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Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council on Monday appointed Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak as the country's new prime minister, the state-run Saba news agency reported.
"Today, the decree No. (56) of 2024 was issued by the chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, appointing Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak as prime minister," said Saba.
Another decree was issued appointing outgoing Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik as an advisor to the chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council.
Bin Mubarak was appointed by then-President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi as his chief of staff in 2014. Later the same year, he was offered the position of prime minister but declined the appointment.
Since late 2014, Yemen has been mired in a civil war when the Iran-backed Houthi militia seized control of several northern provinces and forced the Saudi-backed Yemeni government out of the capital Sanaa.
In 2015, Bin Mubarak was kidnapped by the Houthi group for 10 days. After being released, he assumed the role of Yemeni ambassador to the United States.
He was elevated to the position of foreign minister in 2020.
(Cover: Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak speaks during the 17th IISS Manama Dialogue in the Bahraini capital Manama, November 21, 2021. /CFP )