Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations

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
Appointer	President of Russia
Term length	at the pleasure of the President
Formation	December 20, 1945 (72 years ago)
First holder	Andrey Gromyko
Website	russiaun.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
1		Andrey Gromyko	10 April 1946		May 1948	Trygve Lie	Joseph Stalin
2		Yakov Malik	May 1948		October 1952
3		Valerian Zorin	October 1952		March 1953
						Dag Hammarskjöld
4		Andrey Vyshinsky	March 1953		22 November 1954 (Died in office)		Georgy Malenkov
							Nikita Khrushchev
5		Arkady Sobolev	1955	12 April 1955[2]	1960
6		Valerian Zorin	1960		1963
						U Thant
7		Nikolai Fedorenko	1963	7 January 1963[3]	1968
							Leonid Brezhnev
8		Yakov Malik	1968		November 1976
						Kurt Waldheim
9		Oleg Troyanovsky	November 1976	6 January 1977[4]	March 1986
						Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Yury Andropov
							Konstantin Chernenko
							Mikhail Gorbachyov
10		Yuri Dubinin	March 1986	20 March 1986[5]	May 1986
11		Alexander Belonogov	1986		1990
12		Yuli Vorontsov	1990	22 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
12		Yuli Vorontsov	26 December 1991	—	7 July 1994	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Boris Yeltsin
						Boutros Boutros-Ghali
13		Sergey Lavrov	7 July 1994	22 September 1994[7]	12 July 2004
						Kofi Annan	Vladimir Putin
14		Andrey Denisov	12 July 2004[8]	3 August 2004[9]	8 April 2006[10]
15		Vitaly Churkin[11]	8 April 2006	1 May 2006[12]	20 February 2017[13] (Died in office)
						Ban Ki-moon	Dmitry Medvedev
						António Guterres	Vladimir Putin
—		Pyotr Ilichov (acting)	20 February 2017	—	26 July 2017
16		Vasily Nebenzya	27 July 2017[14]	28 July 2017[15]	Incumbent

See also

• The Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations in New York

References

1. "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.

External links

• (in English and Russian) Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations