Ambassador of Iraq to the United Nations, more formally known as "Permanent Representative of the Republic of Iraq" leads Iraq delegation to the United Nations in New York City.[1]
The current Chargé d’Affaires ad interim is Dr. Abbas Kadhim Obaid.[2]
The following is a chronological list of those who have held the office:
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| # |
Name |
Years served |
UN Secretary-General |
Prime Minister of Iraq |
|---|
| Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) |
| 1 |
Ismat T. Kittani (acting) |
1958–59 |
Dag Hammarskjöld |
Abd al-Karim Qasim |
| 2 |
Adnan Pachachi |
1959–65 |
Dag Hammarskjöld, U Thant |
Abd al-Karim Qasim, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Tahir Yahya |
| 3 |
Khadim Kahlaf |
1965–67 |
U Thant |
Arif Abd ar-Razzaq, Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz, Naji Talib, Abdul Rahman Arif, Tahir Yahya |
| 4 |
Adnan Pachachi |
1967–69 |
U Thant |
Tahir Yahya |
| Ba'athist Iraq (1968–2003) |
| 4 |
Adnan Pachachi |
1967–69 |
U Thant |
Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
| 5 |
Adnan Raouf (acting) |
1969–70 |
U Thant |
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
| 6 |
Talib el-Shibib |
1970–72 |
U Thant, Kurt Waldheim |
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
| 7 |
Abdul Karim al-Shaikhly |
1972–74 |
Kurt Waldheim |
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
| 8 |
Salah Omar al-Ali |
1980–82 |
Kurt Waldheim, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar |
Saddam Hussein |
| 9 |
Riyadh al-Qaysi |
1983–86 |
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar |
Saddam Hussein |
| 10 |
Ismat T. Kittani |
1986–89 |
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar |
Saddam Hussein |
| 11 |
Abdul Amir al-Anbari |
1990–92 |
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar |
Saddam Hussein, Sa'dun Hammadi, Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi |
| 12 |
Nizar Hamdoon |
1992–98 |
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Kofi Annan |
Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi, Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai, Saddam Hussein |
| 13 |
Saeed H. Hasan |
1999–2000 |
Kofi Annan |
Saddam Hussein |
| 14 |
Mohammed A. Aldouri |
2001–03 |
Kofi Annan |
Saddam Hussein, |
| Republic of Iraq (2003–2022) |
| 15 |
Samir Sumaidaie |
2004–06 |
Kofi Annan |
Ayad Allawi, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Nouri al-Maliki |
| 16 |
T. Hamid al Bayati |
2007–13 |
Ban Ki-moon |
Nouri al-Maliki |
| 17 |
Mohamed Ali Alhakim |
2013–18 |
Ban Ki-moon, António Guterres |
Nouri al-Maliki, Haider al-Abadi |
| 18 |
Mohammed Hussein Bahr al-Uloom |
2018–2022 |
António Guterres |
Haider al-Abadi, Adil Abdul-Mahdi, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani |
| 19 |
Abbas Kadhim Obaid (acting) |
2022-present |
António Guterres |
Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani |
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