VOL. XLIV

No. 15

9-APRIL-2001

YEMEN

Baraba' Appointed Oil Minister In New Yemeni Government

Yemeni President 'Ali 'Abd Allah Salih, after appointing 'Abd al-Qadir Bajammal as prime minister on 31 March, approved on 4 April the formation of a new government. Former prime minister 'Abd al-Karim al-Iryani is reported to have resigned for health reasons. Mr Bajammal, who was born in Hadhramawt in 1946 and is a commerce graduate from Cairo University, served as deputy prime minister and minister of...