Sagheer Hamoud Aziz

Sagheer Hamoud Aziz
صغير حمود عزيز
Chief of Staff of the Yemeni Army
Assumed office
28 February 2020
PresidentAbdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, Rashad al-Alimi
Prime MinisterMaeen Abdulmalik Saeed
Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak
Preceded byِAbdullah Al-Nakha'ai
Commander of the Joint Operations of the Yemeni Army
Assumed office
11 July 2019
Appointed byAbdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Personal details
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Al-Amashyah, Harf Sufyan District, Amran Governorate, North Yemen
Nationality Yemen
Political partyGeneral People's Congress
WebsiteTwitter
Military service
Allegiance Yemen
Branch/service Yemeni Army
Rank Lieutenant general
Battles/warsYemeni 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]

  1. ^ 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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  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.