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List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Nations

highest ranking diplomatic offical from the United States of America 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
Incumbent
Dorothy Shea
Chargé d'affaires
since January 20, 2025
United States Mission to the United Nations
StyleMadam Ambassador
(informal)
The Honorable
(formal)
Her Excellency
(diplomatic)
Member ofNational Security Council
Cabinet
Reports toPresident
Secretary of State
Residence50 United Nations Plaza
SeatUnited Nations Headquarters
New York City, New York, U.S.
AppointerPresident
with Senate advice and consent
Term lengthNo fixed term
At the pleasure of the President of the United States
FormationDecember 21, 1945; 79 years ago (1945-12-21)
First holderEdward Stettinius Jr.
SalaryExecutive Schedule, Level IV
Websiteusun.usmission.gov

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

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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   Edward Stettinius Jr. January 17, 1946 June 3, 1946 Harry S. Truman
(1945–1953)
—   Herschel Johnson
Acting 		June 3, 1946 January 14, 1947
2   Warren Austin January 14, 1947 January 22, 1953[a]
3   Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. January 26, 1953[1] September 3, 1960 Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1953–1961)
4   James Jeremiah Wadsworth September 8, 1960 January 21, 1961[b]
5   Adlai Stevenson II January 23, 1961 July 14, 1965[c] John F. Kennedy
(1961–1963)
6   Arthur Goldberg July 28, 1965 June 24, 1968 Lyndon B. Johnson
(1963–1969)
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
(1969–1975)
10   George H. W. Bush March 1, 1971 January 18, 1973
11   John A. Scali February 20, 1973 June 29, 1975
Gerald Ford
(1974–1977)
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
(1977–1981)
15   Donald McHenry September 23, 1979 January 20, 1981
16   Jeane Kirkpatrick February 4, 1981 April 1, 1985 Ronald Reagan
(1981–1989)
17   Vernon A. Walters May 22, 1985 March 15, 1989[d]
18   Thomas R. Pickering March 20, 1989 May 7, 1992 George H. W. Bush
(1989–1993)
19   Edward J. Perkins May 12, 1992 January 27, 1993[e]
20   Madeleine Albright January 27, 1993 January 21, 1997 Bill Clinton
(1993–2001)
21   Bill Richardson February 18, 1997 August 18, 1998
—   Peter Burleigh
Acting 		August 18, 1998 September 7, 1999
22   Richard Holbrooke September 7, 1999 January 20, 2001
—   James B. Cunningham
Acting 		January 20, 2001 September 19, 2001 George W. Bush
(2001–2009)
23   John Negroponte September 19, 2001 July 23, 2004
24   John Danforth July 23, 2004 January 20, 2005
—   Anne W. Patterson
Acting 		January 20, 2005 August 2, 2005
25   John Bolton August 2, 2005 December 31, 2006
—   Alejandro Daniel Wolff
Acting 		December 31, 2006 April 30, 2007
26   Zalmay Khalilzad April 30, 2007 January 22, 2009[a]
27   Susan Rice January 26, 2009 June 30, 2013 Barack Obama
(2009–2017)
—   Rosemary DiCarlo
Acting 		June 30, 2013 August 5, 2013
28   Samantha Power August 5, 2013 January 20, 2017
—   Michele J. Sison
Acting 		January 20, 2017 January 27, 2017 Donald Trump
(2017–2021)
29   Nikki Haley January 27, 2017 December 31, 2018
—   Jonathan R. Cohen
Acting 		January 1, 2019 September 12, 2019
30   Kelly Craft September 12, 2019 January 20, 2021
—   Richard M. Mills Jr.
Acting 		January 20, 2021 February 25, 2021 Joe Biden
(2021–2025)
31   Linda Thomas-Greenfield February 25, 2021 January 20, 2025
—   Dorothy Shea
Acting[2] 		January 20, 2025 present Donald Trump
(2025–present)
Nominee   Mike Waltz TBD

Notes

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Last two days of service were under the next administration
  2. ↑ Last day of service was under the next administration
  3. ↑ Continued serving into the next administration for almost twenty months, until his death
  4. ↑ Continued serving into the next administration for almost two months
  5. ↑ Continued serving into the next administration for one week

References

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  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Our Leaders". United States Mission to the United Nations. Retrieved January 23, 2025.

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