List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Nations
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The United States Ambassador to the United Nations is the leader of the delegation of the United States, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. Its incumbent is Linda Thomas-Greenfield since February 25, 2021.
Ambassador of the United States to the United Nations | |
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Nominator | Joe Biden |
Inaugural holder | Edward Stettinius, Jr. as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Formation | 1945 |
Website | U.S. Mission - UN |
Ambassadors that served in political positions include Adlai Stevenson, George H.W. Bush, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Madeleine Albright, John R. Bolton, Susan Rice and Nikki Haley.
United States Ambassadors to the United Nations
The following is a chronological list of those who have held the office:
# | Ambassador | Years served | U.S. President | |
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1 | Edward Stettinius Jr. | January 17, 1946 – June 3, 1946 | Harry S. Truman | |
— | Herschel Johnson | June 3, 1946 – January 14, 1947 Acting | ||
2 | Warren Austin | January 14, 1947 – January 22, 1953 | ||
Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||||
3 | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. | January 26, 1953[1] – September 3, 1960 | ||
4 | James Jeremiah Wadsworth | September 8, 1960 – January 21, 1961 | ||
John F. Kennedy | ||||
5 | Adlai Stevenson II | January 23, 1961 – July 14, 1965 | ||
Lyndon B. Johnson | ||||
6 | Arthur Goldberg | July 28, 1965 – June 24, 1968 | ||
7 | George Ball | June 26, 1968 – September 25, 1968 | ||
8 | James Russell Wiggins | October 7, 1968 – January 20, 1969 | ||
9 | Charles W. Yost | January 23, 1969 – February 25, 1971 | Richard Nixon | |
10 | George H. W. Bush | March 1, 1971 – January 18, 1973 | ||
11 | John A. Scali | February 20, 1973 – June 29, 1975 | ||
Gerald Ford | ||||
12 | Daniel Patrick Moynihan | June 30, 1975 – February 2, 1976 | ||
13 | William Scranton | March 15, 1976 – January 19, 1977 | ||
14 | Andrew Young | January 30, 1977 – September 23, 1979 | Jimmy Carter | |
15 | Donald McHenry | September 23, 1979 – January 20, 1981 | ||
16 | Jeane Kirkpatrick | February 4, 1981 – April 1, 1985 | Ronald Reagan | |
17 | Vernon A. Walters | May 22, 1985 – March 15, 1989 | ||
George H. W. Bush | ||||
18 | Thomas R. Pickering | March 20, 1989 – May 7, 1992 | ||
19 | Edward J. Perkins | May 12, 1992 – January 27, 1993 | ||
Bill Clinton | ||||
20 | Madeleine Albright | January 27, 1993 – January 21, 1997 | ||
21 | Bill Richardson | February 18, 1997 – August 18, 1998 | ||
— | Peter Burleigh | August 18, 1998 – September 7, 1999 Acting | ||
22 | Richard Holbrooke | September 7, 1999 – January 20, 2001 | ||
— | James B. Cunningham | January 20, 2001 – September 19, 2001 Acting |
George W. Bush | |
23 | John Negroponte | September 19, 2001 – July 23, 2004 | ||
24 | John Danforth | July 23, 2004 – January 20, 2005 | ||
— | Anne W. Patterson | January 20, 2005 – August 2, 2005 Acting | ||
25 | John Bolton | August 2, 2005 – December 31, 2006 Recess appointment, not confirmed by the U.S. Senate | ||
— | Alejandro Daniel Wolff | December 31, 2006 – April 30, 2007 Acting | ||
26 | Zalmay Khalilzad | April 30, 2007 – January 22, 2009 | ||
Barack Obama | ||||
27 | Susan Rice | January 26, 2009 – June 30, 2013 | ||
— | Rosemary DiCarlo | June 30, 2013 – August 5, 2013 Acting | ||
28 | Samantha Power | August 5, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | ||
– | Michele J. Sison | January 20, 2017 – January 27, 2017 Acting |
Donald Trump | |
29 | Nikki Haley | January 27, 2017 – December 31, 2018 | ||
– | Jonathan Cohen | January 1, 2019 – September 12, 2019 Acting | ||
30 | Kelly Craft | September 12, 2019 – January 20, 2021 | ||
31 | Linda Thomas-Greenfield | Since February 23, 2021 | Joe Biden |
List Of Ambassadors Of The United States To The United Nations Media
References
- ↑ Chesly Manly (January 27, 1953). Lodge Asks FBI to Screen All U.S. Aids [sic on U.N.]. http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1953/01/27/page/11/article/lodge-asks-fbi-to-screen-all-u-s-aids-on-u-n. Retrieved January 21, 2021.