Aidarus al-Zoubaidi

Aidarus al-Zoubaidi
عَيْدَرُوْس الزُّبَيْدي
Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council
Assumed office
7 April 2022[1]
ChairmanRashad al-Alimi
Preceded byAli Mohsen al-Ahmar (as Vice President)
President of the Southern Transitional Council
Assumed office
11 May 2017
Preceded byOffice created
Governor of Aden Governorate
In office
7 December 2015 – 27 April 2017
Preceded byJaafar Mohammed Saad
Succeeded byAbdul Aziz al-Muflehi
Personal details
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Ad Dhale'e District, Dhale, South Yemen
Military service
Allegiance Yemen
(2015–2017, 2022–present)[2]
South Yemen Southern Movement (2017–present)
Branch/servicePopular Resistance Militia[3]
Rank Major general
Battles/warsYemeni Civil War (2015-present)

Major General Aidarus Qassem Abdulaziz Al-Zubaidi (Arabic: عَيْدَرُوْس قاسم عبد العزيز الزُّبَيْدي) is the Vice President within the Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC)[4] and president of the Southern Transitional Council and the de facto leader of the Southern Movement in Yemen. He previously served as the governor of Aden Governorate from December 2015 to April 2017.

  1. ^ Ghobari, Mohamed (7 April 2022). "Yemen president sacks deputy, delegates presidential powers to council". Reuters. Aden. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Yemeni president orders separatists to stop military operations". Al Jazeera.
  3. ^ "Yemeni army commander survives car bombing in Aden". The National. 31 December 2015. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017.
  4. ^ newsletters (7 April 2022). "صدور اعلان رئاسي بنقل السلطة وتشكيل مجلس القيادة الرئاسي". President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi (in Arabic). Retrieved 4 August 2022.