Richard Oppenheim

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Richard Oppenheim
British Ambassador to Yemen
In office 1 August 2021 – July 2023
Monarchs	Elizabeth II Charles III
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Michael Aron
Succeeded by	Abda Sharif
Personal details
Occupation	Diplomat

Richard Oppenheim is a British diplomat who is the ambassador of the United Kingdom to Yemen from August 2021 to July 2023.^[1][2] Previously, he was the UK's Deputy Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.^[3]

Career[edit]

Oppenheim served at the UK Mission to the UN in New York before he joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 2002. Between 2004 and 2009, he was posted to the Middle East, where he studied Arabic in Damascus and subsequently served in Muscat, Basra and then as Head of Political Section in Baghdad (2008–09).^[1] From 2010 to 2016 he served as Head of Climate and Energy (2011–15) and Political Counsellor overseeing Foreign and Security policy co-operation (2015–16) in Japan. From 2017 to 2018, Oppenheim was the UK Commonwealth Envoy, representing the UK on the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth Secretariat and co-ordinating FCO preparations for the London hosted CHOGM in April 2018.^[1]

In 2022, Oppenheim was part of a UN brokered ceasefire in the War in Yemen. The ceasefire was proposed to last two months.^[4]

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