Mahmoud al-Subaihi

Mahmoud al-Subaihi
Mahmoud al-Subaihi
محمود الصبيحي
	Subaihi in 2024
Advisor to the Presidential Leadership Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 May 2014
President	Rashad al-Alimi
Prime Minister	Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak; Salem Saleh bin Braik;
Minister of Defense
	Disputed
	In office; 8 November 2014 – 8 November 2018
President	Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Prime Minister	Abdullah Mohsen al-Akwa; Khaled Bahah; Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr; Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed;
Deputy	Saleh Ali
Preceded by	Mohammed Nasser Ahmed
Succeeded by	Mohammed Ali al-Maqdashi
Personal details
Born	1948 (age 77–78); Huwaireb, Al-Mudharabah wa al-Arah district, Sultanate of Lahej
Party	General People's Congress
Alma mater	Aden Military College; Frunze Military Academy
Military service
Allegiance	South Yemen (1960s–1990); Yemen (1990–present);
Branch/service	Yemen Army
Years of service	1960s–present
Rank	Lieutenant general
Battles/wars	Yemeni civil war (1994); Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen Battle of Zinjibar (2011–2012); Operation Golden Swords; ; Yemeni civil war (2014–present) Battle of Aden Airport; Lahij insurgency (POW); ;

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Mahmoud Ahmed Salem al-Subaihi (born 1948) is a Yemeni military officer currently serving as an advisor to the chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council for Defense and Security Affairs. He was previously appointed Minister of Defense in President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi's government in November 2014 before resigning along with most other government officials in January 2015 in response to the Houthi takeover of Yemen.