[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.