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{{Short description|Head of government of Yemen}}
{{For|a list of prime ministers|List of heads of government of Yemen}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Prime Minister
| body = Yemen
| insignia = Logo of the Prime Minister of Yemen.png{{!}}class=skin-invert
| insigniasize = 250px
| insigniacaption = 
| image = 
| imagesize = 165px
| incumbent = [[Salem Saleh bin Braik]]
| incumbentsince = 3 May 2025
{{pb}}[[Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)|Claimed]] by<br>'''[[Muhammad Ahmed Miftah]]''' (acting)<br>([[Supreme Political Council]])<br>since 30 August 2025
| residence = 
| style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
| appointer = [[Presidential Leadership Council]]
| termlength = 
| salary = 180,000 [[Yemeni rial|YER]] (2011)<ref name="marebpress.net">{{cite web|url=https://marebpress.net/articles.php?id=9097|title=مأرب برس - راتب الرئيس ونائبة والوزراء بعد الإستراتيجية|first=مأرب|last=برس|website=مأرب برس}}</ref>
| formation = May 22, 1990
| inaugural = [[Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas]]
| website = {{URL|pmo-ye.net}} ({{abbr|PLC|Presidential Leadership Council}})
}}
{{Politics of Yemen}}

The '''prime minister of the Republic of Yemen''' is the [[head of government]] of [[Yemen]]. Under the [[Constitution of Yemen]], the prime minister is appointed by the [[President of Yemen|president]], and must, like his [[Cabinet of Yemen|cabinet]], enjoy confidence from the [[House of Representatives (Yemen)|House of Representatives]]. The prime minister selects the cabinet in coordination with the president.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-12-17 |title=Yemen |url=https://carnegieendowment.org/posts/2010/12/yemen?lang=en |access-date=2025-09-09 |website=[[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]] |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council issued a decision on 5 February 2024 appointing its foreign minister [[Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak|Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak]] as the country's new prime minister.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 February 2024 |title=Yemen appoints foreign minister Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak as prime minister |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/yemen-appoints-foreign-minister-ahmed-awad-bin-mubarak-new-prime-minister-2024-02-05/ |access-date=7 February 2024 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> Bin Mubarak resigned from his post on 3 May 2025 and announced it on a social media post, saying that he wasn't able to take "necessary decisions to reform the state institution, and execute the necessary Cabinet reshuffle."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-03 |title=Yemen's internationally recognized prime minister resigns over a political dispute |url=https://apnews.com/article/yemen-war-houthis-396ff367cfd3dd1866c5042f1abc882b |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

== List of prime ministers ==
{{excerpt|List of heads of government of Yemen|[[Yemen|Republic of Yemen]] (post-[[Yemeni unification|unification]], 1990–present)}}

==Timeline==
=== Republic of Yemen ===
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=== Houthi Yemen ===
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==See also==
*[[Cabinet of Yemen]]
*[[Prime Minister of Yemen Arab Republic]] (North Yemen)
*[[List of heads of government of Yemen]]
*[[List of leaders of South Yemen]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Yemen.html#Yemen World Statesmen - Yemen]

{{Yemen topics}}
{{Prime ministers of Yemen}}
{{Prime Minister}}
{{Heads of state and government of Asia}}

[[Category:Prime ministers of Yemen| ]]
[[Category:Government of Yemen|Prime minister]]
[[Category:1990 establishments in Yemen|Prime minister]]
[[Category:Yemen politics-related lists|Prime Minister]]