#cabinet-appointments

#cabinet-appointments

Tarique Rahman, leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which swept to a landslide victory in last week's parliamentary elections, has been sworn in as the country's first elected prime minister since deadly protests in 2024, which resulted in the ouster of the previous government and its prime minister, Sheikh Hasina. The political alliance led by Rahman's party won 212 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad, Bangladesh's parliament, in Thursday's elections, leaving its main competitor, the alliance led by Jamaat-e-Islami, with 77.

Yemen's Saudi-backed presidential leadership council has issued a decree to form a new government, with Shaya Mohsen Zindani confirmed as the country's prime minister. Zindani will also continue to serve as foreign minister, the state-run news agency Saba reported on Friday. Last month, the council accepted the resignation of former Prime Minister Salem bin Breik and asked Zindani to form a cabinet. Marwan Faraj bin Ghanim was named as minister of finance, while Mohamed Abdullah Ali was confirmed as oil minister.