Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLIX

No 8

20-February-2006

YEMEN

Ba-Haj Named Yemens Oil Minister In Broad Cabinet Reshuffle

Khalid Mahfudh Ba-Haj has been named Yemens new Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources, replacing Rashid Baraba'a in a broad cabinet reshuffle carried out on 11 February. Mr Mahfudh was born in 1965 and has a masters degree in business administration from a university in India, MEES understands. He previously worked as senior planning and human resources manager at Canadian...