Jalal al-Rowaishan

Jalal Ali bin Ali Al-Rowaishan (born 1965) was the former Interior Minister of the internationally recognised Yemeni government from 9 November 2014 to 2015. In October 2016, he was said to be killed by an airstrike by Saudi warplanes but the Houthis did not say whether Rowaishan was in the building at the time of the attack.

Jalal Ali bin Ali Al-Ruwishan جلال علي علي الرويشان
Deputy Prime Minister of Yemen Disputed
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 November 2016* Serving with Hussein Abdullah Mkabuli and Akram Abdullah Attaya
President	Saleh Ali al-Sammad
Prime Minister	Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour
Minister of Interior of Yemen Disputed
In office 7 February 2015 – 28 November 2016** Acting: 7 February 2015 – 4 October 2016
President	Mohammed Ali al-Houthi Saleh Ali al-Sammad
Prime Minister	Talal Aklan (Acting) Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Mohamed Abdullah al-Kawsi
Minister of Interior of Yemen
In office 9 November 2014 – 22 January 2015
President	Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Preceded by	Abdo Hussein al-Tareb
Succeeded by	Abdu al-Hudhaifi
Personal details
Born	Jalal Ali Bin Ali Al-Ruwishan (1965-02-25) February 25, 1965 Jihanah District, Sanaa Governorate, North Yemen.
Military service
Allegiance	Yemen
Rank	Major general
*Ruwishan's term has been disputed by Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi, Mohamed Abdelaziz al-Jabari and Hussein Arab. **Ruwishan's term has been disputed by Abdu al-Hudhaifi then Hussein Arab.

Early life and education

al-Rowaishan was born in 1965 in a village in Khawlan district, west of Sanaa. He started his formal education in a high school in Sanaa and graduated in 1980. He joined the Police College and graduating in 1985. He also holds a Diploma in police Sciences, and Bachelor of Sharia law from the University of Sanaa.

Career

After the unification of Yemen in 1990, he was appointed deputy director general of the Political Security branch in Marib Governorate, and then as general manager, which he served until 2003.