Tareq Saleh
Tareq Mohammed Abdullah Saleh | |
|---|---|
طارق محمد عبد الله صالح | |
 Saleh in 2018 | |
| Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council | |
| Assumed office 7 April 2022[1] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1970 (age 53–54) Sanaa,Yemen Arab Republic |
| Relations | Ali Abdullah Saleh(uncle) Yahya Saleh(brother) Ahmed Saleh(cousin) Mohammed Abdullah Saleh(father) |
| Children | Mubarak Saleh |
| Website | Twitter Profile |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Yemen |
| Branch/service |  Yemen Army |
| Years of service | 1999 – present |
| Rank | Commander |
| Commands | National Resistance 2018–present Special Security Forces2012–2017 Republican Guard 2004–2012 |
| Battles/wars | Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) |
Tareq Mohammed Abdullah Saleh(Arabic:طارق محمد عبد الله صالح;born 1970) is aYemenimilitary commander and the nephew of the late PresidentAli Abdullah Saleh.He is currently a member of the presidential council of Yemen. His father was Major GeneralMohammed Abdullah Saleh.[2]Prior to thenational crisis beginning in 2011,he headed the elitePresidential Guard.In 2012, he was ordered to stand down from this position.[3]On 10 April 2013, he was appointed as amilitary attachétoGermanyin an effort to remove the remnants of the previous regime.[4]He re-emerged as a commander in theHouthi-Saleh alliance when theYemeni Civil Warbroke out in 2015. When this alliancecollapsed in 2017,Tareq Saleh commanded troops loyal to his uncle. Prior to the collapse of the pro-Saleh forces, theSaudi-ownedAl Arabiyareported that negotiations were ongoing to form a military council in Saleh-held areas, which would have been headed by Tareq.[5]
Following his uncle's death, reports emerged that the younger Saleh had also been killed.[6]However, these were never confirmed, and Houthi forces launched a manhunt. Saleh evaded capture and eventually resurfaced in theHadiloyalist-heldShabwah Governorate.[7]
References
[edit]- ^Ghobari, Mohamed (7 April 2022)."Yemen president sacks deputy, delegates presidential powers to council".Reuters.Aden.Retrieved7 April2022.
- ^"أقارب المخلوع صالح.. الإقالة في مرحلتها الثانية".The New Arab.4 June 2015.Retrieved21 January2023.
- ^"Saleh nephew 'quits Yemen army'".BBC News.27 April 2012.Retrieved22 January2018.
- ^"Yemen president orders military shakeup".Associated Press.10 April 2013.Retrieved29 January2023.
- ^"Consultations in Yemen to form military council headed by Saleh's nephew".2 December 2017.Retrieved28 January2018– via english.alarabiya.net.
- ^"Former Yemen president's nephew 'also killed in attack'".Sky.Retrieved22 January2018.
- ^Al-Haj, Ahmed (11 January 2018)."Disappeared nephew of Yemen's Saleh resurfaces in the south".Business Insider.Retrieved13 June2018– via businessinsider.
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