{{Short description|Governor of Yemen's Aden Governorate in 2015 (d. 2015)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Jaafar Saad.jpg | office = Governor of Aden Governorate | president = Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi | term_start = 9 October 2015 | term_end = 6 December 2015 | preceded = Nayef al-Bakri | succeeded = Aidarus al-Zoubaidi | birth_place = Ash Shaikh Outhman District, Aden Governorate, Yemen | death_date = 6 December 2015 | death_place = Tawahi, Aden Governorate, Yemen | death_cause = Assassination (car bomb attack) | allegiance = {{flag|South Yemen}}<br />{{flag|Yemen}} | rank = 15px Major general | battles = Yemeni Civil War (1994)<br />Yemeni Civil War (2015-present) | birth_date = 5 May 1950 }} '''Major General Jaafar Mohammed Saad''' ({{langx|ar|جعفر محمد سعد}}; born 1950 – died 6 December 2015) was a Yemeni politician and soldier.<ref>{{Cite web |title="رجــــال في ذاكــــرة التـاريـــخ" الشهيد جعفر محمد سعد.. قائد معركة "غضب عدن" قتله مرتزقة الجنوب |url=https://www.alayyam.info/news/733DOGXD-JY4TV8 |access-date=22 January 2023 |website=www.alayyam.info |language=ar}}</ref>
== Biography == Saad was a soldier for South Yemen before unification with North Yemen in 1990.<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/06/governor-of-aden-in-yemen-killed-in-explosion-say-officials |title=Governor of Aden in Yemen killed in an explosion, say, officials |work=The Guardian |date=6 December 2015 |accessdate=6 December 2015}}</ref> Local officials said he fought for South Yemen in the Yemeni Civil War of 1994 and later lived in exile in Egypt and the United Kingdom.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-07/yemen's-aden-governor-killed-in-car-bombing-claimed-by-is/7005724 "Yemen's Aden governor Jaafar Mohammed Saad killed in car bombing claimed by Islamic State", from ABC.net.au]</ref>
Saad, who held the rank of Major-General, helped government forces defend the city of Aden from Houthis in the Yemeni Civil War of 2015.<ref name=araby/> He was appointed as Governor of Aden Governorate on 9 October 2015.<ref name=araby>{{cite web|author=Fares al-Jalal |url=http://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/politics/2015/10/12/securing-aden-new-governor-attempts-to-integrate-armed-groups |title=Securing Aden: New governor attempts to 'integrate' armed groups |publisher=Al-Araby |date=12 October 2015 |accessdate=6 December 2015}}</ref>
== Death == Jaafar Mohammed Saad was assassinated on 6 December 2015 when a car bomb targeted his convoy in the Tawahi district of Aden. The attack resulted in his death along with five of his bodyguards. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the bombing.<ref name=guardian/> However, the circumstances surrounding the assassination, as well as the political and security developments that followed in Aden, have led some observers and analysts to question the official account and point to alternative interpretations regarding the parties that may have benefited from the attack.
== See also == * 2015 Aden car bombing
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