This is a list of

ambassadors of the United States Ambassadors of the United States are persons nominated by the president to serve as the country's diplomatic representatives to foreign nations, international organizations, and as ambassadors-at-large. Under Article II, Section 2 of the U.S ...

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

. Before 1990, Yemen had consisted of two states:

North Yemen North Yemen may refer to: * Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1962) * Yemen Arab Republic The Yemen Arab Republic (YAR; ar, الجمهورية العربية اليمنية '), also known simply as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaʽa), was a ...

and South Yemen. The United States had

diplomatic relations Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. 1 ...

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 Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and sha ...

. The existing U.S. embassy in

San'a Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Govern ...

(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 Charles Franklin Dunbar (1830 – 1900) was an American economist. He held the first Chair of Political Economy at the Harvard University in 1871. He graduated from Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League resea ...

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

United States Ambassador to North Yemen The United States recognized the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen in 1946 and commissioned its first ambassador, J. Rives Childs to the Kingdom of Yemen on August 22, 1946. A diplomatic legation was established in Ta'izz. At that time the ambassa ...

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

United States Ambassador to South Yemen The United States diplomatic recognition, recognized the People's Republic of South Yemen in 1967 and moved to establish diplomacy, diplomatic relations. A U.S. embassy in Aden was established on December 7, 1967, with William L. Eagleton, Willi ...

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United States Department of State: Background Notes on Yemen
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United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Yemen

United States Department of State: Yemen

United States Embassy in Sana'a
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