Yemen’s prime minister, Mohamed Salem Basundwa, has announced the structure of the country’s new reconciliation government and the members of its cabinet.

The new government is divided between the traditional opposition coalition and former ruling party, the General People’s Congress (GPC), the local Yemen Times reports.

It includes two women and about half of the GPC’s former ministers. Five GPC ministers maintained their positions, while another two took up new ministries.

The Islah party forms the largest part of the opposition bloc holding nearly a third of the ministries, but neither the Southern Movement or the Houthis are not represented having rejected the GCC-led reconciliation initiative.

The national reconciliation government will run Yemen until presidential elections take place on 21 February 2012.