Jalal al-Rowaishan explained

Jalal Ali bin Ali Al-Ruwishan
جلال علي علي الرويشان
Office:Deputy Prime Minister of Yemen
President:Saleh Ali al-Sammad
Alongside:Hussein Abdullah Mkabuli and Akram Abdullah Attaya
Primeminister:Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour
Term Start:28 November 2016*
Office1:Minister of Interior of Yemen
Term Start1:7 February 2015
Term End1:28 November 2016**
President1:Mohammed Ali al-Houthi
Saleh Ali al-Sammad
Primeminister1:Talal Aklan
Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour
Predecessor1:Position established
Successor1:Mohamed Abdullah al-Kawsi
Office2:Minister of Interior of Yemen
President2:Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Term Start2:9 November 2014
Term End2:22 January 2015
Predecessor2:Abdo Hussein al-Tareb
Successor2:Abdu al-Hudhaifi
Birth Name:Jalal Ali Bin Ali Al-Ruwishan
Birth Date:25 February 1965
Birth Place:Jihanah District, Sanaa Governorate, North Yemen.
Nationality:Yemeni
Rank:Major general
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}}Jalal Ali bin Ali Al-Rowaishan (born 1965) is 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 Houthis did not say whether Rowaishan was in the building at the time of the attack.[1]

He survived an airstrike by Saudi warplanes in 2016. He appeared in a 12 January 2024 documentary in which he narrated about his ordeal.[2]

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 Sharia law from the University of Sanaa.

Career

After the unification of Yemen in 1990, he was appointed deputy director general of the Political Security branch in Marib Governorate, and then as general manager, which he served until 2003.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Top Hadi general killed in Yemen by Houthis. The National. 9 October 2016.
  2. Yemen's Hidden Agony . 2024-01-11 . Best Documentary . 2024-07-21 . YouTube.