Sagheer Hamoud Aziz Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Lieutenant general
Sagheer Hamoud Aziz
Native Name:	Arabic: صغير حمود عزيز|بن عزيز
Nationality:	Yemen
Party:	General People's Congress
Birth Place:	Al-Amashyah, Harf Sufyan District, Amran Governorate, North Yemen
Office:	Chief of Staff of the Yemeni Army
Primeminister:	Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak
Predecessor:	ِAbdullah Al-Nakha'ai
Term Start:	28 February 2020
Office2:	Commander of the Joint Operations of the Yemeni Army
Term Start2:	11 July 2019
Appointed2:	Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Allegiance:	Yemen
Branch:	Yemeni Army
Rank:	Lieutenant general
Battles:	Yemeni Civil War (1994) Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
President:	Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, Rashad al-Alimi

Sagheer Hamoud ِAhmed Aziz (Arabic: صغير حمود احمد عزيز) (born 1967), sometimes spelled "Sagher Hamood,or Saghir", commonly known as Sagheer bin Aziz, is a Yemeni politician, MP, and military officer. He is the current chief of the Yemeni Armed Forces Staff.^[1] He is also a GPC member in the Yemeni Parliament, for the parliamentary session 2003–2009 for constituency No. (280) B Amran Governorate, north Yemen. On 28 February 2020, he was appointed as Chief of the General Staff of the Yemeni Army and promoted to Lt. Gen.^{[2] [3]}

Early life and education

Born in Al-Amashyah, Harf Sufyan District, Amran Governorate. He completed his primary schooling there, and continued his high education in Sana'a. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Sanaa University in 2000.

Military education

• Master's degree in military science, Joint Command and Staff College, Sudan, 2017
• Battalion Commanders' Course, Thulaya Military Institute, Aden
• Company Commanders and Battery Commanders Course, the Republican Guard combat school
• Management and Personnel Affairs course, National Institute of Administrative Sciences, Sanaa, 1989
• Special Forces and Special Forces Instructors Course, the Republican Guard, 1986
• Thunderbolt Course, the Republican Guard^[4]

Political career

He is a GPC member Members of the Yemeni House of Representatives and elected to the Yemeni Parliament in 1997 and 2003 parliamentary sessions.^[5] He is also a member of the National Dialogue Conference.

Military service

Sagheer bin Azizi joined the military service in the Republican Guard in 1983. He was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant in 1990 then to the rank of Brigadier in the Yemeni Army in 2007.

Main commands

• Platoon commander, the Republican Guard, Sana'a
• Company commander, the Republican Guard, Sana'a
• Commander of the 1st Armored Division positions in Amshi, Harf Sufyan District, Amran Governorate
• Battalion chief of staff, the Republican Guard camp
• Deputy Chief Teacher, the Republican Guard Combat School
• Head of Tariq's Operations Camp, the Republican Guard
• Deputy chief of staff for training affairs, 2016^[6]
• Head of the Government Team in UN Redeployment Coordination Committee in Hudeidah, 2018
• Commander of the Yemeni military Joint Operations, 2019
• Chief of Staff of the Yemeni Army, 28 February 2020 – present^{[7] [8]}

2020 missile attack

On 27 May 2020, a missile strike targeted the Yemeni army's chief of staff Sagheer bin Aziz during a meeting with military leaders at Sahn al-Jan military base near Marib.^{[9] [10]} He survived the attack, but his son Fahd Aziz and his nephew Abdul Qawi were killed. Six other soldiers who were accompanying Gen Sagheer were also killed. ^{[11] [12]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Salem . Osam . 28 February 2020 . تعيين رئيس أركان جديد للجيش اليمني . New Chief of Staff of Yemeni Army Appointed . 22 September 2022 . Al Arabiya . ar.
2. Web site: 28 February 2020 . صدور قرار رئيس الجمهورية بتعيين صغير عزيز رئيساً لهيئة الأركان العامة . Republican Decree to appoint Sagheer Aziz Chief of General Staff . 17 September 2022 . President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi . ar.
3. Web site: 28 February 2020 . رئيس الجمهورية يصدر قرارا بتعيين "صغير بن عزيز" رئيساً لهيئة الأركان العامة . President of the Republic issues a decree to appoint Sagheer bin Aziz Chief of General Staff . 22 September 2022 . Al-Masdar Online . ar.
4. Web site: 28 February 2020 . السيرة الذاتية لرئيس هيئة الأركان العامة الفريق الركن/ صغير بن عزيز . 30 July 2022 . Al-Thawra News.
5. Web site: صغير حمود احمد عزيز – مرصد البرلمان اليمني . Sagheer Hamoud Ahmed Aziz – Yemeni Center for Public Opinion . 30 July 2022 . المرصد اليمني للرصد . ar.
6. Web site: 16 August 2016 . قرار جمهوري جديد للرئيس هادي .. يقضي بتعيين اللواء " صغير بن عزيز " نائباً لرئيس هيئة الأركان العامة الشاهد نيوز . 31 July 2022 . Alshahed News . ar.
7. Web site: 28 February 2020 . President appoints bin Aziz a chief of staff . 17 September 2022 . وكالة الانباء اليمنية سبأ Saba Net . en.
8. Web site: 29 February 2020 . Prominent Foe of Houthis Appointed Yemen Chief of Staff . 1 August 2022 . Asharq Al-Awsat . en.
9. News: Ghobari . Mohammed . 27 May 2020 . Missile attack on Yemen army base in Marib kills seven: sources . en . Reuters . 22 September 2022.
10. Web site: Ahmed . Abdullah . 27 March 2020 . Yemeni defense minister, army chief survive attack . 22 September 2022 . Anadolu.
11. Web site: 27 May 2020 . Yemeni chief of staff survives missile strike, son killed . 17 September 2022 . The New Arab . en.
12. Web site: 27 May 2020 . Missile attack on Yemen army command in Marib kills at least 7 . 22 September 2022 . ALJAZEERA . en.