J. Rives Childs – Career FSO[1] 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 FSO[2] 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 Egypt was concurrently commissioned to Yemen while resident at Cairo. Donald R. Heath – Career FSO[3][4] Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Appointed: November 27, 1957 Presented credentials: — Terminated mission: — Raymond A. Hare – Career FSO[5] Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Appointed: February 16, 1959 Presented credentials: March 11, 1959 Terminated mission: Left Cairo, December 18, 1959 G. Frederick Reinhardt – 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 FSO[6] 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.