Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations

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Ambassador of Argentina to United Nations
Incumbent
María del Carmen Squeff
since 2020
Inaugural holder José Arce
Formation1946

The Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations is the official representative of the government of Argentina to the United Nations. [1]

List of representatives

Permanent Representative Diplomatic accreditation Term end President of Argentina Secretary-General of the United Nations Notes
José Arce 21 July 194631 December 1949 Juan Domingo Perón Trygve Lie He was President of the Security Council in the months of November 1948 and 1949, [2] and President of the General Assembly in 1948. [3] [4]
Jerónimo Remorino  [ es ]19501951 Juan Domingo Perón Trygve Lie
Rodolfo Muñoz  [ es ]1951 [5] 1953 Juan Domingo Perón Trygve Lie
Dag Hammarskjöld
Interim representative between 1951 and August 1952. [5]
Juan Isaac Cooke 19531955 Juan Domingo Perón Dag Hammarskjöld
Aníbal Olivieri  [ es ]June 19551956 Eduardo Lonardi
Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
Dag Hammarskjöld [6] [7]
Adolfo Bioy  [ es ]19551956 Eduardo Lonardi
Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
Dag Hammarskjöld Representative to the General Assembly. [8]
Mariano José Drago  [ es ]19571958 Pedro Eugenio Aramburu Dag Hammarskjöld [9]
Mario Amadeo 19581962 Arturo Frondizi Dag Hammarskjöld
U Thant
He was President of the United Nations Security Council in May 1959. [10] [11]
Lucio García del Solar  [ es ]19621966 José María Guido
Arturo Umberto Illia
U Thant With the rank of chargé d'affaires. [9] [12]
Bonifacio del Carril 19651966 Arturo Umberto Illia U Thant Extraordinary ambassador for the treatment of resolution 2065 on the Malvinas Question. [9]
José María Ruda 19661970 Arturo Umberto Illia
Juan Carlos Onganía
U Thant [13]
Carlos Ortiz de Rozas  [ es ]19701977 Juan Carlos Onganía
Roberto Levingston
Alejandro Lanusse
Héctor J. Cámpora
Raúl Lastiri
Juan D. Perón
María Estela Martínez de Perón
Jorge Rafael Videla
U Thant
Kurt Waldheim
He was President of the United Nations Security Council in March 1971 and in July 1972. [14] In 1971 France proposed him as Secretary General, obtaining 13 votes out of 15, but was blocked by the veto of the Soviet Union. [14] He ran for office again in 1981, but this time was vetoed by the United Kingdom, France and the Soviet Union. [15]
Enrique J. Ros  [ es ]19771980 Jorge Rafael Videla Kurt Waldheim
Juan Carlos Beltramino  [ es ]1980February 1982 Jorge Rafael Videla
Roberto Eduardo Viola
Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri
Kurt Waldheim
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Eduardo A. Roca March 1982 [16] 27 May 1982 [16] Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri Javier Pérez de Cuéllar He retired from the position due to health problems. [16]
Arnoldo Listre  [ es ]27 May 19821982 Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Interim chargé d'affaires. Deputy Permanent Representative. [17]
Carlos Manuel Muñiz 19821986 Reynaldo Bignone
Raúl Alfonsín
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Marcelo Delpech  [ es ]198617 July 1989 [18] Raúl Alfonsín Javier Pérez de Cuéllar He was President of the United Nations Security Council in March 1987 and June 1988. [19]
Jorge Vázquez (diplomat) 1989September 1992 [20] Carlos Menem Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Resignation from office. [20]
Alfredo Chiaradía September 1992January 1993 Carlos Menem Boutros Boutros-Ghali Interim chargé d'affaires. Deputy Permanent Representative (August 1989-January 1993). [21]
Emilio Cárdenas  [ es ]18 January 1993 [22] 1996 Carlos Menem Boutros Boutros-Ghali He was President of the United Nations Security Council in January 1995. [23]
Fernando Petrella  [ es ]4 September 1996 [24] 10 December 1999 Carlos Menem Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Kofi Annan
Arnoldo Listre  [ es ]10 January 2000 [17] 2003 Fernando de la Rúa
Eduardo Duhalde
Néstor Kirchner
Kofi Annan He was President of the United Nations Security Council in February 2000. [25]
César Mayoral 16 January 2004 [26] 18 June 2007 Néstor Kirchner Kofi Annan
Ban Ki-moon
He was President of the United Nations Security Council in the months January 2005 [27] and March 2006. [28]
Jorge Argüello 18 June 20071 December 2011 Néstor Kirchner

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Ban Ki-moon He was President of the Special Committee on Decolonization in 2008, [29] and president of the Group of 77 + China during 2011. [30]
Mateo Estrémé  [ es ]1 December 201123 November 2012 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Ban Ki-moon Interim chargé d'affaires [31]
María Cristina Perceval 23 November 201210 December 2015 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Ban Ki-moon In August 2013 she was President of the Security Council. [32] In January 2015 she presided over the General Assembly. [33]
Mateo Estrémé  [ es ]10 December 201516 February 2016 Mauricio Macri Ban Ki-moon Interim chargé d'affaires [34]
Martín García Moritán  [ es ]16 February 201627 February 2020 Mauricio Macri Ban Ki-moon
António Guterres
[35]
María del Carmen Squeff 31 August 2020in office Alberto Fernández António Guterres [36]

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