Yemen’s Former President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi Dies at 80 in Riyadh

Yemen’s presidency announced that former president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi died Thursday at his residence in Riyadh at age 80. State-run Yemeni television carried the report but gave no other details.

Hadi took office in 2012 after serving as vice president to Ali Abdullah Saleh. 8 percent of the vote. His eight-year tenure coincided with the outbreak of civil war and a Saudi-led military intervention. Hadi fled to Saudi Arabia in 2015 after Houthi forces placed him under house arrest and seized the capital Sanaa.

He continued to lead Yemen’s internationally recognized government from exile until April 2022, when he transferred power to the Presidential Leadership Council under a United Nations-brokered ceasefire.

” The government declared three days of national mourning with flags at half-staff. Yemen remains divided between Houthi-controlled areas in the north and territory held by the recognized government in the south. 5 million people needed humanitarian aid. Hadi is survived by his wife, Hala, and six children.