Yemen's Consultative (Sura) Council forms the upper house of parliament. Its members are appointed by the president.
Following constitutional amendments, President Salih appointed 111 members to the new council on 28 April 2001.The list included 11 ministers from the previous government, three ambassadors serving abroad, three women, and a number of opposition figures (see report in Yemen Times).
Click here for members of the previous council appointed in 1997.
1-Abdulaziz Abdulghani - Chairman
2-Abdullah Saleh A-Bar
3-Muhsin Al-Ulufi
4-Ismail Ahmed Al-Wazir - Former Justice Minister
5-Abdulwahhab al-Anisi
6-Yahya Mohamed Al-Mutawakkil
7-Abdullateef Dhaifallah
8-Ali Lutf Al-Thawr
9-Hussein Mohamed Al-Maswari - Former Capital Secretary
10-Dr. Hussein Abdullah Al-Amri
11-Hussan Ahmed Al-lawzi
12-Saleh Ali Al-Ashwal
13-Ahmed Ali Al-Muhanni
14-Ali Hamid Sharaf - Former Minister of Electricity and Water
15-Dr. Abdullah Abdulwali Nasher - Former Minister of Health
16-Mohamed Mohamed Al-Tayyib - Former Minister of Labor & Vocational Training
17-Mohamed Ahmed Al-Junaid - Former Minister of Civil Service
18-Mohamed Hassan Dammaj
19-Mohamed Ahmed Al-Kabab
20-Fadhl Muhsin Abdullah
21-Ali Ahmed Nasser Al-Salami
22-Mohamed Hussein Al-Aidarous
23-Dr. Hussein Mohamed Arab - Former Minister of Interior
24-Ahmed Musa'id Hussein - Former Minister of Fisheries
25-Abdullah Saleh Sab'a
26-Abdulmalik Al-Sayyani - Former Minister of Transportation
27-Abdulmalik Mansour - Former Minister of Culture & Tourism
28-Mohamed Dhaifallah Mohamed - Former Minister of Defense
29-Haidar Saleh Al-Habili
30-Ali Abdullah Al-Sallal
31-Abdulhamid Al-Haddi
32-Dr. Abdullah Hussein Barakat
33-Mohamed Hatem Al-Khawi
34-Abdulhamid Noman Rajeh
35-Abdulsalam haled Karman
36-Nasser Shaibani - Minister of Endowments and Guidance
37-Ali Mohamed Saeed
38-Fadhl Mohamed Aidaroos Al-Afifi
39-Dr. Ghalib Abdulkafi Al-Qirshi
40-Ahmed Yahya Al-Imad
41-Ahmed Mohamed Al-Shami
42-Mohamed Abdullah Al-Iryani
43-Abdulmalik Ismail
44-Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Sa'eedi
45-Mohamed Ahmed Mansour
46-Ali Ahmed Nasser Al-Dhahab
47-Ahmed Ali Al-Salami
48-Mohamed Salim Akoush
49-Hussein Ahmed Al-Salami
50-Mohamed Ahmed Ajlan
51-Muhsin Ali Yasser
52-Tariq Nasser Al-Fadhli
53-Muhsin bin Ma'ili
54-Saeed Al-Ukburi
55-Mohamed Saleh Qar'a
56-Mohamed Hadi Awadh
57-Dr. Qassim Sallam
58-Qaid Shuat
59-Awadh Abdullah Mashbah
60-Adil Hassan Al-Saqqaf
61-Al-Haithami Ash-shal
62-Abdullah Majid'e
63-Ali Al-Qabli Nimran
64-Mohamed Abu Bakr Al-Amoudi
65-Ali Ahmed Al-Wahidi
66-Awadh Al-Rabizi
67-Dr. Hussein Ali Hassan
68-Mohamed Naji Al-Ghadir
69-Mohamed Abdullah Abu Luhum
70-Abdulmalik Al-Mikhlafi
71-Abdo Othman Mohamed
72-Mohamed Ali Mar'i
73-Sadiq Ali Muhsin Basha
74-Abbas Al-Nahari
75-Mahmoud Abdullah Arasi
76-Yahya Mohamed Al-Kuhlani
77-Ali Hamid Julaidan
78-Ali Mohamed Al-Suraimi
79-Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Makki
80-Yahya Abdullah Qahtan
81-Salah Al-Ajam
82-Saeed Ja'bool
83-Muna Basharaheel
84-Mohamed Ismaeel All-Dhali'i
85-Abdullah Hamis Al-Awjari
86-Ali Al-Khader Al-Saeed
87-Ahmed Ali bin Jalal
88-Ali Salim Bukair
89-Hamoud Al-Shaif
90-Fatima Mohamed bin Mohamed
91-Yahya Ali Al-Habbari
92-Abdullah Abdulsalam Sabra
93-Mohamed Shaif Jarallah
94-Hamoud Atif
95-Abdulwali Ahmed Saif Al-Sharjabi
96-Shaif Makharish
97-Dirhim Abu Luhum
98-Mohamed Afandi
99-Abdulrahman Hameed
100-Hameed Hanash
101-Abdo Hamoud Rajeh
102-Man'i Al-Saih
103-Dr. Mohamed Yahya Al-Adhi
104-Abdullah Ahmed Al-Sanabani
105-Mohamed Ali Abdullah Al-Bukhaiti
106-Hamoud Qutaina
107-Hassan Abdulrazzaq
108-Mohamed Abdullah Al-Jaifi
109-Balleil bin Rajeh Labuza
110-Yahya Al-Ukaimi
111-Tawakkal Salem Yassin Al-Mahri