Abdulkarim Ismail Al-Arhabi is Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation in the Republic of Yemen

Yemen

The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....

. He is also the founder and Managing Director of the Social Fund for Development, which was established in 1997. Al-Arhabi held the post of Minister of Social Affairs and Labor from 2001 to 2006, after which he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation. On April 30, 2010, the World Bank awarded Al-Arhabi the Jit Gill Memorial Award for Outstanding Public Service for being "a key champion in the battle to reduce poverty, improve governance and broaden economic growth for Yemen." http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22564078~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html?cid=ISG_E_WBWeeklyUpdate_NL

Following the anti-government 2011 Yemeni protests, President Ali Abdullah Saleh

Ali Abdullah Saleh

Field Marshal Ali Abdullah Saleh is the first President of the Republic of Yemen. Saleh previously served as President of the Yemen Arab Republic from 1978 until 1990, at which time he assumed the office of chairman of the Presidential Council of a post-unification Yemen. He is the...

 fired all members of the Cabinet of Yemen

Cabinet of Yemen

President Ali Abdullah Saleh fired his entire Cabinet on 20 March 2011. The current members were asked to remain as a caretaker cabinet until he forms a new government.-Current Cabinet :-External links:*, Republic of Yemen...

on March 20, 2011. The cabinet members will remain in place until a new government is formed.