Yemen’s Hadi appoints new defense minister

Update Yemen’s Hadi appoints new defense minister
Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi. (AFP)
Updated 08 November 2018
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Yemen’s Hadi appoints new defense minister

Yemen’s Hadi appoints new defense minister
  • Hadi has appointed  Lt. Gen Mohammad Ali Al-Maqdishi as his new defense minister

LONDON: Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi has appointed  Lt. Gen Mohammad Ali Al-Maqdishi as his new defense minister.

A statement published on Yemeni news website Saba Net said that a presidential decree has appointed the new defense minister and  rear admiral Abdullah Salem Al-Nakhfi as Chief of Staff.

Ahmad Salem Rabea was appointed as new governor of Aden.