DHAKA: President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi Monday named former oil minister Khalid Bahah as Yemen’s new premier, in his second bid this month to end the country’s political crisis.

A presidency source said, reports The Straits Times.

Bahah, 49, was nominated after consultations with advisers ‘representing various parties’, the source said.

Hadi’s move came after Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak rejected his nomination last week following strong opposition from Shia rebels who overran Sanaa on September 21.

BDST: 2119 HRS, OCT 13, 2014