Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak explained

Office:Prime Minister of Yemen
President:Rashad al-Alimi
Term Start:5 February 2024
Disputed by Ahmed Alrahawi
(Supreme Political Council)
Predecessor:Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed
Office1:Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yemen
Term Start1:18 December 2020
Term End1:26 March 2024
Successor1:Shaya Mohsin al-Zindani
Birth Place:Aden, South Yemen
Alma Mater:University of Baghdad
Native Name Lang:ar
Office2:General Secretary of the National Dialogue Conference
Termend2:2014
Termstart2:June 2013
President1:Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi
Rashad al-Alimi

Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak is a Yemeni politician who has been the prime minister of Yemen since 5 February 2024.[1] Before his appointment as Prime Minister, he was the former Foreign Minister of Yemen,[2] and before that he served as Ambassador of Yemen to the United States.

Early and personal life

Mubarak was born in 1968 in Aden. He has three children. His father was a businessman.

He received a PhD in business administration from Baghdad University[3] and is a professor at Sana'a University, where he heads the business administration center, which is cooperatively administrated by Sanaa University and Maastricht School of Management (MSM). Dr. Mubarak is attached as professor to the joint MBA program conducted by MSM and Sanaa University.

Previously, he served as consultant for numerous international projects in Yemen in education, employment and international development. He is also a member of the administrative board for the Youth Leaders Development Fund and had headed many administrative consultancies, training sessions and workshops for a number of public and private associations in Yemen, Bahrain, Burundi, Ethiopia, Romania, Netherlands, France and Germany.

At Science and Technology University in Sanaa, he had served as head of the administrative information technology and marketing and production administration departments, as well as being the manager of quality and development assurance from 2007 to 2009.

Politics

See also: 2014–15 Yemen unrest. In March 2013, Bin Mubarak was elected as the secretary general of the national reconciliation dialogue conference, composed of representatives of all political parties and civic groups, tasked with carrying out reforms. It was disbanded in January 2014 after endorsing a federal political system for the country.[4] He was then director of the president's office.[3]

After the Saudi-backed Yemeni government bombed the north of the country, the Houthis, whose traditional homeland is in the north, near the Saudi border, protested in the capital Sana'a. Armed protesters took over government areas. This uprising led to Prime Minister Mohammed Basindwa's resignation. Bin Mubarak was promoted from Chief of Staff and appointed Prime Minister by President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi despite Houthi opposition, citing a lack of an official agreement resolving the conflict.[5] However, Ahmad withdrew from the post on 9 October 2014.

Bin Mubarak was abducted by gunmen believed to be loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sana'a on 17 January 2015.[6] Houthi and government officials reached a deal on 21 January to end a months-long military and political standoff in the capital that was reportedly to include bin Mubarak's release, but the agreement quickly collapsed as Hadi and his ministers quit under rebel pressure.[7] He was reportedly released in Shabwa Governorate on 27 January, ten days after his kidnapping.[8]

On 3 August 2015, he was appointed Yemeni Ambassador to the United States[9] and was also appointed as ambassador to the United Nations in 2018.[10]

Prime Minister of Yemen

On 5 February 2024, the internationally-recognized Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council appointed Bin Mubarak as Prime Minister, replacing Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: قرار رئيس مجلس القيادة الرئاسي بتعيين الدكتور احمد بن مبارك رئيساً لمجلس الوزراء . 2024-02-05 . وكالة الانباء اليمنية Saba Net :: سبأ نت . en . 6 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240206083309/https://www.sabanew.net/story/ar/106337 . live .
  2. Web site: 2024-03-27 . Yemen appoints Shayea Mohsen Al-Zindani as foreign minister, state news agency says . 2024-08-19 . Arab News . en.
  3. Web site: Yemeni Pres. assigns bin Mubarak to form new gov't . 9 October 2014 . 16 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141016100655/http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2401089&language=en . live .
  4. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141007/profile-yemeni-new-pm-ahmed-awad-bin-mubarak Profile: Yemeni new PM Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak
  5. Web site: Yemen rebels reject new prime minister . 8 October 2014 . 8 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141008084609/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/yemen-rebels-reject-new-prime-minister-2014107165014952535.html . live .
  6. News: Yemen president's chief of staff abducted by gunmen. The Washington Times. 17 January 2015. 22 January 2015. 21 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150121152558/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/17/ahmed-awad-bin-mubarak-yemen-presidents-chief-staf/. live.
  7. News: Yemen's President, Cabinet resign. CNN. 23 January 2015. 22 January 2015. 23 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150123050113/http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/22/world/yemen-violence/. live.
  8. News: Houthis free top aide to Yemen president. Al Jazeera. 27 January 2015. 27 January 2015. 7 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200907122126/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/01/houthis-free-top-aide-yemen-president-150127144552184.html. live.
  9. Web site: Yemen's Ambassador to the United States: Who Is Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak?. All Gov. 6 February 2024. 1 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230401075419/http://www.allgov.com/news/appointments-and-resignations/yemens-ambassador-to-the-united-states-who-is-ahmed-awad-bin-mubarak-160119?news=858128. live.
  10. News: Yemen government names top diplomat as new premier . France 24 . 6 February 2024 . 6 February 2024 . 5 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240205215236/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240205-yemen-government-names-top-diplomat-as-new-premier . live .
  11. News: Yemen's presidential council sacks the prime minister . Associated Press News . 6 February 2024 . 6 February 2024 . 6 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240206021734/https://apnews.com/article/yemen-presidential-council-sacks-prime-minister-2af65a4e441b0547595031ca3b5da848 . live .