Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations

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The Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations is the leader of Russia's diplomatic mission to the United Nations.

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Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations
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Vasily Nebenzya (2020-02-03).jpg
Incumbent
Vasily Nebenzya
since July 27, 2017
Appointer President of Russia
Term length at the pleasure of the President
FormationDecember 20, 1945 (72 years ago)
First holder Andrey Gromyko
Website russiaun.ru/ru

Vasily Nebenzya is charged with representing Russia in the United Nations Security Council and the formal meetings of the United Nations General Assembly except the rare occasion when the most senior officials of Russia are present (such as the President of Russia or the Minister of Foreign Affairs). The ambassador must be nominated by the President and confirmed by the Federation Council.

The position of Russian/Soviet Permanent Representative to the United Nations is the highest position among all the Russian ambassadors. They serve in various organizations and countries at the pleasure of the president.

Vasily Nebenzya was nominated to the position by President Vladimir Putin and was confirmed by the Federation Council. He has been serving since July 27, 2017.

Permanent Representatives of the Soviet Union to the United Nations

#PhotoName [1] Date appointedDate presented
credentials		Date untilU.N. Secretary-GeneralLeader
1 Andrei Gromyko 1972.jpg Andrey Gromyko 10 April 1946May 1948 Flag of Norway.svg Trygve Lie Joseph Stalin
2 Yakov Malik 1952.jpg Yakov Malik May 1948October 1952
3 Valerian Zorin 1962b.jpg Valerian Zorin October 1952March 1953
Flag of Sweden.svg Dag Hammarskjöld
4 Vyshinskiy AYa.jpg Andrey Vyshinsky March 195322 November 1954
(Died in office)		 Georgy Malenkov
Nikita Khrushchev
5 Coat of arms of the Soviet Union (1946-1956).svg Arkady Sobolev 195512 April 1955 [2] 1960
6 Valerian Zorin 1962b.jpg Valerian Zorin 19601963
Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg U Thant
7 Nikolai Fedorenko (cropped).JPG Nikolai Fedorenko 19637 January 1963 [3] 1968
Leonid Brezhnev
8 Yakov Malik 1970.jpg Yakov Malik 1968November 1976
Flag of Austria.svg Kurt Waldheim
9 Oleg Troyanovsky (cropped).jpg Oleg Troyanovsky November 19766 January 1977 [4] March 1986
Flag of Peru.svg Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Yury Andropov
Konstantin Chernenko
Mikhail Gorbachyov
10 Reagan and Dubinin at the Soviet Embassy.png Yuri Dubinin March 198620 March 1986 [5] May 1986
11 State Emblem of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Belonogov 19861990
12 Yuli Vorontsov (cropped).jpg Yuli Vorontsov 199022 May 1990 [6] 1991

Permanent Representatives of the Russian Federation to the United Nations

#PhotoName [1] Date appointedDate presented
credentials		Date untilU.N. Secretary-GeneralPresident
12 Yuli Vorontsov (cropped).jpg Yuli Vorontsov 26 December 1991—7 July 1994 Flag of Peru.svg Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Boris Yeltsin
Flag of Egypt.svg Boutros Boutros-Ghali
13 Evstafiev-Sergey-Lavrov.jpg Sergey Lavrov 7 July 199422 September 1994 [7] 12 July 2004
Flag of Ghana.svg Kofi Annan Vladimir Putin
14 Andrey Denisov (2018).jpg Andrey Denisov 12 July 2004 [8] 3 August 2004 [9] 8 April 2006 [10]
15 Amb Vitaly I. Churkin (cropped).jpg Vitaly Churkin [11] 8 April 20061 May 2006 [12] 20 February 2017 [13]
(Died in office)
Flag of South Korea.svg Ban Ki-moon Dmitry Medvedev
Flag of Portugal.svg António Guterres Vladimir Putin
— Pyotr Ilichov (cropped).jpg Pyotr Ilichov
(acting)		20 February 2017—26 July 2017
16 Vasily Nebenzya (2020-02-03).jpg Vasily Nebenzya 27 July 2017 [14] 28 July 2017 [15] Incumbent

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  2. ↑ "New Soviet Representative to UN Presents Credentials". United Nations, New York City: United Nations. 12 April 1955. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
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  4. ↑ "New Permanent Representative of the Soviet Union Presents Credentials". United Nations, New York City: United Nations. 6 January 1977. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  5. ↑ "Ambassador Yuri V. Dubinin Presents Credentials". United Nations, New York City: United Nations. 20 March 1986. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  6. ↑ "New Permanent Representative of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Presents Credentials". United Nations, New York City: United Nations. 22 May 1990. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  7. ↑ "Sergey Lavrov". United Nations . Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  8. ↑ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №873 от 12.07.2004 «О назначении Денисова А.И. Постоянным Представителем Российской Федерации при Организации Объединенных Наций в Нью-Йорке, США, и Представителем Российской Федерации в Совете Безопасности Организации Объединенных Наций». ( President of Russia .  Ukaz  #873 of 12.07.2004 On the appointment of A.I. Denisov as the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation at the United Nations Organisation in New York, USA, and the Representative of the Russian Federation in the United Nations Organisation Security Council . ).
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