Ambassador

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Republic of Yemen

Name: Adel Ali Ahmed Alsunaini
Date of birth: 24 August 1974
Family members: 2 sons and 2 daughters

Education and Qualifications

  • B.A. Political Science and Diplomacy, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  • Planning and Strategic Programs, Center for Near Eastern Studies, Washington, D.C.
  • International Policy and Foreign Relations Program, Egyptian Institute of Diplomatic Studies, Cairo
  • Courses in International Economics and Law, Yemen Institute of Diplomatic Studies
  • Course on International Economic Relations (Washington, D.C.)
  • Executive-level course on counterterrorism and financial crisis management, Center for Strategic Studies of South Asia and the Near East, Washington
  • Diploma in Report Preparation and Writing, Institute of Administrative Sciences (Yemen)

Career

1996 – 1998Department of Education
1998 – 2004Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Worked in the Americas Bureau and the Arab World Bureau
Responsible for Yemen’s relations with the Horn of Africa, Jordan, Bahrain, and Egypt
2004- 2008Head of Political Section, Embassy of the Republic of Yemen, Washington, D.C.
2008 – 2012Director General, North American Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Yemen)
2012 – 2016Charge d’Affaires, Embassy of the Republic of Yemen, Washington, D.C.
2016 – 2018Charge d’Affaires and Deputy Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Yemen, Washington, D.C.
Sep. 2022Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tokyo

Others

  • Carryout joint research on Yemen-US relations, Yemen-Canadian relations, Developmental diplomacy, study on classification of failed states.
  • General Secretary of Social-cultural Society of Foreign Ministry.
  • Member of Executive committee of Yemen in Jordan.
  • Member of American Center for Strategic Studies.
  • Member of the Association of Political and Diplomatic Studies.