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.
| Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations | |
|---|---|
 Seal of the Department of State | |
| United States Mission to the United Nations | |
| Style | Madam Ambassador (informal) The Honorable (formal) Her Excellency (diplomatic) |
| Member of | National Security Council Cabinet |
| Reports to | President Secretary of State |
| Residence | 50 United Nations Plaza |
| Seat | United Nations Headquarters New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Appointer | President with Senate advice and consent |
| Term length | No fixed term At the pleasure of the President of the United States |
| Formation | December 21, 1945 |
| First holder | Edward Stettinius Jr. |
| Salary | Executive Schedule, Level IV |
| Website | usun |
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.
List of ambassadors
- Status
Denotes Acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations
The following is a chronological list of those who have held the office:
| # | Portrait | Name | Start | End | President | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Edward Stettinius Jr. | January 17, 1946 | June 3, 1946 | Harry S. Truman (1945–1953) | |
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Herschel Johnson Acting |
June 3, 1946 | January 14, 1947 | ||
| 2 | 
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Warren Austin | January 14, 1947 | January 22, 1953[a] | ||
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Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. | January 26, 1953[1] | September 3, 1960 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961) | |
| 4 | 
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James Jeremiah Wadsworth | September 8, 1960 | January 21, 1961[b] | ||
| 5 | 
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Adlai Stevenson II | January 23, 1961 | July 14, 1965[c] | John F. Kennedy (1961–1963) | |
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Arthur Goldberg | July 28, 1965 | June 24, 1968 | Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969) | |
| 7 | 
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George Ball | June 26, 1968 | September 25, 1968 | ||
| 8 | 
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James Russell Wiggins | October 7, 1968 | January 20, 1969 | ||
| 9 | 
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Charles W. Yost | January 23, 1969 | February 25, 1971 | Richard Nixon (1969–1975) | |
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George H. W. Bush | March 1, 1971 | January 18, 1973 | ||
| 11 | 
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John A. Scali | February 20, 1973 | June 29, 1975 | ||
| Gerald Ford (1974–1977) | ||||||
| 12 | 
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan | June 30, 1975 | February 2, 1976 | ||
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William Scranton | March 15, 1976 | January 19, 1977 | ||
| 14 | 
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Andrew Young | January 30, 1977 | September 23, 1979 | Jimmy Carter (1977–1981) | |
| 15 | 
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Donald McHenry | September 23, 1979 | January 20, 1981 | ||
| 16 | 
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Jeane Kirkpatrick | February 4, 1981 | April 1, 1985 | Ronald Reagan (1981–1989) | |
| 17 | 
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Vernon A. Walters | May 22, 1985 | March 15, 1989[d] | ||
| 18 | 
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Thomas R. Pickering | March 20, 1989 | May 7, 1992 | George H. W. Bush (1989–1993) | |
| 19 | 
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Edward J. Perkins | May 12, 1992 | January 27, 1993[e] | ||
| 20 | 
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Madeleine Albright | January 27, 1993 | January 21, 1997 | Bill Clinton (1993–2001) | |
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Bill Richardson | February 18, 1997 | August 18, 1998 | ||
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Peter Burleigh Acting |
August 18, 1998 | September 7, 1999 | ||
| 22 | 
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Richard Holbrooke | September 7, 1999 | January 20, 2001 | ||
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James B. Cunningham Acting |
January 20, 2001 | September 19, 2001 | George W. Bush (2001–2009) | |
| 23 | 
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John Negroponte | September 19, 2001 | July 23, 2004 | ||
| 24 | 
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John Danforth | July 23, 2004 | January 20, 2005 | ||
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Anne W. Patterson Acting |
January 20, 2005 | August 2, 2005 | ||
| 25 | 
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John Bolton | August 2, 2005 | December 31, 2006 | ||
| — | 
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Alejandro Daniel Wolff Acting |
December 31, 2006 | April 30, 2007 | ||
| 26 | 
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Zalmay Khalilzad | April 30, 2007 | January 22, 2009[a] | ||
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Susan Rice | January 26, 2009 | June 30, 2013 | Barack Obama (2009–2017) | |
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Rosemary DiCarlo Acting |
June 30, 2013 | August 5, 2013 | ||
| 28 | 
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Samantha Power | August 5, 2013 | January 20, 2017 | ||
| — | 
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Michele J. Sison Acting |
January 20, 2017 | January 27, 2017 | Donald Trump (2017–2021) | |
| 29 | 
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Nikki Haley | January 27, 2017 | December 31, 2018 | ||
| — | 
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Jonathan R. Cohen Acting |
January 1, 2019 | September 12, 2019 | ||
| 30 | 
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Kelly Craft | September 12, 2019 | January 20, 2021 | ||
| — | 
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Richard M. Mills Jr. Acting |
January 20, 2021 | February 25, 2021 | Joe Biden (2021–2025) | |
| 31 | 
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield | February 25, 2021 | January 20, 2025 | ||
| — | 
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Dorothy Shea Acting[2] |
January 20, 2025 | present | Donald Trump (2025–present) | |
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Mike Waltz | TBD | |||
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Last two days of service were under the next administration
- ↑ Last day of service was under the next administration
- ↑ Continued serving into the next administration for almost twenty months, until his death
- ↑ Continued serving into the next administration for almost two months
- ↑ Continued serving into the next administration for one week
References
- ↑ Chesly Manly (January 27, 1953). "Lodge Asks FBI to Screen All U.S. Aids [sic] on U.N." Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune Press Service. Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Our Leaders". United States Mission to the United Nations. Retrieved January 23, 2025.