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Mabkhoot bin Mubarak bin Madhi was named governor of the
oil-producing Hadhramout region in the south, and Raafat Ali
Ibrahim was appointed governor of Socotra island in the Arabian
Sea.
The move come as the United Nations is pressing the warring
sides to extend a truce expiring on Tuesday in the seven-year
conflict that has killed tens of thousands and caused a dire
humanitarian crisis. The truce has been in place since April.
The former governor of Hadhramout, Faraj al-Bahsani, remains
part of an eight-member council that took over power from
Yemen's president-in-exile in April, the political sources said.
The council was formed under the auspices of Saudi Arabia which
had struggled to hold together Yemeni factions under a Saudi-led
military alliance against the Iran-aligned Houthi movement, the
de fact authority in north Yemen.
Last week the government based in the south replaced the defence
and energy ministers in a cabinet reshuffle in a move also seen
by political sources as supporting cohesion of the new council
and addressing perceived corruption and mismanagement.
The Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen in March 2015 months
after the Houthis ousted the Saudi-backed government from the
capital, Sanaa.
The conflict and ensuing economic collapse has left 80% of
Yemen's population reliant on aid and millions facing hunger.
(Reporting by Mohammed Ghobari and Reyam Mokhashef; Writing by
Ghaida Ghantous; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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