Habtoor, a former governor of Aden, hails from Shabwa province in south Yemen and was a former minister of education.
The armed Houthi movement was involved in forming Yemen's higher political council
Yemen's higher political council, which was formed by the armed Houthi movement and supporters of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, has appointed Abdulaziz bin Habtoor to form a national salvation government, Saba news agency said on Sunday.
