United States Ambassador to Yemen

Since the diplomatic recognition of North Yemen 1946 following World War II, the United States of America has appointed an official ambassador to Yemen. Prior to 1990, there was a separate United States Ambassador to North Yemen and United States Ambassador to South Yemen.

On May 22, 1990, the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) united and formed a united Republic of Yemen. The existing U.S. embassy in San'a became the embassy for the new republic. At that time there was no U.S. ambassador to South Yemen, so the then-current ambassador to North Yemen Charles Franklin Dunbar, continued to serve as the ambassador to the united Yemen until the end of his tour in 1991.

Ambassadors

*Charles Franklin Dunbar – Career FSODunbar was serving as the ambassador to the Yemen Arab Republic when North and South Yemen united to form the Republic of Yemen. He continued to serve as the ambassador to the Republic of Yemen.] Dunbar was renominated on January 27, 1988, an earlier nomination not having been acted upon by the Senate.]
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointed: June 16, 1988
**Presented credentials: August 14, 1988
**Terminated mission: Left post June 13, 1991
*Note: The post was vacant July 1987–August 1988. Theodore H. Kattouf served as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim during that interval.
*Arthur Hayden Hughes – Career FSO
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointed: August 2, 1991
**Presented credentials: October 19, 1991
**Terminated mission: Left post November 7, 1994
*David George Newton – Career FSO
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointed: October 5, 1994
**Presented credentials: January 8, 1995
**Terminated mission: Left post December 16, 1997
*Barbara Bodine – Career FSO
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointed: November 7, 1997
**Presented credentials: December 22, 1997
**Terminated mission: Left post August 30, 2001
*Marjorie Ransom – Career FSOPresident Clinton’s nomination of Ransom on May 9, 2000, was not acted upon by the Senate.]
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointed:
**Presented credentials:
**Terminated mission:
*Edmund James Hull – Career FSO
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointed: August 7, 2001
**Presented credentials: October 1, 2001
**Terminated mission: Left post March 13, 2004
*Thomas C. Krajeski – Career FSO
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointed: July 30, 2004
**Presented credentials: "Unknown"
**Terminated mission: "Incumbent"

Notes

References

*North Yemen
*Yemen Arab Republic
*History of Yemen
* [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35836.htm U.S. Dep’t of State: Background Notes on Yemen]
* [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/11342.htm U.S. Dep’t of State: U.S. Ambassadors to Yemen]

ee also

*Ambassadors from the United States
*Foreign relations of Yemen

External links

* [http://yemen.usembassy.gov/ U.S. Embassy in San'a]
* [http://foia.state.gov/MMS/KOH/key_country.asp?ID=Yemen U.S. Dep’t of State: Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts: Yemen]

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