- Khaled Bahah on 13 October 2014 was appointed as Prime Minister of Yemen. He was appointed by the President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. At the time of appointment Bahah was serving as permanent representative of the Republic of Yemen to the United Nations.
- The appointment comes under a power-sharing deal signed between Houthis and President Mansour Hadi in September 2014. The deal aims to bring the Houthis and the wing of a separatist group into a more inclusive government.
- In October 2014, President Mansour Hadi proposed Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak as Prime Minister but he was rejected by Houthi, Shiite Muslim group. Houthi group proposed three names and Khaled Bahah was one among them.
- Khaled Bahah was born in 1965.
- He holds the master’s degree in administration, business and finance from University of Pune, India.
- He served previously as oil minister in Yemen before being appointed Yemen's envoy to the United Nations.
Tuesday 14 October 2014
Khaled Bahah appointed as Prime Minister of Yemen
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