Aidarous Al Zubaidi, a Yemeni from the southern province of Al Dhale, has been the head of the Southern Transitional Council since 2017.
The STC makes up three out of the eight-member ruling Presidential Leadership Council, which was formed in April 2022. Mr Al Zubaidi is also the vice president of the PLC.
On Wednesday, the Presidential Leadership Council chief Rashad Al Alimi accused Mr Al Zubaidi of “high treason” and announced the revocation of his membership in the governing body.
Opposing unification
Born in 1967, Mr Al Zubaidi held prominent positions within Yemeni institutions, including governor of Aden from 2015 to 2017, just after the Houthi takeover of the capital Sanaa in 2014.
He studied in his native village of Al Zub
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