Salem Saleh Salem bin Braik (; born 3 April 1965) is a Yemeni politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Yemen since 3 May 2025.

Early life

Salem Saleh Salem bin Braik was born on 3 April 1965 in Mukalla, a coastal city in eastern

Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...

along the

Gulf of Aden The Gulf of Aden (; ) is a deepwater gulf of the Indian Ocean between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Channel, the Socotra Archipelago, Puntland in Somalia and Somaliland to the south. ...

Career

Before bin Braik was appointed as Prime Minister, he held the position of Finance Minister. But following the resignation of Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, who stepped down citing difficulties in executing his role, including being blocked from implementing a cabinet reshuffle. Mubarak's tenure was marked by clashes with Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen's presidential council, over the dismissal of several government ministers. Bin Braik's leadership comes at a time when Yemen continues to grapple with a prolonged civil war, with Houthi rebels controlling significant portions of the country, including the capital, Sanaa. The U.S. has intensified airstrikes against Houthi positions to deter their attacks on commercial shipping in the

Red Sea The Red Sea is a sea inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. Its connection to the ocean is in the south, through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden. To its north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and th ...

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