The Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations is the leader of Russia's diplomatic mission to the United Nations.

Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations
Emblem of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Incumbent
Vasily Nebenzya
since July 27, 2017
AppointerPresident of Russia
Term lengthat the pleasure of the President
FormationDecember 20, 1945 (72 years ago)
First holderAndrey Gromyko
Websiterussiaun.ru/ru

Vasily Nebenzya is charged with representing Russia in the United Nations Security Council and the formal meetings of the United Nations General Assembly except the rare occasion when the most senior officials of Russia are present (such as the President of Russia or the Minister of Foreign Affairs). The ambassador must be nominated by the President and confirmed by the Federation Council.

The position of Russian/Soviet Permanent Representative to the United Nations is the highest position among all the Russian ambassadors. They serve in various organizations and countries at the pleasure of the president.

Vasily Nebenzya was nominated to the position by President Vladimir Putin and was confirmed by the Federation Council. He has been serving since July 27, 2017.

Permanent Representatives of the Soviet Union to the United Nations

# Photo Name[1] Date appointed Date presented
credentials		 Date until U.N. Secretary-General Leader
1Andrey Gromyko10 April 1946May 1948Norway Trygve LieJoseph Stalin
2Yakov MalikMay 1948October 1952
3Valerian ZorinOctober 1952March 1953
Sweden Dag Hammarskjöld
4Andrey VyshinskyMarch 195322 November 1954
(Died in office)		Georgy Malenkov
Nikita Khrushchev
5Arkady Sobolev195512 April 1955[2]1960
6Valerian Zorin19601963
Myanmar U Thant
7Nikolai Fedorenko19637 January 1963[3]1968
Leonid Brezhnev
8Yakov Malik1968November 1976
Austria Kurt Waldheim
9Oleg TroyanovskyNovember 19766 January 1977[4]March 1986
Peru Javier Pérez de CuéllarYury Andropov
Konstantin Chernenko
Mikhail Gorbachyov
10Yuri DubininMarch 198620 March 1986[5]May 1986
11Alexander Belonogov19861990
12Yuli Vorontsov199022 May 1990[6]1991

Permanent Representatives of the Russian Federation to the United Nations

# Photo Name[1] Date appointed Date presented
credentials		 Date until U.N. Secretary-General President
12Yuli Vorontsov26 December 1991—7 July 1994Peru Javier Pérez de CuéllarBoris Yeltsin
Egypt Boutros Boutros-Ghali
13Sergey Lavrov7 July 199422 September 1994[7]12 July 2004
Ghana Kofi AnnanVladimir Putin
14Andrey Denisov12 July 2004[8]3 August 2004[9]8 April 2006[10]
15Vitaly Churkin[11]8 April 20061 May 2006[12]20 February 2017[13]
(Died in office)
South Korea Ban Ki-moonDmitry Medvedev
Portugal António GuterresVladimir Putin
—Pyotr Ilichov
(acting)		20 February 2017—26 July 2017
16Vasily Nebenzya27 July 2017[14]28 July 2017[15]Incumbent

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Permanent Representatives of the USSR and the Russian Federation to the UN". Permanent Mission of Russia to the United Nations. Archived from the original on 2009-05-10. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  2. ↑ "New Soviet Representative to UN Presents Credentials". United Nations, New York City: United Nations. 12 April 1955. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  3. ↑ "New Permanent Representative of the USSR Presents Credentials". United Nations, New York City: United Nations. 7 January 1963. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  4. ↑ "New Permanent Representative of the Soviet Union Presents Credentials". United Nations, New York City: United Nations. 6 January 1977. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  5. ↑ "Ambassador Yuri V. Dubinin Presents Credentials". United Nations, New York City: United Nations. 20 March 1986. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  6. ↑ "New Permanent Representative of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Presents Credentials". United Nations, New York City: United Nations. 22 May 1990. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  7. ↑ "Sergey Lavrov". United Nations. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  8. ↑ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №873 от 12.07.2004 «О назначении Денисова А.И. Постоянным Представителем Российской Федерации при Организации Объединенных Наций в Нью-Йорке, США, и Представителем Российской Федерации в Совете Безопасности Организации Объединенных Наций». (President of Russia. Ukaz #873 of 12.07.2004 On the appointment of A.I. Denisov as the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation at the United Nations Organisation in New York, USA, and the Representative of the Russian Federation in the United Nations Organisation Security Council. ).
  9. ↑ "New Permanent Representative of Russian Federation presents credentials". United Nations. 3 August 2004. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  10. ↑ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №334 от 08.04.2006 «О Денисове А.И.». (President of Russia. Ukaz #334 of 08.04.2006 On A.I. Denisov. ).
  11. ↑ "Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN". Permanent Mission of Russia to the United Nations. Archived from the original on 2009-07-11. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  12. ↑ "New Permanent Representative of Russian Federation presents credentials". United Nations. 1 May 2006. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  13. ↑ "Vitaly Churkin, Russia's ambassador to UN, dies suddenly at 64". CNN. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  14. ↑ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации №340 от 26 июля 2017 года «О Постоянном представителе Российской Федерации при Организации Объединенных Наций в Нью-Йорке, США, и Представителе Российской Федерации в Совете Безопасности Организации Объединенных Наций". kremlin.ru. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  15. ↑ "О встрече Постоянного представителя России при ООН В.А.Небензи и Генерального секретаря Организации Объединенных Наций Антониу Гутерреша". russiaun.ru/ru. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
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