List of ambassadors of the United States to Yemen explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Yemen
Native Name:سفارة الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية في جمهورية اليمن
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Steven Fagin
Incumbentsince:June 1, 2022
Nominator:The President of the United States
Nominatorpost:President of the United States
Inaugural:Charles Franklin Dunbar
Formation:June 16, 1988
Website:U.S. Embassy - Sana'a

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

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The U.S. Embassy in Sanaa suspended operations on February 11, 2015, and all U.S. personnel were withdrawn after security conditions deteriorated in the midst of the Yemeni civil war; however, the United States did not sever diplomatic relations with Yemen.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
1Charles Franklin Dunbar[2] [3] June 16, 1988August 14, 1988June 13, 1991Ronald Reagan
2Arthur Hayden Hughes[4] August 2, 1991October 19, 1991November 7, 1994George H. W. Bush
3David George NewtonOctober 5, 1994January 8, 1995December 16, 1997Bill Clinton
4Barbara BodineNovember 7, 1997December 22, 1997August 30, 2001
5Edmund HullAugust 7, 2001October 1, 2001March 13, 2004George W. Bush
6Thomas C. KrajeskiMay 12, 2004August 16, 2004April 16, 2007
7Stephen SecheJuly 2, 2007September 5, 2007May 17, 2010[5]
8Gerald M. FeiersteinSeptember 17, 2010September 25, 2010September 27, 2013[6] Barack Obama
9Matthew H. TuellerMay 8, 2014May 27, 2014May 16, 2019[7]
10Christopher P. HenzelJanuary 7, 2019May 20, 2019May 2021Donald Trump
10Steven FaginApril 7, 2022June 1, 2022IncumbentJoe Biden

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yemen - Chiefs of Mission - People. Department of State - Office of the Historian. 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. Web site: 27 January 1998 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR ARTHUR H. HUGHES . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240722160256/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Hughes,%20Arthur%20H.toc.pdf . 22 July 2024 . 22 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
  5. Web site: Stephen A. Seche - People - Department History - Office of the Historian .
  6. Web site: Gerald Feierstein - People - Department History - Office of the Historian .
  7. Web site: Yemen - Chiefs of Mission - People. Department of State, Office of the Historian. September 12, 2019.