Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations

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Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations
since February 3, 2021
Inaugural holder Philip Rudolph Botha
FormationApril 25, 1945
Website http://www.southafrica-usa.net/pmun/ambassador.html

The South African Permanent Representative in New York City is the official representative of the Government in Pretoria next the Headquarters of the United Nations.

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History

List of representatives

Diplomatic accreditation Permanent Representative Observations President of South Africa Secretary-General of the United Nations Term end
April 25, 1945 Philip Rudolph Botha Trade Commissioner, New York,
  • September 29, 1929: Commercial Secretary, New York,
  • March 1, 1946: Envoy Extraordinary, Lisbon,
  • October 10, 1949: Envoy Extraordinary, Brussels,
  • August 23, 1951: Ambassador, Brussels
 J. B. M. Hertzog Gladwyn Jebb
July 18, 1947 Seymour Jacklin Jan Smuts Trygve Halvdan Lie
November 1, 1948 Eric Louw Eric Louw, representative of the South African government at the United Nations in November 1948, [2] Daniel François Malan Trygve Halvdan Lie
September 16, 1949 Gerhardus Petrus Jooste  [ de ] Daniel François Malan Trygve Halvdan Lie December 31, 1949
January 1, 1949 Jan Ruiter Jordaan  [ ru ]Deputy permanent representative to the United Nations Daniel François Malan Trygve Halvdan Lie May 18, 1949
June 20, 1954 Wentzel Christoffel du Plessis Daniel François Malan Dag Hammarskjöld June 19, 1954
September 19, 1955 Donald Bell Sole  [ de ]Deputy permanent representative to the United Nations Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom Dag Hammarskjöld May 18, 1949
August 1, 1956 Donald Bell Sole  [ de ] Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom Dag Hammarskjöld July 31, 1956
April 1, 1957 Johan Samuel Frederick Botha acting Permanent representative

(* February 18, 1919, South Africa)

  • married 1949, Teresa M Robbins, one daughter, three sons.
  • education : University of Stellenbosch, University of South Africa.
  • 1940-1945 served with South African Army.
  • 1949-1954: second secretary, South African Embassy Washington DC.
  • 1954-1957: second secretary South Afarican Embassy Ottawa.
  • 1954-1957: permanent representative to UN.
  • 1959-1962: assistant secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs, Pretoria.
  • 1964-1967: minister, South African Embassy, Washington DC.
  • 1967-1971: deputy secretary for Foreign Affairs.
  • 1971 appointed South African Ambassador to the United States
Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom Dag Hammarskjöld March 30, 1957
September 1, 1958 Bernardus Gerhardus Fourie Hendrik Verwoerd Dag Hammarskjöld August 31, 1958
May 1, 1962 Matthys Izak Botha
  • February 26, 1959: Envoy Extraordinary, Berne.
  • July 21, 1970: Ambassador in Ottawa.
  • January 1, 1974: Ambassador of Rome.
  • February 1, 1977: Ambassador London.
  • March 5, 1979: Ambassador Bhisho.
 Charles Robberts Swart U Thant July 10, 1962
October 14, 1970 Carl Friedrich George von Hirschberg
  • May 1, 1975: Consul General in Tokyo
 Jacob Johannes Fouché U Thant July 16, 1970
February 15, 1974 Pik Botha Jacob Johannes Fouché Kurt Waldheim
January 1, 1976 Jacobus Adriaan Eksteen Till 1977 a Charge d Affairs.

(*was born 31 October 1942 in Volksrust, Transvaal, Republic (then Union) of South Africa.

  • He received the M.A. in political science, cum laude, from the University of South Africa.
  • He entered the Civil Service in 1961, beginning with the Department of Interior, and was transferred to the Department of Justice in December of that year.
 Johannes de Klerk Kurt Waldheim
November 5, 1981 David Whitefoord Steward (* 23. Mai 1945 in Nairobi)
  • Son of Alexander Harvey Whitefoord Steward.
  • educated St. John's School Leatherhead, UK
  • 1976-1978: Counsellor SA Embassy Ottawa. [3]
Marais Viljoen Kurt Waldheim January 1, 1979
October 7, 1983 Kurt Robert Samuel von Schirnding Marais Viljoen Javier Pérez de Cuéllar January 1, 1982
January 1, 1987 Albert Leslie Manley 07|1988: Permanent Representative, Geneva (UN), Pieter Willem Botha Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
September 11, 1991 Vernon Rudston Whiteford Steward
  • Ambassador V R W Steward aa) United Nations of America (New York) [UN] bb)from 01.08.91 to 01.08.95
 Frederik Willem de Klerk Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
February 1995 Josiah Khiphusizi Jele (* 1 May 1930, in Alexandra, Johannesburg). [4] Nelson Mandela Boutros Boutros-Ghali
April 21, 1999 Dumisani Kumalo Thabo Mbeki Kofi Annan January 1, 1998
March 17, 2009 Baso Sangqu Jacob Zuma Ban Ki-moon March 16, 2009
March 13, 2013 Jeremiah Kingsley Mamabolo (*Born in Johannesburg on 13 August 1955)
  • 2009: High Commissioner to Nigeria [5]
Jacob Zuma Ban Ki-moon 2018
July 5, 2016 Jerry Matthews Matjila Jacob Zuma Ban Ki-moon 2018
February 3, 2021 Mathu Theda Joyini Cyril Ramaphosa António Guterres

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References

  1. ↑ South Africa New York
  2. ↑ Eric Louw
  3. ↑ David Whitefoord Steward
  4. ↑ Josiah Khiphusizi Jele
  5. ↑ Kingsley Mamabolo
  6. ↑ Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Capetown, Volume 4. 1971. ISBN   9780625003204 . Retrieved 15 August 2017.


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