User:Yemeni09/Deputy Prime Minister of Yemen

Abdulkarim Ismail Al-Arhabi is Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation in Yemen. He is also the founder and the Managing Director of the Social Fund for Development in Yemen. Mr. Al-Arhabi was also Minister of Social Affairs and Labor. Abdulkarim Al-Arhabi has been given a tremendous amount of responsibility and number of challenges. When the Social Fund for Development was established in Yemen in 1996, Al-Arhabi was appointed the Managing Director of the organization. In 2001, he was also appointed as the Yemeni Minister for Social Affairs and Labor. Then in 2006 he was appointed Minister of Planning and International Cooperation. A year later, in 2007, he also assumed the post of Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs. Al-Arhabi oversees numerous aspects of social development in Yemen. Social projects cover many areas that range from poverty, basic services and water supply to improving the lives of children, women and workers.

Education

* An MA in “Economics” from Martin Luther University –Germany, 1977. * Wide – Ranging academic and field training in the US, Germany and the UK related to SMEs , Banking and Development work.

Professional Career

* 1977- 1979 Worked in the private sector * 1979 - 1981 General Director of the “Industrial Estate Authority”. * 1981- 1994 Managing Director of the “Yemeni Industrial Bank”, * 1994 Head of “Small Enterprise Development Unit”. * 1996 Founder and Managing Director of the “Social Fund for Development”. * 2001- Feb.2006 Minister of “Social Affairs and Labor”. * Feb.2006 Minister of “Planning & International Cooperation”.