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Mohammed Ali Al-Maqdashi
Yemeni politician
Lieutenant General[1] Mohammed Ali Al-Maqdashi (Arabic: محمد علي المقدشي, born 1962) is a Yemeni military officer. On 28 July 2022 he appointed by Rashad Al-Alaimi as an advisor to the Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council for military and security affairs.[2] He was previously Yemeni Minister of Defense,[3] and a military advisor to former President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.[4] He also served as chief of staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces.[5]
On 19 February 2020, a landmine explosion struck the motorcade of the Hadi Government Ministry of Defense in Marib leaving six bodyguards dead. Ali Al-Maqdashi survived the attack.[6]