ADEN, Jul 29 (NNN-YPA) – Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), yesterday appointed four ministers, including a war-worn veteran, who will head the Saudi-backed Yemeni government’s Defence Ministry.
Mohsen Mohammed Hussein al-Daeri, who has led several military campaigns against the Houthi rebels, in the country’s northern provinces, and had been injured during the years of offensive, will lead the Defence Ministry, said a statement, released by state-run Saba news.
The PLC, which is currently based in the port city of Aden, in southern Yemen, also appoints Said Suliman Barakat al-Shamasi, as oil minister, Manea Saleh as minister of electricity, and Salim Mohammed as minister of public works, according to the statement.
