Hussein Khairan

Major general
Hussein Khairan
Major general Hussein Khairan
حسين خيران
Minister of Defense; (Supreme Political Council)
	Disputed
	In office; 22 March 2015 – 28 November 2016
President	Mohammed Ali al-Houthi; Saleh Ali al-Sammad;
Prime Minister	Talal Aklan; Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour;
Preceded by	Mahmoud al-Subaihi
Succeeded by	Mohamed al-Atifi
Chief of the General Staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces
	In office; 7 December 2014 – 5 April 2015
President	Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi
Preceded by	Ahmed Ali al-Ashwal
Succeeded by	Mohammed Ali al-Maqdashi
Personal details
Born	1953 (age 72–73); Zindan, Arhab district, Sanaa Governorate, North Yemen
Military service
Allegiance	North Yemen (1971–1990); Yemen (1990–2015); Houthi-controlled Yemen (2015–present);
Branch/service	Yemeni Land Forces
Years of service	1971–present
Rank	Major general
Commands	1st Marine Infantry Division (1993–2014)
Battles/wars	Yemeni civil war (2014–present);

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Hussein Naji Hadi Khairan is a Yemeni military officer who is the Presidential Advisor on Defense and Security Affairs of the Houthi-backed Supreme Political Council as of November 2016. A veteran military officer, Khairan was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces in December 2014 under President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. He defected to the Houthis in March 2015 and was appointed their acting Minister of Defense, later officially claiming the role in October 2016 before being replaced the next month. In this role, Khairan oversaw Houthi-aligned forces as they conducted an offensive against government holdouts in southern Yemen during the early stages of the Yemeni civil war.