Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (Yemen)

Republic of Yemen
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates
وزارة الخارجية وشؤون المغتربين
Ministry overview
Formed1990
JurisdictionYemen
Headquarters
Ministry executives
  • Afrah al-Zouba, Minister of Foreign Affairs (PLC)
  • Hisham Sharaf, Minister of Foreign Affairs (SPC)
Website

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (Arabic: وزارة الخارجية وشؤون المغتربين) is a cabinet ministry of Yemen. The ministry is responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.

List of ministers

The following is a list of foreign ministers of Yemen since the 1990 unification:[1]

Term Name Portrait
1990–1993Abdul-Karim Al-Iryani
1993–1994Mohammed Basindawa
1994–1998Abdul-Karim Al-Iryani
1998–2001Abdul Qadir Bajamal
2001–2014Abu Bakr al-Qirbi
2014Jamal Abdullah al-Sallal
2014–2015Abdullah al-Saidi
Aden–based Hadi/Alimi government
2015Riad Yassin
2015–2018Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi
2018–2019Khaled al-Yamani
2019–2020Mohammed Al-Hadhrami
2020–2024Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak
2024–2026Shaya al-Zindani
2026–presentAfrah al-Zouba
Sanaa–based Houthi government
2016Abu Bakr al-Qirbi
2016–2024Hisham Sharaf
2024–2025Jamal Amer

For ministers of foreign affairs of the Yemen Arab Republic before the 1990 unification, see Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Yemen.

References

  1. ↑ "Foreign ministers S–Z". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved 11 October 2014.