Cabinet of Yemen

Politics of Yemen
Member State of the Arab League
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Executive President (in Aden) Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi Supreme Political Council (in Sanaa) Head Mahdi al-Mashat Vice President (in Aden) Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed (in Aden) Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour (in Sanaa)
Legislature House of Representatives Speaker: (in Seiyun) Shura Council
Judiciary
Administrative divisions Governorates Districts
Elections Recent elections Presidential: 2012 next Parliamentary: 2003 next Political parties
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak (in Aden) Hisham Sharaf (in Sanaa) Diplomatic missions of / in Yemen Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
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The Cabinet of Yemen refers to the governing body of the internationally recognized Yemen government led by President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi who replaced former President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh on February 25, 2012 as the new President of Yemen. He then selected new cabinet members of the Yemeni Government.

As part of the 2015 Yemeni Civil War, the cabinet authority is contested by the Houthis, who took over the capital Sanaa in an armed rebellion against the government and formed the Supreme Revolutionary Committee and Supreme Political Council in 2015. President Hadi then declared Aden as the temporary capital. The United Nation Security Council resolution 2201 deplored the unilateral action of the Houthis while resolution 2216 reaffirmed the legitimacy of Hadi as the president of Yemen.

Despite being internationally recognized as the true government of Yemen, the Hadi government is sometimes considered a puppet regime of Saudi Arabia.^[1][2][3][4]

History[]

In 2012, after Saleh stepped down as a result of the Yemeni Revolution, part of the wider Arab Spring protests, in a political transition plan backed by Gulf states, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi became the interim president and oversaw a national dialogue to draft a more inclusive, federal constitution. In 2014 the Houthis rapidly advanced south from Saada and seize Sanaa on September 21 with help from Saleh. In 2015, Hadi tried to announce a new federal constitution. The Houthis, who opposed the constitution, arrested him and forced him to resign. He escaped to Aden and declared it as the interim capital. He also asked the international community to intervene, triggering the Saudi led Arab military coalition intervention.^[5]

Current Cabinet[]

See also[]

• Yemeni Revolution
• Supreme Political Council

References[]

External links[]

• Cabinet, Republic of Yemen (in French)
• Cabinet of Yemen (in Arabic)
• Yemen from the CIA list of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members