Local residents said at least six of his entourage also died in the attack, which occurred while the governor was heading to work.
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Several other people were wounded.
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The governor was an ally of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi who returned to Aden last month to oversee the conflict against pro-Iranian Houthi rebels.
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Gov. Gaafar Mohamed Saad was traveling to his office when his convoy was hit in the Rimbaud area of the city, the security officials said, according to the Associated Press.
Tawahi has become a stronghold in recent months for armed groups, including al-Qaeda whose fighters have expanded their presence across the district.
Hadi had recently awarded Saad the country’s Medal of Courage for his role in planning, preparing and supervising the “liberation” of Aden from the Houthis and their allies, forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
ISIS has claimed a string of attacks in Yemen, including the bombing of Mr Hadi’s government headquarters in October and multiple suicide attacks on mosques in Sanaa attended by Shia worshippers that killed 142 people.
The group referred to Mr Saad as a “tyrant” and warned the “heads of the infidels” in Yemen that it would carry out “operations to chop off their rotten heads”.
Sunday’s vehicle bombing came one day after separate Aden incidents saw the slayings of a senior army officer and a judge who presided over the trial after the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000.
Numerous Islamic State branches have sprouted since the Saudi campaign began.
The claim by IS introduces another variable that is unsafe to the equation, our correspondent says, because like the recognized al Qaeda franchise in Yemen, IS has got strength from turmoil and the violence of the previous nine months of all out battle.
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His death is a seen as a blow to the Saudi coalition efforts in Yemen and to Hadi’s attempt of consolidating power in the city.
