List of ambassadors of Yemen to Russia

Coordinates: 55°44′22″N 37°34′59″E / 55.739557°N 37.582948°E / 55.739557; 37.582948
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Ambassador of Yemen to Russia
Embassy of Yemen in Moscow [ru]
Embassy of Yemen in Moscow
Incumbent
Ahmed Al-Wahishi
since August 21, 2017
Inaugural holderAhmed Ibn Abdullah Al-Amri
FormationFebruary 3, 1961

The Yemenite ambassador in Moscow is the official representative of the Government in Aden to the Government of Russia.

List of ambassadors[edit]

Agrément/Diplomatic accreditation ambassador Observations List of heads of government of Yemen List of heads of government of Russia Term end
November 1, 1928 The Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen and the Soviet Union signed a friendship and cooperation treaty. Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din Alexei Rykov
October 31, 1955 Yemen and the Soviet Union signed an agreement on economic cooperation, the Soviet-Yemeni Friendship treaty in Cairo by Ahmad bin Yahya and the Soviet Ambassador in Cairo, Daniel Solod. Ahmad bin Yahya Nikolai Bulganin
1957 Abdurraham Ibn Abdussamed Abu-Taleb A legation opened in Prague, to which the Yemenite Ambassador to Egypt, 'Abd al-Rahman 'Abd al-Samad Abu Talib, was appointed as the first minister plenipotentiary. He was December 6, 1950 to 1953 Chargé d'affaires Yemenite Ambassador to the United States and deputy foreign minister.[1] Ahmad bin Yahya Nikolai Bulganin
February 3, 1961 Ahmed Ibn Abdullah Al-Amri Ahmad bin Yahya Alexei Kosygin
October 1, 1962 The Soviet Union became the first government to recognize the Yemen Arab Republic. Abdullah al-Sallal Nikita Khrushchev
March 21, 1964 The Yemen Arab Republic and the Soviet Union signed a friendship in addition to strengthening economic and military relations between the two governments. Hamoud al-Gayifi Nikita Khrushchev
December 31, 1963 Ali Saif Al-Khawlani Ali Saif Al-Khawlani, Alī Ṣayf al-Khawlānī, Appointed November 1962 Abdul Rahman al-Iryani Alexei Kosygin
January 1, 1965 Hussein al-Dafai Hussein al-Dafa'i Hamoud al-Gayifi Alexei Kosygin January 1, 1966
January 1, 1967 Abdallah as-Sallal [3] Hamoud al-Gayifi Alexei Kosygin December 17, 1968
December 17, 1968 Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini
  • former Ambassador to the UN
Hassan al-Amri Alexei Kosygin February 5, 1970
March 22, 1972 Hussein al-Dafai Hussein Mohammed Al Dafai, Husayn Muhammad ad-Dafai[4] Hassan al-Amri Alexei Kosygin
November 5, 1978 On 10 August 1978, Ali Abdullah Saleh ordered the execution of 30 officers who were charged with being part of a conspiracy against his rule. The YAR Foreign Minister, Abdullah al Asnag, later indicated that the PDRY regime had again been responsible for the planning. The executions gave rise to a brief protest demonstration by Arab students at the YAR embassy in Moscow. Students seize Moscow embassy About 100 North Yemeni students occupied the North Yemeni Embassy in Moscow[5] Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani Alexei Kosygin
June 7, 1979 Salih Ali al-Ashwal Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani Alexei Kosygin January 1, 1982
January 1, 1984 Abdo Othman Muhammed Abd al-Uthman Muhammad, A.O. Muhammed, 'Abd al-'Uthman, Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani Nikolai Tikhonov January 1, 1990
May 22, 1990 Yemeni unification, the Yemen Arab Republic was united with South Yemen Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani Valentin Pavlov
December 3, 1991 The governments in Sanaa and Moscow established strong diplomatic and military relations. Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas Alexei Kosygin
January 1, 1991 Ali Abdulla Al Bugery Али Абдалла Аль-Бугейри[7] Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas Valentin Pavlov January 1, 1996
January 1, 2002 Abdo Ali Abulrahman Abdo Ali Abul Rahman Abdul Qadir Bajamal Mikhail Kasyanov January 1, 2003
January 1, 2003 Abdulwahab al-Rawhani [8] Abdul Qadir Bajamal Mikhail Kasyanov January 1, 2007
June 23, 2008 Saleh Ahmed Al-Helali Мохамед Салєх Ахмед Аль-Хелялі[9] Ali Muhammad Mujawar Vladimir Putin
August 21, 2017 Ahmed Al-Wahishi [10] Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr Dmitry Medvedev

South Yemen[edit]

List of ambassadors[edit]

Agrément/Diplomatic accreditation ambassador Observations List of heads of government of Yemen List of heads of government of Russia Term end
December 3, 1967 The governments in Aden and Moscow established diplomatic and military relations. Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini Alexei Kosygin
October 2, 1969 Ahmed Saleh Al Shair Ahmad Salih ash-Sha'ir, was killed in an air crash with 20 other diplomats and Foreign Ministry officials on April 30, 1973.[11] Muhammad Ali Haitham Gennady Voronov April 30, 1973
January 1, 1973 Mustafa Abdel-Khaliq
  • a former Minister of Justice.
Ali Nasir Muhammad Mikhail Solomentsev
January 1, 1975 Ali Salem Anwar Ali Nasir Muhammad Mikhail Solomentsev
October 29, 1977 Abd al-Aziz Abduh Muhammed ad-Dali 'Abd-al-'Aziz al-Dali,
  • In 1989 he was minister of foreign affairs[12]
Ali Nasir Muhammad Mikhail Solomentsev
January 1, 1984 Salih Abu Bakr ibn Hasanayn [13] Ali Nasir Muhammad Vitaly Vorotnikov
August 23, 1989 Ahmad Abdullah 'Abd-al-Ilah Ahmad 'Abdallah 'Abd al-Ilah Central Committee member. Yasin Said Numan Aleksandr Vlasov (politician)
May 22, 1990 Yemeni unification with Yemen Arab Republic. Yasin Said Numan Aleksandr Vlasov (politician)

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