Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates

His Excellency, Mustapha Ahmed Mohamed Noman

PERSONAL INFORMATION

QUALIFICATIONS

CAREER PORTFOLIO

Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering – Cairo University in 1982
Worked in the private sector as a civil engineer until he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1988.
Headed the first non-governmental organization to monitor the first parliamentary elections in the unified state in 1993 (the Yemeni Committee for Free and Fair Elections).
Elected as a member of the Executive Office of the Yemeni Organization for the Defense of Rights and Freedoms, headquartered in Aden.
Participated in preparing a field report on preparations for the parliamentary elections in Jordan, September 1993.
Appointed as the first head of the diplomatic mission of Yemen in South Africa in 1996.
Appointed as Ambassador to Bahrain in 1996.
Worked on behalf of the late President Ali Abdullah Saleh to reopen the Yemeni-Saudi border file (1995-1999).
Appointed as Ambassador to Canada 1999 to 2003
Appointed as Ambassador to India and Non-Resident to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka 2006-2010
Appointed as Ambassador to Spain from 2010 to 2014.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Founder of the First NGO to monitor the Parliamentary Elections in Yemen 1992-1993
Joined the Diplomatic Service in 1988
Appointed Under Secretary of State for the Americas, Europe and International Organizations in 2003.
Chaired the National Committee for Refugee Affairs and the National Committee for the Prevention of the Proliferation of Chemical Weapons.
Headed the National Committee for Preventing the Financing of Terrorist Groups and Tracking Their Sources.
Headed the Yemeni delegation to the Non-Aligned Movement Ministerial Meeting held in Durban, South Africa in August 2004 and was elected Vice-President of the Conference, representing the Asian Group.
Headed the Yemeni delegation to the 77th meetings in Marrakesh, Morocco, and was elected Chairman of the Asian Group.
Headed the Yemeni delegation to the World Economic Forum (Davos) meetings in May 2004.
Participated in the first Gulf Security Meeting in May 2004.
Headed the Yemeni delegation to the meetings of the Conference of Democratic Societies in Santiago, Chile, in April 2005.
participated in the first summit between the Arab world and South America in Brasilia in May 2005.
Appointed as a member of the Consultation and Reconciliation Commission in April 2022
Appointed as Advisor to the Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council in September 2024

REGIONAL & INTERNATIONAL POSTS

1982-1988 Worked in private sector.
1988-1990 First Secretary at the Yemen Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
1990-1992 First Secretary at the Foreign Ministry in Sana’a.
1992-1993 Chaired the first NGO to monitor the Parliamentary elections in Yemen.
Sep. 1993: Participated in assessing the Parliamentary elections in Jordan with the National Democratic Institute (NDI).
1993 – 1996: Minister Plenipotentiary at the Foreign Ministry in Sana’a.
Jan. 1996 – June 1996: Chargé d’affaires to South Africa.
Sep. 1996 – July 1999: Ambassador to Bahrain.
August 1999 – Nov. 2003: Ambassador to Canada.
Nov. 2003 – Present: Deputy Foreign Minister (Europe, Americas, and Int’l Organizations).
Participated in numerous international conferences.
Wrote extensively about the importance of need of political reform in the Muslim World. The articles have been translated to different languages.