The Cabinet of Yemen or Yemeni Government or Yemenite Government is the executive body of the internationally recognized government of the Republic of Yemen, appointed by Rashad al-Alimi as the chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC). The unrecognized rival government established in 2016 in Sanaa by the Houthis and the pro-Houthi faction of the General People's Congress (GPC) to rule areas of Yemen under their control has its own cabinet, the Supreme Political Council in Sanaa.
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 21 September 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. Some analysts considered the Hadi-led government to be a satellite regime of Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
As part of the 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 was placed under house arrest, but managed to escape to his hometown of Aden, which he declared as the temporary capital, before moving to Riyadh, earning his government the disparaging nickname of the "hotel government". The United Nation Security Council resolution 2201 denounced the actions of Houthis. UN security council's resolution 2216 declared that it considers the Hadi-led government as the "legitimate Government of Yemen" and denounced what it described as the "unilateral actions taken by the Houthis".
Mansur Hadi resigned on 7 April 2022, after transferring his presidential powers to the eight-member Presidential Leadership Council (PLC). PLC officially assumed power on 17 April 2022. The PLC's chairman, Rashad al-Alimi, subsequently became the president of the Republic of Yemen.
Presidential Leadership Council (PLC)
As of May 2025, members of the cabinet were as follows:
OfficeIncumbentStartEndPrime Minister Salem Saleh bin Braik 3 May 2025 IncumbentMinister of Interior Ibrahim Ali Ahmed Haidan 17 December 2020 IncumbentMinister of Information Muammar al-Iryani 18 September 2016 IncumbentMinister of Foreign AffairsShaea Muhssin 16 March 2024 IncumbentMinister of Defense Mohsen al-Daeri 28 July 2022 IncumbentMinister of Finance Salem Saleh Bin Braik 19 September 2019 IncumbentMinister of Justice Badr al-Ardah 17 December 2020 IncumbentMinister of Tourism Muammar al-Iryani 17 December 2020 IncumbentMinister of Electricity and Energy Mana'a Saleh Yaslam 28 July 2022 IncumbentMinister of Sana’a Secretariat Abdelghani Jamil 18 September 2016 IncumbentMinister of Youth and Sport Nayef al-Bakri 15 September 2015 IncumbentMinister of Civil Service and Insurance Abdel Nasser Al-Wali 17 December 2020 IncumbentMinister of Parliamentary Affairs and the Shura Council Mohammed Moqbel al-Himyari 25 December 2017 IncumbentMinister of Health Qassem Mohammad Qassem Bahaibah 17 December 2020 IncumbentMinister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Al-Wesabi 17 December 2020 IncumbentMinister of Public Works and Highways Salem Mohamed al-Harayzi 28 July 2022 IncumbentMinister of Social Affairs and Labour Muhammad Al-Zaouri 17 December 2020 IncumbentMinister of Oil and Minerals Saeed Sulaiman al-Shamasi 28 July 2022 IncumbentMinister of Religious Endowments and Guidance Mohamed Ahmed Shabiba 17 December 2020 IncumbentMinister of Agriculture and Irrigation Salem Abdullah Issa Al-Soqotri 17 December 2020 IncumbentMinister of Technical Education and Vocational Khaled Al-Wesabi 17 December 2020 IncumbentMinister of Culture Muammar al-Iryani 17 December 2020 IncumbentMinister of Transport Abdel Salam Hamid 17 December 2020 IncumbentMinister of Human Rights Ahmed Mohamed Omar Orman 27 April 2017 IncumbentMinister of Legal AffairsAhmed Mohamed Omar Orman 17 December 2020 IncumbentMinister of Local AdministrationHussein Abdul Rahman 17 December 2020 IncumbentMinister of Fisheries WealthSalem Abdullah Issa Al-Soqotri17 December 2020IncumbentMinister of Planning and International CooperationWaed Abdullah Badhib17 December 2020IncumbentMinister of Telecommunications and Information TechnologyWaed Abdullah Badhib (acting)IncumbentMinister of Industry and TradeMohamed al-Ashwal17 December 2020IncumbentMinister of Water and EnvironmentTawfiq al-Sharjabi17 December 2020IncumbentMinister of Education Tareq Salem al-Abkari17 December 2020Incumbent
Supreme Political Council (SPC)
See also Yemeni Revolution Supreme Political Council Yemen civil wars
References
External links Cabinet, Republic of Yemen Cabinet of Yemen Yemen from the CIA list of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members