Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak

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Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak
أحمد عوض بن مبارك
Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi
Rashad al-Alimi
Succeeded byShaya Mohsin al-Zindani
General Secretary of the National Dialogue Conference
In office
June 2013 – 2014 (as General Secretary of the Preparatory Committee of the NDC)
Personal details
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Aden, South Yemen
(now Yemen)
Alma materUniversity of Baghdad

Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak is a

Foreign Minister of Yemen. He was previously the Ambassador of Yemen to the United States
.

Early and personal life

Mubarak was born in 1968 in Aden. He has three children.[2] His father was a trader.

He received a PhD in business administration from

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

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.[2] He was then director of the president's office.[3]

After the Saudi-backed Yemeni government bombed the north of the country, the

Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi despite Houthi opposition, citing a lack of an official agreement resolving the conflict.[4]
However, Ahmad withdrew from the post on 9 October 2014.

Bin Mubarak was abducted by gunmen believed to be loyal to former president

Shabwa Governorate on 27 January, ten days after his kidnapping.[7]

On 3 August 2015, he was appointed Yemeni Ambassador to the United States[8] and was also appointed as ambassador to the United Nations in 2018.[9]

Prime Minister of Yemen (2024-present)

On 5 February 2024, the internationally-recognized Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council appointed Bin Mubarak as Prime Minister, replacing Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed.[10]

References

  1. ^ "قرار رئيس مجلس القيادة الرئاسي بتعيين الدكتور احمد بن مبارك رئيساً لمجلس الوزراء". وكالة الانباء اليمنية Saba Net :: سبأ نت. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b Profile: Yemeni new PM Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak Archived 14 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b "Yemeni Pres. assigns bin Mubarak to form new gov't". Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Yemen rebels reject new prime minister". Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Yemen president's chief of staff abducted by gunmen". The Washington Times. 17 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Yemen's President, Cabinet resign". CNN. 23 January 2015. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Houthis free top aide to Yemen president". Al Jazeera. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 7 September 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Yemen's Ambassador to the United States: Who Is Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak?". All Gov. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Yemen government names top diplomat as new premier". France 24. 6 February 2024. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Yemen's presidential council sacks the prime minister". Associated Press News. 6 February 2024. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.