Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations

The Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations is Syria's foremost diplomatic representative at the United Nations and the head of the Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic in New York City.^[2]

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations السفير والممثل الدائم لسوريا لدى الأمم المتحدة
Incumbent Qusay al-Dahhak since 20 December 2023
Style	His Excellency
Seat	New York, United States[1]
Appointer	President of Syria
Inaugural holder	Fares al-Khoury
Formation	1946
Website	Permanent Mission

List of heads of mission

The Permanent Representatives were the following:^[3]

• 1946–1948: Fares al-Khoury
• 1951–1953: Farid Zeineddine
• 1953–1957: Rafik Asha
• 1962–1964: Salah el-Dine Tarazi
• 1964–1965: Rafik Asha^[4]
• 1965–1972: George Tomeh^[5]
• 1972–1975: Haissam Kelani^[6]
• 1975–1978: Mowaffak Allaf^[7]
• 1978–1981: Hammud al-Shufi^[8]
• 1981–1986: Dia Allah El-Fattal^[9]
• 1988–1990: Ahmad Fathi Al-Masri^[10]
• 1990–1996: Dia Allah El-Fattal^[11]
• 1996–2003: Mikhail Wehbe^[12]
• 2003–2006: Faisal Mekdad^[13]
• 2006–2020: Bashar Jaafari^[14]
• 2020–2023: Bassam al-Sabbagh^[15][16]
• 2023–present: Qusay al-Dahhak^[17][18]

See also

• Foreign relations of Syria
• List of diplomatic missions of Syria
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (Syria)