Abdulkarim Ismail Al-Arhabi (Arabic: عبدالكريم اسماعيل الارحبي) was the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation in the Republic of Yemen.

[1] He was also the managing director of the Social Fund for Development, which was established in 1997.

[3][4] On 30 April 2010, the World Bank awarded Al-Arhabi the Jit Gill Memorial Award for Outstanding Public Service for being "a key champion in the battle to reduce poverty, improve governance and broaden economic growth for Yemen.

"[5] Following the anti-government 2011 Yemeni protests, President Ali Abdullah Saleh fired all members of the Cabinet of Yemen on 20 March 2011.

The cabinet members will remain in place until a new government is formed.