List of ambassadors of the United States to Yemen

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Ambassador of the United States to Yemen
سفارة الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية في جمهورية اليمن
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Incumbent
Steven Fagin
since June 1, 2022
NominatorThe president of the United States
Inaugural holder Charles Franklin Dunbar
FormationJune 16, 1988
Website U.S. Embassy - Sana'a

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Yemen.

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Before 1990, Yemen had consisted of two states: North Yemen and South Yemen. The United States had diplomatic relations with North Yemen since 1946. Relations with South Yemen had been established in 1967 and broken in 1969.

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 (North Yemen) 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 united Yemen until the end of his tour in 1991.

The U.S. Embassy in Sanaa suspended operations on February 11, 2015, and all U.S. personnel were withdrawn after security conditions deteriorated in the midst of the Yemeni civil war; however, the United States did not sever diplomatic relations with Yemen. Working from the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia under the authority of the U.S. Ambassador to Yemen, U.S. diplomats in the Yemen Affairs Unit maintained regular dialogue with the Republic of Yemen Government. [1]

For U.S. ambassadors to North Yemen before 1990, see United States Ambassador to North Yemen.

For U.S. ambassadors to South Yemen prior to 1990, see United States Ambassador to South Yemen.

List of ambassadors

#ImageAmbassadorAppointedPresentationTerm endAppointer
1 Charles Franklin Dunbar [2] [3] June 16, 1988August 14, 1988June 13, 1991 Ronald Reagan
2Arthur Hayden Hughes [4] August 2, 1991October 19, 1991November 7, 1994 George H. W. Bush
3 David George Newton October 5, 1994January 8, 1995December 16, 1997 Bill Clinton
4 BarbaraBodineGWU.JPG Barbara Bodine November 7, 1997December 22, 1997August 30, 2001
5 Edmund Hull.jpg Edmund Hull August 7, 2001October 1, 2001March 13, 2004 George W. Bush
6 Thomas C Krajeski US State Dept photo.gif Thomas C. Krajeski May 12, 2004August 16, 2004April 16, 2007
7 Stephen A Seche.jpg Stephen Seche July 2, 2007September 5, 2007May 17, 2010 [5]
8 Gerald Michael Feierstein ambassador.jpg Gerald M. Feierstein September 17, 2010September 25, 2010September 27, 2013 [6] Barack Obama
9 Matthew Tueller US State Dept photo.jpg Matthew H. Tueller May 8, 2014May 27, 2014May 16, 2019 [7]
10 Christopher P. Henzel (cropped).jpg Christopher P. Henzel January 7, 2019May 20, 2019May 2021 Donald Trump
10 Steven Fagin, U.S. Ambassador.jpg Steven Fagin April 7, 2022June 1, 2022Incumbent Joe Biden

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Yemen - Chiefs of Mission - People". Department of State - Office of the Historian. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  2. ↑ Dunbar 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.
  3. ↑ Dunbar was renominated on January 27, 1988, an earlier nomination not having been acted upon by the Senate.
  4. ↑ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR ARTHUR H. HUGHES" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 27 January 1998. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Stephen A. Seche - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
  6. ↑ "Gerald Feierstein - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
  7. ↑ "Yemen - Chiefs of Mission - People". Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved September 12, 2019.

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