Former Yemen President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi dies in Saudi Arabia aged 80

Former Yemen President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi dies in Saudi Arabia aged 80 Submitted by Alex MacDonald on Thu, 05/28/2026 - 11:02 Hadi resigned as president in 2022 and had reportedly been living in virtual house arrest in Riyadh ever since Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, then the country's acting leader, looks on during the inauguration ceremony for his presidential election campaign, in Sanaa on 7 February 2012 (Mohammed Huwais/AFP) Off Former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi has died aged 80 in the Saudi capital Riyadh. Sources in the Yemeni presidency told AFP that Hadi “died in the Saudi capital following a sudden health crisis". Hadi had been living in Saudi Arabia since 2015 when he fled following the outbreak of conflict between his Saudi-backed government and the Houthi movement.