Yemen’s former President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi has died at 80 years old, the Yemeni presidency said on Thursday.Three days of mourning, with lowered flags and condolence books, was declared to commemorate Hadi, who oversaw a tumultuous period when the Houthis seized large swathes of Yemen, triggering a devastating civil war.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The presidency’s statement praised his “wise leadership,” saying he “led the Yemeni state through one of the most complex phases the country has ever experienced, amid war, coup, and unprecedented humanitarian and economic crises.”Hadi took office in 2012 after a long stint as vice president to Ali Abdullah Saleh, who reluctantly ended his 33 years in power during Arab Spring protests.Born in 1945, the discreet Hadi graduated from a military officers’ school in 1964.He completed military training in Britain, followed by specialized instruction in armored weapons in Egypt until 1970.He allied himself with Saleh before the unification of North Yemen and communist South Yemen in 1990, and was appointed defense minister in 1994, when Saleh crushed a southern secession attempt.Read more: