Sagheer Hamoud Aziz
Sagheer Hamoud Aziz | |
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| صغير حمود عزيز بن عزيز | |
| Chief of Staff of the Yemeni Army disputed by Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (Supreme Political Council) | |
| 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 57–58) Al-Amashyah, Harf Sufyan District, Amran Governorate, North Yemen |
| Nationality | Yemen |
| Political party | General People's Congress |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | North Yemen (1983–1990) Yemen (1990–present) |
| Branch/service | Yemeni Armed Forces |
| Years of service | 1983–present |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Unit | Republican Guard (1983–2012) |
| Battles/wars | Yemeni Civil War (1994) Houthi insurgency Yemeni Revolution Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) |
Sagheer Hamoud Ahmed Aziz (Arabic: صغير حمود احمد عزيز; born 1967) is a Yemeni military officer and politician who serves as the current chief of staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces. A GPC member in the Yemeni Parliament, Aziz was appointed as Chief of the General Staff of the Yemeni Army and promoted to lieutenant general on 28 February 2020.