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Law & Diplomacy
15 - April 9th thru April 15th 2001, Vol XI
 
 
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List of New Government Cabinet Members
 
Position Minister Remarks
Prime Minister Abdulqader Abdulrahman Bajammal Was Foreign Minister
Minister of Finance, Deputy Prime Minister Alawi Saleh al-Salami  Retained position
Minister of Legal affairs Abdullah Ahmed Ghanem  Retained position
Minister of Technical Education & Vocational Training Mohammed Abdullah Al-Bitani Was Minister of Construction
Minister of Minister of Local Administration Sadiq Amin Abu Ras Retained position
Minister of Trade & Industry Abdulrahman Mohammed Ali Othman Retained position
Minister of Foreign Affairs Abubakr Abdullah al-Qirbi New minister
Minister of Immigrants Affairs Abdo Ali al-Qubati New minister
Minister of Youth and Sports Abdulrahman al-Akwa' Was Minister of Information
Minister of Social Securities and Civil Service Abdulwahhab Rawih Was Minister of Youth & Sports
Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Ahmed Salem al-Jabali Retained position
Minister of Planning & Development Ahmed Mohammed Sofan Retained position
Minister of Public Works, Urban Development Abdullah Hussein al-Dafi' New minister
Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research Yahya Mohammed al-Shuaibi Was Minister of Education
Minister of Fisheries Ali Hassan al-Ahmadi New minister
Minister of Defense Abdullah Ali Elewa New minister
Minister of Communications Abdulmalik al-Mu'alimi New minister
Minister of Education Fadhl Abu Ghanem New minister
Minister of Transport, Maritime affairs Saeed Yafaee New minister
Minister of Culture Abdulwahhab al-Rawhani New minister
Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources Rasheed Ba Raba'a New minister
Minister of Endowments & Guidance Kasim al-A'jam New minister
Minister of Interior Rashad al-Alimi New minister
Minister of Tourism and Environment Abdulmalik Abdulrahman al-Iryani New minister
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Abdulkarim al-Arhabi New minister
Minister of Information Hussein Dhaifallah al-Awadhi New minister
Minister of Justice Ahmed Aqabat New minister
Minister of Public Health and Population Abdulnasser al-Munaibari New minister
Minister of Electricity and Water Yahya al-Abyadh New minister
Minister of State for Parliament and Shoura Affairs Alawi Hassan al-Attas New minister
Minister of State for Human Rights Wahiba Fari' New minister
Minister of State, Secretary General of Presidential Office Abdullah Hussein al-Bashiri New minister
Minister of State, member of the Cabinet Mohsen al-Yousifi New minister
Minister of State, member of the Cabinet Khaled al-Sharaf New minister
Minister of State, member of the Cabinet Mohammed Ali Yasser New minister

 Four new ministries were established in the new government: the Ministry of Technical Education and Vocational Training, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Ministry of Tourism and Environment and the Ministry of State for Human Rights. 

 
New Cabinet Members' CVs

Dr. Abdulqader Abdulrahman Ba-Jammal - Prime Minister
- Born in Hadhramaut on February 18, 1946.
- B.A. in Commerce, Cairo
- 1978-1980, lecturer in the College of Economics, Aden University.
- 1978- Vice Minister of Industry
- 1979- Vice Minister of Planing
- 1985 Minister of Energy and Mineral Wealth
- 1990 member of the parliament & member of the Permanent Committee of GPC
- 1992, Chairman of the Free Zone Authority
- May 1994 Vice Prime Minister
- October 1994 Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Planning and development
-1998, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Mohammed Abdullah Al-Bitani Minister of Technical Education & Vocational Training
-Born in Abyan in 1946
-Joined the police in 1967
-Until 1982 he had been a commander of rural governorates, Vice Minister, Ambassador and then Vice Minister.
-1982-1986 Minister of Interior
-1993 Minister of Social Affairs
-1997 Minister of Social Affairs

Abdullah Ahmed Ghanem Minister of Legal Affairs
-Born in Aden on August 20 1947
-University of Law, Cairo
-Deputy Minister of Justice in the former South of Yemen
-1973- 1978 Minster of Justice
-Presidium member of the People's Council
-Secretary of the Presidential Council of the People's Council
-Representative of the Former President of South Yemen for Unity Affairs
-1982-1985 State Minister of the Cabinet Affairs
-1993 Minister of Justice
-1994 Minister of Legal Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs

Abdulwahhab Rawih
Minister of Social Securities and Civil Service
-Born in Taiz in 1952
-B. A Sana'a University
-M.A in Linguistics, Egypt
-Ph.D Egypt
-Demonstrator at the Department of Arabic, Sana'a University
-1993 Dean of the Languages Center
- 1994- Minster of Youth and Sports
- 1998 Minister of Youth and Sports

Abdullah Hussein Al-Dafi'
Minister of Public Works and Urban Development
-Born in 1959
-B.A. in civil Engineering, USA
-1984-1986 Supervisor of Road constructions
-1986- 1987 Head of the Asphalting Office, Ministry of Municipality
-1987-1994 General Manager of Projects at the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Urban development.
-1994-1995 General Manager of designs at the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Urban Development

Abdullah Ali Alewa
Minister of Defense
- Born in Shabwah in 1947
- Masters in Military Sciences
- Commander of the Air force in the former South of Yemen
- Chief of Staff
- Governor of Al-Gawf
- 1994 Chief of Staff
- Minister of Defense

Saeed Yafaee
Minister of Transport and Maritime Affairs
-Born in Yafe, Lahj on November 4 1944
-B.A. Navigation, Britain, 1965
-M.A. Britain, 1967
-Ph.D. Britain, 1971
-1971- 1974 Sea guide at the Aden Sea Port
-1974- 1990 responsible for the maritime affairs during the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY)
-1990 Chairman of the General Authority of Maritime Affairs

Abdulkarim Al-Arhabi
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
Last position held: General manger of the Social Fund for Development

Ali Hassan Al-Ahmadi
Minister of Fisheries
- Born in Shabwah in 1956
- Ph.D. in Economics
- Legal Advisor to the Yemen Embassy in Bulgaria
- 1991- Governor of Al-Beidhaa
- 1994 Governor of Hajjah

Alawi Saleh al-Salami
Minister of Finance
Deputy Prime Minister and
- Born in Radaa on December 21 1945
- B.A in Economics and Political Science, Baghdad
- 1970 General Manager of Financial and Administrative Affairs in the Ministry of Education.
- 1973 General Manager of the Budget General Office.
1975- Deputy at the Budget Division
1986- Deputy at the Budget Division with a vice minister degree
- 1986-1994 Minister of Finance
- 1994-1997 Governor of the Yemen Central Bank

Sadiq Amin Abu Ras
Minister of Local Administration
- Born in Sana'a in 1950.
- B.A. in Military Science, Sana'a
- He has been an Assistant Secretary General of the Public Cooperative Authorities, Secretary General of Local Councils for Cooperative Development, State Minister and Secretary General of Local Councils, Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Minister of Civil Service and Administrative Reform

Abdu Ali Al-Qubati
Minister of Immigrants Affairs
- Born in Taiz in 1951
- University graduate and High Diplomas
- Author, Principal of a Teachers' Institute, Vice General Manger of the Education Office, Assistant Deputy for the Training Sector in the Ministry of Education
1994-1997 Minister of Education
- Consultant to the Prime Minster
- Member of the Consultative council
- Minister of Immigrants

Ahmed Salem Al-Jabali 
Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation

- Born in Hodeidah in 1944
- M.A. in Economics, Czechoslovakia
- Representative of the Ministry of Economy at the Tobacco and Matches Company
- Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bajel cement plant.
- Chairman of the Yemeni Company for Land Transportation
- General Manager of the national Company for Industrial Resources at the Ministry of Planning
- Vice Chairman of the Oil Company
- 1994 Minister of Agriculture

Dr. Yahya Mohammed Al-Shuaibi
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
- Born in Al-Dhala, Lahj on April 27 1952
- B.A in Chemistry, Libya
- Masters in Physical Chemistry, USA
- Ph. D. in Analytical Chemistry, USA
- Lecturer at the College of Sciences, Sana'a University
- Deputy of Students Affairs at the Sana'a University
- Assistant for Vice Rector of Sana'a university for the Administrative and Financial Affairs
- Assistant Vice Rector of Sana'a University for the Students Affairs
- Minister of Information

Abdulmalik Al-Mu'alimi
Minister of Communications
- Born in Dhamar in 1954
- B.A. in Engineering, China
- Higher studies in Administration
- Engineer at the Ministry of Public Works
- Teacher and Principal until 1987
- 1987-1990 General Manager of the Technical Training at the Ministry of Education
- 1990-1992 Deputy Minister of Labor
- 1997- Vice Minister of Education

Rashad Al-Alimi
Minister of Interior
- Born in Taiz in 1954
- Military Academy, Kuwait 1975
- M.A. Egypt 1984
- Ph.D. Egypt 1988
- 1978- 1981, Criminal Investigation Administration, Sana'a
- 1989 Lecturer at the Sana'a University
- 1989 General Manager of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Interior
- 1994 Chairmen of the Immigration, Passport and naturalization Authority
- 1996 Director of Taiz Security Office

Abdulmalik Abdulrahman Al-Iryani
Minister of Tourism and Environment
- Born in Ibb in 1957
- B.A. in Economics, USA
- Director of the Small Enterprises Development Unit
- General Manager of the Technical Cooperation at the Ministry of Planning
- Director of the Training Office at the Ministry of Planning
- Chairman of the UN office at the former Central Planning Organization
- Chairman of the Supreme Council for Marital and Children's Affairs

Abu Bakr Abdullah Al-Qirbi 
Minister of Foreign Affairs

- Born in Al-Beidhaa
- B.A. in Medicine, Britain
- 1979-1983 Dean of the College of Sciences
- 1982-1987 Dean of the College of Medicine
- 1982- 1993 Vice Rector of Sana'a University
- 1993-1994 Minister of Education

Abdul Rahman Mohammed Ali Othman
Minister of Trade & Industry
- Born in 1948
- 1970 Accountant at the Yemen Bank
- 1974 Governor of Taiz
- 1976 Head of the Board of Directors at the Yemeni Company for Printing and Publications
- 1997 Head of the for Central Organization for Control and Audit (COCA)
- 1997 Member of the People's Council
- 1980 Member of the Olympic Committee
- 1985 Governor of Hodeidah
- 1995 Governor of Taiz
- 1996 Minister of Supply and Trade

Abdurahman Al-Akwa'
Minister of Youths and Sports
- Born in Al-Sawdah
- B.A. in economics, Sana'a University
- Secretary of the President
- Deputy Minister of Information and Culture
- Deputy Minister of Youths and Sports
- Vice Minister of Information
- 1993 member of the Parliament and Minster of Information
- 1997- Minster of Information

Ahmed Mohammed Sofan
Minister of Planning & Development
- Born in Hajjah in 1958
- Diploma in Economics and Political Sciences, Britain
- B.A in Law Sana'a University
- 1988 Member of the Shura Council
- 1993 Member of the Parliament
- 1996 Minister of Industry
- 1997 Member of the Parliament

Fadhl Abu Ghanem
Minister of Education
- Born in Sana'a in 1949
- B.A. in Psychology, Libya
- M.A. Cairo
- Ph.D. Cairo
- Dean of the Students Affairs at the Sana'a University
- Vice Rector for Students Affairs

Alawi Hassan al-Attas
State Minister for the Parliament and Shoura affairs

- Born in Hodeidah in 1949
- college of Commerce, Cairo
- Member of the Parliament
- Member of the Supreme Election Committee
- Chairman of the Supreme Election Committee

Abdulwahhab Al-Rawhani
Minister of Culture

- Born in Al-Mahweet in 1956
- M.A. in Journalism, Belarus
- 1976 Editor at the Saba News Agency
- Head of the Political Department at the Saba News Agency
- Editing Secretary of Al-Wahdah Newspaper
- Editor in Chief of 22 May newspaper
- 1993 Member of the Parliament
- 1997 Member of the Parliament

Rasheed Ba Raba'a
Minister of Oil and Minerals Resources
- Born in Hadhramaut in 1952
- Masters in Oil and Chemistry, USSR
- Ph. D. Moscow, 1987
- Lecturer at the Oil and Geology Institute
- 1996 Deputy Minster of Oil and Mineral Wealth

Kassim Al-A'gem
Minister of Endowments & Guidance
- Born in Sadah in 1958
- B.A. in Commerce and Economics
- Secretary of the Local Councils in Sadah for three times
- member of the General Authority to Develop the Northern districts
- member of the General Cooperative Agricultural Union
- General Manger of Culture and Information at the general union of Cooperative societies
- Deputy Minister of Endowments

Hussein Dhaifallah Al-Awadhi
Minister of Information
- B.A. Economical and Political Sciences, Sana'a University
- Diploma in International Politics, Sana'a University
- M.A. in Journalism, USA
- Editor of the Davis University Newspaper
- Member of the International Center of Journalists, Washington
- 1994-1999 Secretary General of the Yemeni Olympic Committee
- 1986-1996 Chairmen of the Yemeni Union of Sports Media
- Officer of Information and at the UN Society
- Vice Chairman of the Journalists Syndicate in Sana'a
- Chief Editor of the Saba News Agency
- Member of the General Secretariat of the Arab News Agencies Union
- Member of the Consultative Authority at the Committee for Human Rights
- Professor of Arab Media and specialized journalism at the Sana'a university

Ahmed Aqabat
Minister of Justice
- Born in 1958
- Graduate of the Supreme Institute for Judiciary
- Chairman of West Sana'a Court
- Chairman of Ibb Court of Appeal
- Chairman of Taiz Court of Appeal

Abdulnasser Al-Munaibari
Minister of Public Health and Population
- Born in Seyoun in 1956
- M.A. in Cardiac Diseases
- Ph.D. in Internal Medicine and Cardiac Diseases
- Associate Professor at the College of Medicine, Sana'a University
- General Manager of Al-Thawrah Hospital

Yahya Al-Abyadh
Minister of Electricity and Water
- Born in Sana'a
- B.A. in Electrical Engineering, Germany
- Training courses in America, France, Italy and Jordan
- Chief Engineer at the Dhahban Power Station, Katheeb Power Station and then its General Manager
- 1997- General Manger of the General Authority of Electricity

Dr. Wahiba Fari'
Minister of State for Human Rights
_ Born in August 1954 in Taiz
- B.A. In English Literature, Sana'a University
- Ph.D. in Philosophy, Egypt
- Dean of the Yemen Institute for Languages
- Member of the Supreme Committee for Human Rights
- Rector of Arwa University

Mohsen Al-Yousefi
Minister of State, Member of the Cabinet
- Head of the General Authority of Civil Aviation

Khaled Al-Sharaf
Minister of State, Member of the Cabinet
- Governor of Sana'a
Mohammed Ali Yasser
Minister of State, Member of the Cabinet
- Born in Al-Mahrah in 1964
- Member of the Parliament
- Director of Hawth District

 
New Government to Present its Program within 25 Days

Mohammed Hatem Al-Qadhi
Yemen Times
The Speaker of Parliament, Sheikh Abdullah bin Hussein Al-Ahmer said that the new cabinet of Mr. Abdulqader Ba-Jamal which took the constitutional oath on Saturday, was requested to present its program to the house of representatives within 25 days at the latest. He added that the Parliament would form a committee of different branches to study the program, and comment on it before its approval to go ahead. Mr Al-Ahmer requested the new government to prioritize the improvement of the infrastructure, living conditions, security mess, administrative reform, and the curbing of poverty and unemployment. He said that to curb corruption, bribe, favoritism, nepotism and to improve security conditions within society, needs the implementation of accountability.
Reliable sources at the power center and decision-making core speculated further changes and appointments of governors and diplomatic departments. This includes ambassadors as a follow-up to the new government formed last Wednesday. The sources revealed that these developments are a measure to translate the desires of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who insists on refreshing the leadership with new blood. The ambassadors who finished their term of office and those who have reached retirement age will be retired. The 17 ministers who lost their posts in the new government are expected to serve in the diplomatic mission or the Shura Council, which is to be formed some time this year.
The new government includes 23 new ministers, including a woman. Dr. Wahibah Far'e, a first ever female minister, will head a portfolio for human rights affairs (a new ministry). Five new ministries have been created. These are the ministries of Technical Education and Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research, Parliament and Shura Affairs, Human Rights, and Tourism and Environment.
The Opposition in Yemen did not respond positively to the newly formed cabinet, feeling pessimistic about what it will do. However, the government Weeklies and Dailies looked at the new government with open eyes, considering it a government for change and modernization. Al-Thawrah Daily said in its editorial that having 23 new ministers in the government was a courageous step that people have never experienced. It added that this highlights a more developed phase, and creates new history for the government al prioritization of efficiency and competence. The Daily called it "the government of change and modernization". The 26th September Weekly named it as the government of future as it consists of new, capable and qualified young men.
The opposition Weeklies say the government has shown no signs for modernization and that the PM was at the highest core of decision- making in the outgoing government. They believe that any efforts will be crippled by deeply rooted corruption which devours the society's resources. They even said that introducing new portfolios will be a heavy burden on the fragile economy of the country. Al-Thawri Weekly, a mouthpiece for the Yemeni Socialist Party said " having new ministries will increase unnecessary expenses of the government and will not serve development projects".
However, the new government should be given a chance to prove its abilities to address a lot of serious issues related mainly to the economy and the improvement of living conditions within the rank and file. It has a two-year time frame to curb many economic and social pitfalls.

 
 
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