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Vice President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi replaced former President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh on February 25, 2012 as the new President of Yemen. He selected new cabinet members of the Yemeni Government. The current Prime Minister of Yemen Mohammed Basindawa assumed his position on December 10, 2011.

Yemen's Defense Minister Major General Mohammed Nasser Ahmed survived an apparent assassination attempt in the capital city of Sanaa, Yemen on 11 September, 2012, when a car bomb exploded near a building he was leaving.

Current Cabinet

Office	Incumbent	Website	Start	End
Prime Minister	Mohammed Basindawa	http://www.yemen.gov.ye/	2011
Vice - Prime Minister for the Affairs of the Defense and Security			2011
Vice - Prime Minister for the Affairs of the Local Authority			2011
Vice - Prime Minister for Economic Affairs			2011
Minister of Interior	Abdul Qader Qahtan		2011
Minister of Information	Ali Al Amrani	http://yemen-media.gov.ye/	2011
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Abu Bakr al-Qirbi	http://www.mofa.gov.ye/	2011
Minister of State, Director of Office of Prime Minister			2011
Minister of Youth and Sport	Muamar Al Eryani		2011
Minister of Legal Affairs	Mohammed Al Mikhlafi	http://www.legal-affairs.gov.ye/	2011
Minister of Education and Teaching	Abdulrazag Al Ashwal	http://www.yemenmoe.net/	2011
Minister of Civil Service and Insurance	Nabeel Shamsan	http://www.mocsi.gov.ye/	2011
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and the Shura Council	Rashad Ahmad Al Rassas		2011
Minister of Defense	Mohammed Nasser Ahmed		2011
Minister of Health	Ahmed Qasim Al Ansi		2011
Minister of Industry and Trade	Saad Aldin Ben Taleb	http://www.moit.gov.ye/	2011
Minister for Fisheries	Awadh Al Suqatri		2011
Minister of Justice	Murshed Al-Arashani	http://www.moj-yemen.net/	2011
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research	Yahya Al Shuaibi		2011
Minister of Social Affairs and Labour	Amat Razaq Humad		2011
Minister of Tourism	Qasim Sallam	http://www.yementourism.com/	2011
Minister of Public Works and Highways	Omer Al Kurshumi	http://www.mpwh-ye.net/	2011
Minister of Water and Environment	Abdulhafidh Noman	http://mwe.gov.ye/	2011
Minister of Petroleum and Minerals	Hisham Sharaf	http://www.mom.gov.ye/	2011
Minister of Electricity and Energy	Saleh Samea		2011
Minister for Wakf and Training			2011
Minister of Local Government	Ali Al Yazidi		2011
Minister of Religious Endowments and Guidance	Hamoud Muhammed Ou'bad		2011
Minister of Expatriate Affairs	Mujahed Al Guhali	http://www.moia.gov.ye/	2011
Minister of Finance	Sakhr Al Wajeeh	http://www.mof.gov.ye/	2011
Minister of Communications and Information Technology	Ahmed bin Daghr	http://www.mtit.gov.ye/	2011
Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation	Fareed Mujawar	http://www.agriculture.gov.ye/	2011
Minister of Technical Education and Vocational	Abdulsalam Razaz	http://www.mtevt.info/	2011
Minister of Culture	Abdullah Awbl		2011
Minister of Transport	Waed Batheeb	http://www.mot.gov.ye/	2011
Minister of Human Rights	Hoorya Mashhoor	http://www.mhryemen.org/	2011
Minister of State, Mayor of the capital	Abdul Qader Hilal		2012
Minister of State and cabinet member	Abdul Qader Hilal		2012

Previous Cabinet

Office	Incumbent	Website	Start	End
Prime Minister	Ali Muhammad Mujawar
Vice - Prime Minister for the Affairs of the Defense and Security	Al Rashad Mouhmmed Alaïmy
Vice - Prime Minister for the Affairs of the Local Authority	Sadiq Amin Abu Rass
Vice - Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation	Abdul-Karim Al-Ar'haby
Minister of Interior	Muttahar Rashad Al-Masri	www.moi.gov.ye
Minister of Information	Hassan Ahmed Al-Lawzi
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Abu Baker Al-Qirbi	www.mofa.gov.ye
Minister of State, Director of Office of Prime Minister	Abdul-Rahman Muhammad Tharmoume
Minister of Youth and Sport	Aref Awad Azwka	portal/sport	2011
Minister of Legal Affairs	Ahmed Al-Rashad Rassass	portal/justice
Minister of Education and Teaching	Abdul-Salam Al-Joufi	www.moe.gov.ye
Minister of Civil Service and Insurance	Yehya Al-Shou'aïby	www.mocsi.gov.ye
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and the Shura Council	Ahmed Mohamed Kahlani	portal/mosrca	2008
Minister of Defence	Mohammed Nasser Ahmed
Minister of Health	Abdul-KarimYehya Ra'ssiia	www.moh.gov.ye
Minister of Industry and Trade	Hisham Sharaf Abdullah	www.moit.gov.ye portal/industry	2011
Minister for Fisheries	Muhammad Saleh Shamlan	portal/mof
Minister of Justice	Gazi Shaif Al-Aghbari
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research	Omar Ali Saleh Basra
Minister of Social Affairs and Labour	Amat Al-RazaqAli Hu'maad
Minister of Tourism	Nabil Hassan Al-Faqih			18 March 2011 resigned and quit ruling party
Minister of Public Works and highways	Omar Abdullah Al-Kurshomi
Minister of Water and Environment	Abdul-Rahman Al-Fadhel Er'yany
Minister of Petroleum and Minerals	Amir Salem Al-Aidarous	www.mom.gov.ye
Minister of Electricity and Energy	Awad Al-Saad SouKatry
Minister for Wakf(Work?) and Training	Hamoud Abdul-Hamid Al-Hitar
Minister of Local Government	Abel Kader Ali Hilal
Minister of Religious Endowments and Guidance	Hamoud al-Hattar Hamoud Mohammed Abad		? 14 March 2011	14 March 2011, resigned current
Minister of Expatriates	Ahmed Hussein Moussa'ide	www.moia.gov.ye
Minister of Finance	Al-Tahir Noua'man Souhaib	www.mof.gov.ye
Minister of Communications and Information Technology	Kamal Hussein Al-Jab'ri	www.mtit.gov.ye www.ptc.gov.ye
Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation	Ahmed Mansour Ahmed Al-Haoushabi	www.agriculture.gov.ye
Minister of Technical Education and Vocational	Omar Ebrahim Haggry
Minister of Culture	Muhammad Abu Bakr Al-Maflahy
Minister of Transport	Khaled Ebrahim Al-Wazir	www.mot.gov.ye
Minister of Human Rights	Hudda Ali Abdel-Latif Al-Baan			20 March 2011 resigned
Minister of State, Mayor of the capital	Abdel Rahman Al-Akwa
Minister of State and cabinet member	Ali Abdul Qader Hilal		2010

See also

• 2011 Yemeni protests

External links

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