    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [June 11, 1991]
    [Page 636]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Nomination of Arthur Hayden Hughes To Be United States Ambassador to
    Yemen
    June 11, 1991

        The President today announced his intention to nominate Arthur
    Hayden Hughes, of Nebraska, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
    Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Yemen. He would succeed Charles F.
    Dunbar, Jr.
        Mr. Hughes currently serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
    for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. Prior to this Mr. Hughes
    served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassies in: Tel Aviv,
    Israel, 1986-1989; The Hague, Netherlands, 1983-1986; and Copenhagen,
    Denmark, 1980-1983. In addition, Mr. Hughes served at the Department of
    State as: Director of the Secretariat Staff for the Executive
    Secretariat, 1978-1980; officer-in-charge of Spanish affairs, 1977-1978;
    and Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for European
    Affairs, 1976-1977. He also served as a political officer at the U.S.
    Embassy in Bonn, Germany, 1973-1976. Mr. Hughes served at the State
    Department in Washington, DC, as staff assistant to the Under Secretary
    of State for Management, 1971-1973; State Department representative at
    the National Military Commander Center at the Department of Defense,
    1970-1971; and watch officer at the State Department Operations Center,
    1970. From 1965 to 1967, Mr. Hughes served as consul at the U.S.
    consulate in Maracaibo, Venezuela. He entered the Foreign Service in
    1965.
        Mr. Hughes graduated from the University of Nebraska (B.A., 1961).
    He was born September 25, 1939, in Lincoln, NE. Mr. Hughes served in the
    U.S. Army, 1962-1963. Mr. Hughes is married, has two children, and
    resides in Bethesda, MD.