Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations

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

Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations
Emblem of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Incumbent Vasily Nebenzya since July 27, 2017
Appointer	President of Russia
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Formation	December 20, 1945 (72 years ago)
First holder	Andrey Gromyko
Website	russiaun.ru/ru

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.

List of permanent representatives

Soviet Union

#	Photo	Name[1]	Date appointed	Date presented credentials	Date until	U.N. Secretary-General	Leader
1		Andrey Gromyko	10 April 1946		May 1948	Trygve Lie	Joseph Stalin
2		Yakov Malik	May 1948		October 1952
3		Valerian Zorin	October 1952		March 1953
						Dag Hammarskjöld
4		Andrey Vyshinsky	March 1953		22 November 1954 (Died in office)		Georgy Malenkov
							Nikita Khrushchev
5		Arkady Sobolev	1955	12 April 1955[2]	1960
6		Valerian Zorin	1960		1963
						U Thant
7		Nikolai Fedorenko	1963	7 January 1963[3]	1968
							Leonid Brezhnev
8		Yakov Malik	1968		November 1976
						Kurt Waldheim
9		Oleg Troyanovsky	November 1976	6 January 1977[4]	March 1986
						Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Yury Andropov
							Konstantin Chernenko
							Mikhail Gorbachev
10		Yuri Dubinin	March 1986	20 March 1986[5]	May 1986
11		Alexander Belonogov	1986		1990
12		Yuli Vorontsov	1990	22 May 1990[6]	1991

Russian Federation

#	Photo	Name[1]	Date appointed	Date presented credentials	Date until	U.N. Secretary-General	President
12		Yuli Vorontsov	26 December 1991	—	7 July 1994	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Boris Yeltsin
						Boutros Boutros-Ghali
13		Sergey Lavrov	7 July 1994	22 September 1994[7]	12 July 2004
						Kofi Annan	Vladimir Putin
14		Andrey Denisov	12 July 2004[8]	3 August 2004[9]	8 April 2006[10]
15		Vitaly Churkin[11]	8 April 2006	1 May 2006[12]	20 February 2017[13] (Died in office)
						Ban Ki-moon	Dmitry Medvedev
						António Guterres	Vladimir Putin
—		Pyotr Ilichov (acting)	20 February 2017	—	26 July 2017
16		Vasily Nebenzya	27 July 2017[14]	28 July 2017[15]	Incumbent

See also

• Permanent Mission of Russia to the United Nations
• Russia and the United Nations
• Soviet Union and the United Nations
• Consulate General of Russia, New York City
• Embassy of Russia, Washington, D.C.
• List of diplomatic missions of Russia
• List of ambassadors of Russia to the United States
• Russia–United States relations
• Soviet Union–United States relations