# List of ambassadors of Yemen to Russia

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

## List of ambassadors

| 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. | Ahmad bin Yahya | Nikolai Bulganin | |
| February 3, 1961 | Ahmed Ibn Abdullah Al-Amri | Arrives in Moscow as acting Yemeni Chargé d'affaires to open permanent Legation. | 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 | | 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 | 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 | 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, 1970: Yemenite Ambassador to China | 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 | 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 | | Abdul Qadir Bajamal | Mikhail Kasyanov | January 1, 2007 |
| June 23, 2008 | Saleh Ahmed Al-Helali | Мохамед Салєх Ахмед Аль-Хелялі | Ali Muhammad Mujawar | Vladimir Putin | |
| August 21, 2017 | Ahmed Al-Wahishi | | Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr | Dmitry Medvedev | |

## List of ambassadors

| 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. | 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 | Ali Nasir Muhammad | Mikhail Solomentsev | |
| January 1, 1984 | Salih Abu Bakr ibn Hasanayn | | 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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* Yemen–Russia relations