Ibrahim Haidan

Ibrahim Ali Ahmed Haidan is a Yemeni military official who serves as current Interior Minister of the internationally recognized Yemeni government. On 18 December 2020, former President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi appointed Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Haidan as the interior minister of the Cabinet of Yemen.

Early life and education

Ibrahim Haidan was born in 1972 in the city of Mualla in Aden, and received his primary and secondary education there. He entered the Naval College in Hodeidah Governorate and graduated with the rank of lieutenant. He held many military positions from the time of his graduation until he became senior teacher in the college. Haidan studied Command and Staff course in the Sultanate of Oman, and then moved to the United States of America to receive a qualification course. He obtained a higher fellowship certificate from the Supreme Military Academy in Sana'a.