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NEW GOVERNMENT LINE-UP ANNOUNCED

NEW GOVERNMENT LINE-UP ANNOUNCED SANAA, APRIL 5 (KUNA) -- YEMEN'S PRESIDENT ALI ABDULLAH SALEH LAST NIGHT ANNOUNCED THE LINE-UP OF A NEW GOVERNMENT, NAMING FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER ABDUL-KADER BA JAMAL HEAD OF THE CABINET WITH 22 NEW FACES OUT OF 35.
A WOMAN, DR. WAHEEBA FAREE WAS NAMED STATE MINISTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEMEN'S HISTORY.
FOLLOWING IS THE LINE-UP OF THE NEW GOVERNENT: 1- ABDUL KADER ABDUL RAHMAN BA JAMMAL - PRIME MINISTER 2- ALAWI SALEH AL-SALLAMI - DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FINANCE 3- ABDULLAH AHMED GHANEM - MINISTER OF LEGAL AFFAIRS 4- MOHAMMED ABDULLAH AL-BITANI - MINISTER OF TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING 5- SADEK AMEEN ABU RASS - MINISTER OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATION 6- ABDUL RAHMAN MOHAMMED ALI OTHMAN - MINISTER OF TRADE INDUSTRY 7- ABU BAKER ABDULLAH AL-KIRBI - MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 8- ABDU ALI AL-KUBATI MINISTER OF EXPATRIATES AFFAIRS 9- ABDUL RAHMAN AL-AKWA'A - MINISTER OF YOUTHS AND SPORTS 10- ABDULWAHAB RAWEH - MINISTER OF INSURANCE AND CIVIL SERVICES 11- AHMED SALEM AL-JIBALI - MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION 12- AHMED MOHAMMED SOFAN - MINISTER OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT 13- ABDULLAH HUSSEIN AL-DAFAEE MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 14- YAHYA MOHAMMED AL-SHUAIBI - MINISTER OF HIGH EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 15- ALI HASSAN AL-AHMADI - MINISTER OF FISH WEALTH 16- ABDULLAH ALI ALEWA - DEFENCE MINISTER 17- ABDUL MALIK AL-MUALIMI - MINISTER OF COMMUNICATION 18 FADHEL ABU GHANEM - MINISTER OF EDUCATION 19- SAEED YAFAEE - MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION AND MARITIME AFFAIRS 20- ABDULL-WAHAB AL-ROWHANI - MINISTER OF CULTURE 21- RASHEED BA RABA'A - MINISTER OF OIL AND MINERAL RESOURCES 22- KASSEM AL-AGEM - MINISTER OF ENDOWMENTS GUIDANCE 23- RASHAD AL-ALEEMI - MINISTER OF INTERIOR 24- ABDUL MALIK ABDUL RAHMAN AL-IRYANI - MINISTER OF TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENT 25- ABDUL KAREEM AL-ARHABI - MINISTER OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS 26- HUSSEIN DHAIF ALLAH AL-AWADHI - MINISTER OF INFORMATION 27- AHMED AKBAT - MINISTER OF JUSTICE 28- ABDUL NASSER MINEEBANI - MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND POPULATION 29- YAHYA AL-ABYADH - MINISTER OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER 30- ALAWI HASSAN AL-ATTAS - STATE MINISTER FOR THE PARLIAMENT AND SHURA COUNCILS AFFAIRS 31- WAHEEBA FAREE - STATE MINISTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 32- ABDULLAH HUSSEIN AL-BASHIRI - STATE MINISTER AND SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE 33- MOHSEN AL-YOUSEFI - STATE MINISTER MEMBER OF THE CABINET 34- KHALED AL-SHARAF - STATE MINISTER MEMBER OF THE CABINET 35- MOHAMMED ALI YASSER - STATE MINISTER MEMBER OF THE CABINET (END) YH.MAB KUNA 051010 Apr 01NNNN