Ahmed Saleh is the eldest son of Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, and is widely expected to succeed his father in the role. He also known for vast corruption throughout the capital, taking a number of properties without payment or permission of the former owners. During the 2011 protests when his father departed for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, Ahmed was informally places in charge of the elite Republican Guards. Under his authority, the security forces killed over 100 in less than 5 days in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa in September 2011. [1]