Cabinet of Yemen
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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[]
Office | Incumbent | Start | End |
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President | Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi | 27 February 2012 | Incumbent |
Vice President | Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar | 4 April 2016 | Incumbent |
Prime Minister | Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed | 15 October 2018 | Incumbent |
Minister of Electricity | Ibrahim Mohamed Ali Kolshat | 17 December 2020 | Incumbent |
Minister of Interior | Ibrahim Ali Ahmed Haidan | 17 December 2020 | Incumbent |
Minister of Information | Muammar al-Iryani | 18 September 2016 | Incumbent |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak | 17 December 2020 | Incumbent |
Minister of Sana’a Secretariat | Abdelghani Jamil | 18 September 2016 | Incumbent |
Minister of Youth and Sport | Nayef al-Bakri | 15 September 2015 | Incumbent |
Minister of Civil Service and Insurance | Abdel Nasser Al-Wali | 17 December 2020 | Incumbent |
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and the Shura Council | Mohammed Moqbel al-Himyari | 25 December 2017 | Incumbent |
Minister of State for National Dialogue | Najib Mansour Al-Awj | 27 November 2018 | Incumbent |
Minister of Defense | Mohammed Ali Al-Maqdashi | 7 November 2018 | Incumbent |
Minister of Health | Qassem Mohammad Qassem Baheeh | 17 December 2020 | Incumbent |
Minister of Justice | Badr al-Ardah | 17 December 2020 | Incumbent |
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research | Khaled Al-Wasabi | 17 December 2020 | Incumbent |
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructures | Manea Bayamain | 17 December 2020 | Incumbent |
Minister of Social Affairs and Labour | Muhammad Al-Zaouri | 17 December 2020 | Incumbent |
Minister of Tourism | Muammar al-Iryani | 17 December 2020 | Incumbent |
Minister of Petroleum and Minerals | Abdul Salam Abdullah Salem Baaboud | 25 December 2017 | Incumbent |
Minister of Religious Endowments and Guidance | Mohamed Ahmed Shabiba | 17 December 2020 | Incumbent |
Minister of Finance | Salem Saleh Bin Braik | 19 September 2019 | Incumbent |
Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation | Salem Abdullah Issa Al-Soqotri | 17 December 2020 | Incumbent |
Minister of Technical Education and Vocational | Khaled Al-Wasabi | 17 December 2020 | Incumbent |
Minister of Culture | Marwan Damaj | 18 September 2016 | Incumbent |
Minister of Transport | Abdel Salam Hamid | 17 December 2020 | Incumbent |
Minister of Human Rights | Ahmed Mohamed Omar Orman | 27 April 2017 | Incumbent |
Minister of State | Abd Rabbo Saleh Aslami | 18 September 2016 | Incumbent |
Minister of State | Mohammed Abdallah Kouddah | 27 November 2017 | Incumbent |
Minister of Legal Affairs | Ahmed Mohamed Omar Orman | 17 December 2020 | Incumbent |
Minister of Local Administration | Hussein Abdul Rahman | 17 December 2020 | Incumbent |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "ANALYSIS: Saudi Arabia plays puppet master as Yemen slowly breaks apart". Middle East Eye. 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Riyadh enters the fray". The Economist. 28 March 2015.
- ^ "Detailing America's role in the world's worst crisis with Shireen Al-Adeimi: podcast & transcript". NBC. 14 September 2018.
- ^ "U.S. Support for the Saudi War on Yemen". The National Interest. 18 December 2018.
- ^ "Timeline: Yemen's slide into political crisis and war". Reuters. 21 March 2019.
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
- National cabinets
- Government of Yemen
- Politics of Yemen
- Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)