Saleh Ali al-Sammad

Saleh Ali al-Sammad
صالح علي الصماد
Al-Sammad in 2018
Chairman of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen*
In office
15 August 2016 – 19 April 2018
Prime MinisterTalal Aklan (Acting)
Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour
DeputyQassem Labozah
Preceded byMohammed Ali al-Houthi (as President of the Revolutionary Committee)
Succeeded byMahdi al-Mashat
Personal details
Born(1979-01-01)1 January 1979
Bani Ma'az, Sahar District, North Yemen (now Yemen)
Died19 April 2018(2018-04-19) (aged 39)[1]
Al Hudaydah Governorate, Yemen
Cause of deathLJ-7 missile[2]
Alma materSanaa University
Military service
AllegianceHouthi movement
Battles/warsHouthi insurgency in Yemen
Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)
*Sammad's term was disputed by Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.

Saleh Ali al-Sammad (Arabic: صالح علي الصماد; 1 January 1979 – 19 April 2018[3]) was a Yemeni political figure from the Houthi movement who served as the chairman of Yemen's Supreme Political Council and the de facto President of Yemen until his assassination.

On April 23, 2018, Houthi officials announced al-Sammad was killed in a Saudi-led coalition drone airstrike.[4][5]

  1. ^ الجزيرة - عاجل [@AJABreaking] (23 April 2018). "عاجل | جماعة الحوثي تعلن مقتل صالح الصماد رئيس المجلس السياسي التابع للحوثيين" (Tweet) (in Arabic). Retrieved 24 April 2018 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Watling, Rawan Shaif, Jack (27 April 2018). "How the UAE's Chinese-Made Drone Is Changing the War in Yemen".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Houthi political chief Saleh al-Sammad killed in Saudi air raids". Al Jazeera. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Yemen war: Houthi political leader 'killed in air raid'". BBC. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  5. ^ "قناة العربية: مقتل القيادي الحوثي صالح الصماد في غارة جوية للتحالف". kuna.net.kw (in Arabic). Retrieved 24 April 2018.