(VOVworld) - Yemen's new government was sworn in on Sunday despite opposition from the ruling General People's Congress (GPC) led by former President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Shiite Houthi group.

Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi meets with the country’s newly appointed cabinet after it was sworn-in at the Presidential Palace in Sanaa in this November 9, 2014.

The new government includes 36 ministers who are members of the GPC and allied with the Houthi rebels. 30 ministers attended the swearing in ceremony.