Ghobari, Mohamed (7 April 2022). "Yemen president sacks deputy, delegates presidential powers to council" . Reuters . Aden . Retrieved 7 April 2022 .
- ↑ "أقارب المخلوع صالح.. الإقالة في مرحلتها الثانية" . The New Arab . 4 June 2015 . Retrieved 21 January 2023 .
- ↑ "Saleh nephew 'quits Yemen army' " . BBC News . 27 April 2012 . Retrieved 22 January 2018 .
- ↑ "Yemen president orders military shakeup" . Associated Press . 10 April 2013 . Retrieved 29 January 2023 .
- ↑ "Consultations in Yemen to form military council headed by Saleh's nephew" . 2 December 2017 . Retrieved 28 January 2018 – via www.english.alarabiya.net.
- ↑ "Former Yemen president's nephew 'also killed in attack' " . Sky.com . Retrieved 22 January 2018 .
- ↑ Al-Haj, Ahmed (11 January 2018). "Disappeared nephew of Yemen's Saleh resurfaces in the south" . Business Insider . Retrieved 13 June 2018 – via businessinsider.com.
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