President Ali Abduallh Saleh dismissed on Tuesday governors of five provinces in Yemen's southern and eastern provinces.
New decrees were issued appointing three of them members in Shura Council, and appointing the two others vices of two ministries.
The decrees assigned governor of Aden, Adnan Omar Al-Jeffri, governor of Hadramout, Salem Ahmed Al-Khanbashi, and governor of Hodeida, Ahmed Salem Al-Jabali as members in Shura Council.
The other decrees assigned governor of Lahj, Mohssen Al-Nakeeb as a vice minister of the Yemen's Industry and Trade Ministry, and Ahmed Al-Missari, governor of Abyan as a vice minister of the Yemen's Agriculture Ministry.
No reason was given for the dismissal.