Geographical Categories: Yemen

  • BOWDEN, James Nicholas Geoffrey, CMG OBE MVO (b. 1960)

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    Served Army, 1979–86; entered HM Diplomatic Service, 1986; 2nd Secretary, Republic of Ireland Department, FCO, 1986–88; Arabic language training, SOAS and Cairo, 1988-90; Deputy then Acting Consul General, Aden, 1990–91; 2nd Secretary, Khartoum, 1991–93; Head of Political Section, UN Department, FCO, 1993–96; 1st Secretary, Washington, 1996–99; 1st Secretary, Riyadh, 1999–2000; GCHQ, 2000-03, and Deputy Head, Afghanistan…

  • TATHAM, David, CMG (b. 1939)

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    Entered HM Diplomatic Service, 1960; New York, 1962–63; Milan, 1963–67; Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies, 1967–69; Jeddah, 1969–70; FCO, 1971–74; Muscat, 1974–77; Assistant Head of Middle East Department, FCO, 1977–80; Counsellor, Dublin, 1981–84; Ambassador to Yemen Arab Republic, also accredited to Republic of Djibouti, 1984–87; Head of Falkland Islands Department, FCO, 1987–90; Ambassador to…

  • LAMPORT, Martin (1952-2020)

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    Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1974: West Indian and Atlantic Department, FCO, 1975-76; Finance Department, FCO, 1976; Nationality and Treaty Department, FCO, 1979-80; Libya, 1980-83; Venezuela, 1983-85; Nuclear Energy Department and Science Energy Nuclear Department 1987-89; UK Rep, Brussels, 1989-93; Belize, 1993-96; Security Policy Department, FCO, 1996-99; Sana’a and Consul General Aden, 1999-2002; Lima, 2002-04;…

  • FRETWELL, Sir John Emsley, GCMG (1930-2017)

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    Diplomat. Diplomatic Service, 1953; 3rd Secretary, Hong Kong, 1954-55; 2nd Secretary, Peking, 1955-57; Foreign Office, 1957-59; 1st Secretary, Moscow, 1959-62; FO, 1962-67; 1st Secretary (Commercial), Washington, 1967-70; Commercial Counsellor, Warsaw, 1971-73; Head of European Integration Department (Internal), Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973-76; Assistant Under-Secretary of State, FCO, 1976-79; Minister, Washington, 1980-81; Ambassador to France, 1982-87.…

  • BAILEY, Ronald William, CMG (1917-2010)

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    Diplomat. Vice-Consul, Beirut, 1939, Alexandria, 1941; First Secretary, Cairo, 1945, Beirut, 1949, Washington, 1952; Counsellor, Khartoum, 1957; Chargé d’Affaires, Taiz, 1960-62; Consul-General, Gothenburg, 1963; Minister, Baghdad, 1965; Ambassador, La Paz, 1967, Rabat, 1971-5.Interviewed 1996.