Yahya Yahya Al-Mutawakel ( ar, يحيى بن يحيى المتوگل, born 25 September 1959) is a professor of economics at

Sana'a University Sana'a University ( ) was established in 1970 as the first and the primary university in the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen), now the Republic of Yemen (see also Aden University). It is located in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, and is currently o ...

who served as Minister of Industry and Trade in the

Cabinet of Yemen The Cabinet of Yemen refers to the governing body of the internationally recognized Yemen government led by the Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council Rashad al-Alimi who replaced former President of Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi on ...

from 2007 to 2011. Born in

Sana'a Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Governo ...

, he was educated at

(BA Economics & Political Science, 1982) and the

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(MA Economics, 1986), and completed his PhD in 1992 at the

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entitled ''"Import substitution as an industrial strategy in the Yemen Arab Republic"''. His experience includes work for the

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and

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1959 births Living people Sanaa University alumni University of Maryland, College Park alumni Alumni of the University of East Anglia Academic staff of Sanaa University 21st-century Yemeni politicians Industry and trade ministers of Yemen {{Yemen-politician-stub