List Of Ambassadors Of The United States To North Yemen
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The United States recognized the
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen The Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen ( ar, المملكة المتوكلية اليمنية '), also known as the Kingdom of Yemen or simply as Yemen, or, retrospectively, as North Yemen, was a state that existed between 1918 and 1962 in the nor ...
in 1946 and commissioned its first ambassador,
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to the Kingdom of Yemen on August 22, 1946. A diplomatic
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was established in
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. At that time the ambassador to
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was concurrently commissioned to Yemen while resident in
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, Saudi Arabia. Following a
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in North Yemen in 1962, the nation was renamed
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. A period of civil war ensued for the next five years. The United States maintained diplomatic relations with the Kingdom but no ambassador was accredited to the nation. A series of chargés d'affaires maintained the legation during that period. Also during that time, the legation in Ta'izz was raised to embassy status on January 28, 1963 and the embassy was transferred to
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 Governo ...
in 1966. The Yemen Arab Republic severed relations with the United States June 7, 1967. A U.S. Interests Section was established in the Italian Embassy on April 10, 1970. The embassy in San'a was re-established on July 1, 1972. The first ''Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary'', William R. Crawford, Jr., was appointed on October 12, 1972. On May 22, 1990, the Yemen Arab Republic and the
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(South Yemen) announced that they were forming a united
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. For subsequent ambassadors to the Republic of Yemen, see
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. For ambassadors to South Yemen, see
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Ambassadors

*Note: Until 1963 the embassy had the status of
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rather than
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and the title of the ambassador was ''Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary''. *Note: Until 1957 the envoy was concurrently commissioned to the Kingdom of Yemen and
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, while resident at
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. *
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– Career FSOChilds was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on January 13, 1947. **Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary **Appointed: August 22, 1946 **Presented credentials: September 30, 1946 **Terminated mission: Left Jeddah, July 21, 1950 * Raymond A. Hare – Career FSO **Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary **Appointed: September 20, 1950 **Presented credentials: July 22, 1951 **Terminated mission: Left Jeddah, July 8, 1953 * George Wadsworth – Career FSOWadsworth was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on January 26, 1954. **Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary **Appointed: October 21, 1953 **Presented credentials: September 13, 1954 **Terminated mission: Left Jeddah, January 1, 1958 *Note: In 1957 or 1958 (records unclear), the U.S. ambassador to
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was concurrently commissioned to Yemen while resident at
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. * Donald R. Heath – Career FSOHeath took the oath of office, but did not present credentials in Yemen. He did serve in Saudi Arabia.Heath was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned on January 27, 1958. **Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary **Appointed: November 27, 1957 **Presented credentials: — **Terminated mission: — * Raymond A. Hare – Career FSOAfter Hare's departure from Yemen following presentation of his credentials, Legation Ta'izz was opened to the public effective March 16, 1959, with Charles B. Ferguson as Chargé d'Affaires ''ad interim''. **Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary **Appointed: February 16, 1959 **Presented credentials: March 11, 1959 **Terminated mission: Left Cairo, December 18, 1959 *
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– Career FSO **Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary **Appointed: January 27, 1960 **Presented credentials: April 28, 1960 **Terminated mission: Left Cairo, May 6, 1961 * Parker T. Hart – Career FSOHart was concurrently accredited to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia while resident at Jeddah. **Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary **Appointed: May 20, 1961 **Presented credentials: October 1, 1961 **Terminated mission: Appointment terminated, September 27, 1962 *Notes: **In 1962–1967 during a period of civil war in North Yemen, there was no ambassador or envoy commissioned to the Yemen Arab Republic. The Chargés d'Affaires ''ad interim'' 1962–1967 were: ***Robert Stookey (1963) ***James N. Cortada (February 1963–August 1964) ***Lee Dinsmore (August 1964–June 1967) **The U.S. Legation was raised to embassy status on January 28, 1963. **The embassy was moved to
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 Governo ...
in 1966. **The Yemen Arab Republic severed diplomatic relations with the United States June 7, 1967 and all U.S. diplomatic personnel were withdrawn. **A U.S. Interest Section was established in the Italian Embassy on April 10, 1970. Principal Officers were David W. McClintock (April 1970–February 1972) and Robert A. Stein (February–July 1972). **The embassy in San'a was re-established on July 1, 1972, with Robert A. Stein as Chargé d'Affaires ''ad interim''. **From 1972 the ambassador had the rank of ''Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary'' and was commissioned to the Yemen Arab Republic. * William R. Crawford Jr. – Career FSO **Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary **Appointed: October 12, 1972 **Presented credentials: December 19, 1972 **Terminated mission: Left post July 6, 1974 * Thomas J. Scotes – Career FSO **Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary **Appointed: December 20, 1974 **Presented credentials: January 21, 1975 **Terminated mission: Left post April 24, 1978 * George M. Lane – Career FSO **Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary **Appointed: August 11, 1978 **Presented credentials: October 5, 1978 **Terminated mission: Left post July 4, 1981 * David E. Zweifel – Career FSO **Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary **Appointed: September 28, 1981 **Presented credentials: October 24, 1981 **Terminated mission: Left post June 20, 1984 *
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– Career FSO **Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary **Appointed: September 21, 1984 **Presented credentials: October 28, 1984 **Terminated mission: Left post July 4, 1987 *Note: The post was vacant July 1987–August 1988. Theodore H. Kattouf served as Chargé d'Affaires ''ad interim'' in that interval. *
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– Career FSODunbar 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 On May 22, 1990, the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen united to form the "Republic of Yemen." For ambassadors to the Republic of Yemen, see
United States Ambassador to Yemen 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 ...
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See also

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Yemen Arab Republic The Yemen Arab Republic (YAR; ar, الجمهورية العربية اليمنية '), also known simply as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaʽa), was a country from 1962 to 1990 in the northwestern part of what is now Yemen.The United States extend ...
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U.S. Dep’t of State: Background Notes on Yemen
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United States–Yemen relations