Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Japan
Mr. Marwan Abdulla Abdulwahab Noman
- Born September 13th, 1950 in Yemen
- Primary Education in Aden(Colony), and Cairo Secondary Education in Cairo, Ahmed Lotfi Alsayyed Secondary School, Geeza
- LLB, Cairo University May 1973
- Certificate in Diplomacy, Foreign Service Programme, Oxford University, 1983
- Married with 4 children; Hisham born in Kuwait 1979; Buthaina born in N.Y. 1983; Noha born in Sana'a 2001; Roba Asiya
EXPERIENCE
| 1973-1975 | Third Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MFA), Sana'a |
| 1975 | Third Secretary, Yemen Embassy, Beirut |
| 1975-1976 | Third Secretary, Yemen Embassy, Abu Dhabi, DCM |
| 1976-1977 | Third Secretary, Yemen Embassy, Cairo |
| 1977-1980 | Third Secretary, Yemen Embassy, Kuwait |
| 1980-1982 | Second Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; promoted to First Secretary |
| 1982-1983 | Attended Foreign Service Programme, Oxford University |
| 1983-1985 | YAR Permanent Mission to UN, New York; Counselor DCM |
| 1985-1988 | MFA, Director General of Foreign Minister's Cabinet; Counselor |
| 1988-1989 | Counselor, Yemen Embassy, Cairo |
| 1989-1991 | Embassy of Yemen, Budapest; Minister Plenipotentiary |
| 1991-1993 | Embassy of Yemen, Rome; Minister Plenipotentiary, DCM |
| 1993-1997 | MFA, Ambassador, Head of Africa Department |
| 1997-2002 | Ambassador of Yemen to Ethiopia, and Non-Resident Ambassador to Mauritius, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Mozambique and Uganda |
| 2002-2004 | Ambassador, Head of Foreign Minister's Cabinet |
| 2004-2007 | Ambassador of Yemen to the People's Republic of China and Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
| 2007- | Ambassador of Yemen to Japan and non resident Ambassador to the Republic of Korea |
OTHER PARTICIPATION & CONFERENCES
Arab Summit in Lebanon, Cairo, 1976
1st Arab-Afro Summit, Cairo, 1977
UN General Assembly 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, and 57 of 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, and 2002
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) 8th Summit, Harare August, 1986
Organization of Islamic Conferences (OIC) 5th Summit, Kuwait, 1986
Member of National High Committee for Arbitration with Eritrea
Member of National High Committee for Boarders since 1996
Participated in several bilateral talks in Yemen and abroad, in OAU
UNECA meetings and conferences in Addis Ababa during 1997-2002, and in COMESA Summit in Addis Ababa. Yemen as Observer for the first time.
Member of the Advisory Committee to AUP Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University.
WRITINGS
Published several essays and researches in Yemeni newspapers and Magazines, and translated many researches and studies on foreign policy.
A study on The Legal and Political Status of Hanish Islands, published in Future Studies Journal, Sana'a summer 1996' in Arabic.
A study on Local Administration in Yemen, Al Thawabet Magazines, Sana'a, 1996 in Arabic.
"Yemen needs foreign Investment from Japan" a reasoning argument published on International Herald Tribune - The Asahi Shimbun.