Sagheer Hamoud Aziz | |
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| صغير حمود عزيز | |
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| Chief of Staff of the Yemeni Army | |
| Assumed office 28 February 2020 | |
| President | Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, Rashad al-Alimi |
| Prime Minister | Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak |
| Preceded by | ِAbdullah Al-Nakha'ai |
| Commander of the Joint Operations of the Yemeni Army | |
| Assumed office 11 July 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1967 (age 56–57) Al-Amashyah, Harf Sufyan District, Amran Governorate, North Yemen |
| Nationality |  Yemen |
| Political party | General People's Congress |
| Website | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Yemen |
| Branch/service | .svg){kind=small} Yemeni Army |
| Rank |  Lieutenant general |
| Battles/wars | Yemeni Civil War (1994) Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) |
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.[2] On 28 February 2020, he was appointed as Chief of the General Staff of the Yemeni Army and promoted to Lt. Gen.[3][4]
- ^ Salem, Osam (28 February 2020). "تعيين رئيس أركان جديد للجيش اليمني" [New Chief of Staff of Yemeni Army Appointed]. Al Arabiya (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
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:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "صدور قرار رئيس الجمهورية بتعيين صغير عزيز رئيساً لهيئة الأركان العامة" [Republican Decree to appoint Sagheer Aziz Chief of General Staff]. President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi (in Arabic). 28 February 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "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]. Al-Masdar Online (in Arabic). 28 February 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2022.