Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi Tuesday named Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak as the new prime minister to form a government, state media reported.
The president named bin Mubarak, a director in the presidential office, after consulting his advisors, representing all political parties in Yemen, reported Xinhua citing a presidential decree.
The 1968-born Bin Mubarak, from Yemen's port city of Aden, is a professor with Sanaa University. He holds a Ph.D in business administration.
Last year, bin Mubarak was elected as the secretary general of Yemen's national reconciliation dialogue conference, comprising representatives of all political parties and civic groups and was destined to carry out reforms in the unrest-hit country.
On Sep 21, the government and Shiite Houthi group signed a ceasefire deal in Sana'a, with both agreeing to stop fighting in the capital, nominate a prime minister within a week and form a technocrat government within a month.
However, the Houthi group refused to hand over towns and cities seized in the past weeks and has taken over almost all state institutions in Sana'a since then.
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The deal empowers the Houthi rebels as it allows the group to play an important role in forming a cabinet and determining the future control of the army.
The peace agreement put an end to deadly clashes between the rebels and the army supported by Sunni militia.