Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi made a minor reshuffle on his reconciliation government, sending the current Minister of Petroleum and Minerals Hesham Sharaf Abdullah to assume the Higher Education and Scientific Research portfolio. According to the state-run Yemeni TV, Ahmed Abdullah Dares replaced Hesham Sharaf Abdullah in the Ministry of Oil and minerals. New governors of Al-Baida, Shabwa, Al-Joaf, Omran and Sanaa Provinces were also appointed in addition to new directors for the Republican Presidency, Military Intelligence and Military Pension department.