Jalal al-Rowaishan

Jalal Ali bin al-Rowaishan (born 1965) was the former Interior Minister of the internationally recognised Yemeni government from 9 November 2014 to 2015. In October 2016, he was said to be killed by an airstrike by Saudi warplanes but the Houthis did not say whether Rowaishan was in the building at the time of the attack.[1]

Jalal al-Rowaishan
جلال علي علي الرويشان
Deputy Prime Minister of Yemen
Disputed
Assumed office
28 November 2016*
Serving with Hussein Abdullah Mkabuli and Akram Abdullah Attaya
PresidentSaleh Ali al-Sammad
Prime MinisterAbdel-Aziz bin Habtour
Minister of Interior of Yemen
Disputed
In office
7 February 2015 – 28 November 2016**
Acting: 7 February 2015 – 4 October 2016
PresidentMohammed Ali al-Houthi
Saleh Ali al-Sammad
Prime MinisterTalal Aklan (Acting)
Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMohamed Abdullah al-Kawsi
Minister of Interior of Yemen
In office
9 November 2014 – 22 January 2015
PresidentAbdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Preceded byAbdo Hussein al-Tareb
Succeeded byAbdu al-Hudhaifi
Personal details
Born (1965-02-25) February 25, 1965
Khwlan District, Sana'a Governorate, Yemen
NationalityYemeni
Military service
Allegiance Yemen
RankMajor general
*Rowaishan's term has been disputed by Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi, Mohamed Abdelaziz al-Jabari and Hussein Arab.
**Rowaishan's term has been disputed by Abdu al-Hudhaifi then Hussein Arab.

Early life and education

al-Rowaishan was born in 1965 in a village in Khawlan district, west of Sana'a. He started his formal education in a high school in Sana'a and graduated in 1980. He joined the Police College and graduating in 1985. He also holds a Diploma in police Sciences, and Bachelor of Sharia law from the University of Sana'a.[2]

Career

After the unification of Yemen in 1990, he was appointed deputy director general of the Political Security branch in the province of Marib, and then as general manager, which he served until 2003.

References
  1. "Top Hadi general killed in Yemen by Houthis". The National. 9 October 2016.
  2. (in Arabic). Barakish.net. 8 March 2014 http://www.barakish.net/news01.aspx?cat=12&sub=23&id=64263. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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