The Cabinet Reshuffle in Yemen

Filed under: Yemen, Yemen-Democracy — by Jane Novak at 4:36 pm on Saturday, February 11, 2006

Interesting. al-Jaifri as Minster of Justice seemed to be one who was authentically striving for reforms. Im sorry to see him moved. That’s not a good sign and I have to analyse this. It could be an opportunity to crack up the embedded extra-institutional power structures and invigorate the democratic process, or it could be a retrenching and consolidation of loyalists under the guise of reform (with the pretense of sincere concern in reaction to the escape) and populist propaganda in advance of the elections. I am hoping for option one.

SANA’A Feb 11 (Saba) - The republican decree No. 8 for the year
2006 was issued and stipulated a ministerial amendment in the
government of Premier Abdul Qader Ba Jammal, as follows:

Rashad Mohammad al-Alimi - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior.
Mohammad Naser Ahmad Ali - Minister of Defense.
Hassan Ahmad al-Lawzi - Minister of the information.
Abdul Kareem Ismail al-Arhabi - Minister of Planning and the
International Cooperation.
Abu Bakr al-Qirbi - Minister of the Foreign and Expatriate.

Ali Mohammad Majoor - Minister of the Electricity.

Adnan al-Jefri - Minister of Legal Affairs.

Khalid Abdullah Al-Rowishan - Minister of Culture.

Galal Ibrahim Faqirah - Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation.

Abdul Kareem Rasei - Minister of Public Health and Population.

Seif Mahyoub Al-Asali - Minister of Finance
.
Mahmoud Ibrahim Sageri - Minister of Fishery Wealth.

Gazi Shaif al-Agbari - Minister of Justice.

Saleh Ali Ba-Surah - Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

Amat Al-Razaq Ali Hamad - Minister of Social Affairs and Labor.

Nabil Hassan al-Faqih - Minister of Tourism.

Khadigah Ahmad al-Haisami - Minister of Human Rights.

Omar Abdullah Al-Qurshumi Minister of Public Works and Roads.

Abdul Rahman Fadhl al-Eryani - Minister of Water and Environment.

Khalid Mahfouz Ba-Hah - Minister of Oil and Minerals.

Rashad Ahmad al-Rassas - Minister of Parliament and Shura Councils .

Yahya Mohammad al-Shoaibi - Minister of State and Sana’a City Mayor.

16 Comments »

Comment by yemen's best friend

2/11/2006 @ 7:05 pm

Two women Ministers, for human rights and social affairs.
The two biggest theives (ex-vice prime ministers) are no more.
This is good news

Comment by Jane

2/11/2006 @ 7:35 pm

Well then thats the first good news i heard in a long time. But what about al-Jaifri? I was always reading about him and he seemed to be working in the right direction. And the new information minister I thought was worse than the old one. We’ll have to see how it all shakes out I guess, but so many things come to nothing that start out sounding so good. I’m somewhat jaded. And whatever happened to Saleh stepping down from the judiciary. It drives me nuts, they are so close and so far.

Comment by Yahia Zaid

2/11/2006 @ 9:47 pm

Greetings Jane,
I do share your opinion about Aljafry.
He was a man determined for reform.
I wonder why the treasury is given to a known x-Islah figure, Alasali?
Asking why the minister of interior is the only vice premier? A more police grip is needed in the comming elections, may be.
Most of the thieves are still hanging arround.
Alarhabi is a relative of Salih.
Salih didnot step outside the judiciary because he is still the chairman of the high counsil of justice ie above the newly appointed chief justicf,Isam alsamawi.
Salih is the real trouble of modern Yemen. I do share the opinion with millions that the only hope for actual reform is when this bastered and his gang are chopped out for ever.

Comment by Jane

2/11/2006 @ 10:27 pm

Hi Yahia, how are you? this article describes some of them as technocrats, which would be good if true. I heard some negative reaction but I have to look through again and see if everybody is talking about the same person. It would be so nice to move in the right way, and I want it so much that sometimes Im tempted to believe, but after so long going in the wrong way, its hard to believe the tiger change his stripes. And somedays I have to remind myself that he deserves very well my title “The King of Spin.” It would be so easy if they were sincere, or at least half the battle would be won. Im tired of the massive duplicity, the dirty tricks and targeting, the unending propagnda.

Comment by yemen's best friend

2/11/2006 @ 11:04 pm

Dr. AlAsali is an exceptional economist, however i thought there should be some accompanying change in the central bank to do some economic revival on the macro level.

Comment by Jane

2/11/2006 @ 11:15 pm

WEll thats good news. An economist is just the ticket. I hope these people have and retain their independence.

Comment by Jane

2/12/2006 @ 12:17 am

Then theres this: Yemen’s interior minister was promoted Saturday to deputy prime minister as part of a Cabinet reshuffle, despite last week’s escape of 23 al-Qaida suspects from a prison.
Rashad al-Alemi also kept his interior portfolio

Comment by yemen's best friend

2/12/2006 @ 7:23 am

the PSO jail is under the direct authority of the president, not the ministry of interior.

Comment by CM

2/12/2006 @ 8:00 am

Jane

There are two scenarios one that Saleh hand them to the u.s.
The second is Saleh who plan their own escape so that u.s will not have any access to them.
The story of their escape by digging a tunnel is a big lie.

Comment by Saba F.O. Al-Aghbari

2/12/2006 @ 5:01 pm

It doesn’t indicate any true political willingness for a change. Just RESHUFFLING as you mentioned, based on provincial division. It is seems to be a propaganda cabinet to assist in the coming election.

Comment by CM

2/13/2006 @ 1:59 am

The True chane will only happen when Saleh get removed from power and out of Yemen along with his family.

Comment by CM

2/13/2006 @ 2:00 am

The True change will only happen when Saleh get removed from power and out of Yemen along with his family.

Comment by AS

2/13/2006 @ 6:55 am

This country is not headed by the government. I heared a former minister several times stating ‘What can I do?’ when he was asked why under the name of his ministry things were done. It is not in their hands. When you want to get something done here, don’t talked to the minister, either talk to his deputy or talk the way up, a minister is there for decoration.
When this President and his family would be gone, may Allah protect us, you can smell the anarchy and civil war coming up whenever this talk comes up at the chew.

Comment by Yahia Zaid

2/13/2006 @ 8:43 am

Salam, Jane,
Being a technocrat does not clean him from being a theif; specially when the overall climate is corrupted.
I want to give you two different models of technocrats:
The first is of a theif, they point to him as gaining hundreds of millions from illegal commissions while he was a minster of works , ie engineer Aldafai. He built a house that worths 4 million dollars. oppossite to the new big palace of col. Ahmed Ali Salih.
The other model is of an honourable patriotic technocrat ie Dr. Faraj Bin Ghanim, the only prime minister who sacrifices his job because he denied the corruption of Salih and his gang.
We need models like Bin Ghanim not these cartons.
Salam Jane.

Comment by Hajji Hammad

2/13/2006 @ 8:53 am

Can I ask one simple question?
Why does not that unwanted theif bastered just leave.

Comment by Yakov Smirnov

2/13/2006 @ 4:59 pm

In Soviet Russia, the CABINET reshuffles YOU!

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