Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations | |
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Style | His/Her Excellency [1] |
Appointer | President of India |
Formation | 1947 |
Website | www |
The permanent representative of India to the United Nations is India's foremost diplomatic representative to the United Nations. The permanent representative (UN ambassador) [2] is the head of the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations in New York City.
The current permanent representative of India to UN is Ruchira Kamboj, who took charge of the post on August 1, 2022.
This is a list of Indian permanent representative to the United Nations. [3] [4]
Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Notes |
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Samar Sen | 1946 | 1948 | Permanent liaison officer to the UN | |
B. N. Rau | March 1948 | 1952 |
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Rajeshwar Dayal | 1952 | August 1954 | ||
Arthur S. Lall | September 1954 | December 1959 | ||
Chandra Shekhar Jha | January 1959 | 1962 | ||
B. N. Chakrvarthy | August 1962 | July 1965 | ||
G. Parthasarathy | August 1965 | December 1968 | Also served as the President of the United Nations Security Council (September 1967) | |
Samar Sen | January 1969 | July 1974 | Also served as the President of the United Nations Security Council (December 1972) | |
Rikhi Jaipal | July 1974 | May 1979 | Also served as the President of the United Nations Security Council (October 1977) | |
Brajesh Mishra | June 1979 | March 1981 |
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Natarajan Krishnan | April 1981 | September 1986 | Also served as the President of the United Nations Security Council (February 1985) | |
Chinmaya Rajaninath Gharekhan | October 1986 | December 1992 |
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Mohammad Hamid Ansari | January 1993 | January 1995 | Also served as Vice President of India from 2007 to 2017 | |
Prakash Shah | February 1995 | July 1997 | ||
Kamalesh Sharma | August 1997 | May 2002 | Served as the 5th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations (2008–2016) | |
Vijay K. Nambiar | May 2002 | May 2004 |
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Nirupam Sen | September 2004 | March 2009 | ||
Hardeep Singh Puri | May 2009 | February 2013 |
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Asoke Kumar Mukerji | April 2013 | December 2015 | ||
Syed Akbaruddin | January 2016 | April 2020 | ||
T. S. Tirumurti | May 2020 [5] | June 2022 | Also served as the President of the United Nations Security Council (August 2021) | |
Ruchira Kamboj | August 2022 [6] | Present |
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