The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Yemen is the

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's foremost

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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 ...

, and head of the UK's

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Sana'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 Governo ...

. Operations at the British Embassy in Sana'a were temporarily suspended on 11 February 2015 due to the deteriorating security situation which preceded the

Yemeni Civil War Yemeni Civil War may refer to several historical events which have taken place in Yemen: *Alwaziri coup, February – March 1948 *Yemeni–Adenese clan violence, 1956–60 *North Yemen Civil War, 1962–70 *Aden Emergency, 1963–67 *South Yemen#Di ...

. The ambassador and his team are currently based in Saudi Arabia and Jordan.

Ambassadors

Ambassadors to the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen)

*1970–1972: Arthur Kellas *1972–1975:

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*1975–1983: ''No ambassador'' various

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: * 1979–1980: Colin Dyer *1983–1985:

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*1986–1989: Arthur Marshall *1989–1990:

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Ambassadors to the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen)

*1971–1973:

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*1973–1976: Derrick Carden *1977–1978: Benjamin Strachan *1979–1984:

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*1984–1987:

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*1987–1990:

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Ambassadors to the Republic of Yemen

*1990–1993:

*1993–1995:

*1995–1997: Douglas Scrafton *1997–2001: Victor Henderson *2001–2004:

Frances Guy Frances Mary Guy (born 1 February 1959) is a British former ambassador and UN Women's representative, now chief executive of Scotland's International Development Alliance. Early life Guy was born on 1 February 1959 to David Guy and Elizabeth Guy ...

*2004–2007:

Michael Gifford Michael John Gifford (born 2 April 1961) is a British diplomat who has been the List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Kazakhstan, United Kingdom's Ambassador to Kazakhstan since January 2018. Career Gifford joined the Foreign and Comm ...

*2007–2010:

Timothy Torlot Timothy Achille Torlot (born 17 September 1957) is a British diplomat serving as the British Ambassador to Uzbekistan since August 2019. Education He attended Worcester College, Oxford and gained a BA (Hons) degree in modern languages. Diplom ...

*2010–2011:

Jonathan Wilks Jonathan Paul (Jon) Wilks (born 30 September 1967) is a British diplomat who was the Ambassador to Iraq from 2017 to 2019, Ambassador to Oman from 2014 to 2017 and Ambassador to Yemen from 2010 to 2011. Career Wilks was born at Callow End, Wor ...

*2012–2013:

Nicholas Hopton Nicholas Dunster Hopton (born 8 October 1965) is a British diplomat who was the head of the UK embassy in Libya. Hopton was educated at St Peter's School, York and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1 ...

*2013–2015:

Jane Marriott Jane Marriott (born 1976 in Doncaster, England) is a British diplomat. Marriott was the Director of the Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit. She is currently now appointed as British High commissioner to Pakistan in 2023.She was appointe ...

*2015–2017:

Edmund Fitton-Brown Edmund Walter Fitton-Brown (born 5 October 1962) is a British diplomat who is currently a Monitoring Team Coordinator with the United Nations. From February 2015 to February 2017, he served as List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Yemen, Am ...

*2017–2018:

Simon Shercliff Simon Shercliff (born 23 December 1972) is a British diplomat, and Ambassador to Iran. Education and career Shercliff was educated at Wells Cathedral School. He graduated from St Catharine's College, Cambridge in 1995, with a degree in Earth Sc ...

*2018–2021:

Michael Aron Michael Douglas Aron (born 22 March 1959) is a British diplomat who has been Ambassador to Kuwait, Iraq, Libya and Sudan, and Yemen. Career Aron was educated at Exeter School, Leeds University and the Polytechnic of Central London. He taught En ...

*2021–present:

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References

External links

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