The President of the United Nations Security Council

United Nations Security Council

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is the presiding officer of that body. The president is the head of the delegation from the Security Council member state that holds the rotating presidency.

Selection

Section 30 of the United Nations Charter

United Nations Charter

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 states that the Security Council is empowered to establish rules of procedure, "including the method of selecting its President." The Security Council has established the following method of selecting the president: the presidency rotates monthly among the state members of the Security Council. The rotation takes place in alphabetical order of the member states' official United Nations names in English.

Identity

The Permanent Representative

Permanent Representative

A Permanent Representative is the head of a diplomatic mission to one of various international organisations. The best known of the organisations to which states send Permanent Representatives is the United Nations; of these, the most high-profile ones are those assigned to headquarters in New...

 (ambassador) of the state that holds the presidency is usually the president of the Council, but if an official from the state who is higher in authority than the Permanent Representative (such as a foreign minister, prime minister, or head of state) is present in the Council, the higher official is the president. For example, in January 2000, a month in which the United States held the presidency of the Security Council, U.S. Vice President Al Gore

Al Gore

Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....

 headed the United States delegation to the United Nations for a few days. As a result, Gore was the President of the Security Council during this time.

Role

The role of president of the Security Council involves setting the agenda, presiding at its meetings, and overseeing any crisis. The president is authorized to issue both presidential statements

Presidential Statement

A Presidential Statement is often created when the United Nations Security Council cannot reach consensus or are prevented from passing a resolution by a permanent member's veto, or threat thereof...

 (subject to consensus among Council members) and notes, which are used to make declarations of intent that the full Security Council can then pursue. The President also usually speaks to the press on behalf of the Security Council.

List

Below is a chronological list of presidents of the UN Security Council and the states that they represented.

1946–1949

Dates	State	Name
17 January – 16 February 1946		N. J. O. Makin
17 February – 16 March 1946	Brazil	Cyro de Freitas Valle
17 March – 16 April 1946		Quo Tai-chi Quo Tai-chi Dr. Quo Tai-chi was a Chinese career diplomat and active member of the Chinese Nationalist Party from the early years of the Republic of China until shortly after the fall of mainland China to the Chinese Communists.Dr...
17 April – 16 May 1946	Kingdom of Egypt	Hafez Afifi Pasha
17 May – 16 June 1946		Alexandre Parodi Alexandre Parodi Alexandre Parodi was a diplomat and the first ambassador of the France to the United Nations.-External links:**...
17 June – 16 July 1946	Mexico	Francisco Castillo Najera Francisco Castillo Nájera Francisco Castillo Nájera was a Mexican diplomat and politician. He was president of the Assembly of League of Nations from 1934 to 1935, ambassador to China and the United States, and Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 1945 to 1946.-References:...
17 August – 16 September 1946		E. N. van Kleffens
17 August – 16 September 1946		Oscar Lange
17 September – 16 October 1946	Soviet Union	Andrei A. Gromyko
17 October – 16 November 1946		Sir Alexander Cadogan
17 November – 31 December 1946	United States	Herschel V. Johnson II Herschel Johnson Herschel Vespasian Johnson was a U.S. diplomat from North Carolina. He served as a U.S. foreign service officer from 1921-1953, whose career included posts in Europe, Latin America, and with the United Nations....
January 1947		N. J. O. Makin
February 1947		Fernand van Langenhove
March 1947	Brazil	Oswaldo Aranha Oswaldo Aranha Osvaldo Euclides de Sousa Aranha was a Brazilian politician, diplomat and statesman, who came to national prominence in 1930 under Getúlio Vargas....
April 1947		Quo Tai-chi Quo Tai-chi Dr. Quo Tai-chi was a Chinese career diplomat and active member of the Chinese Nationalist Party from the early years of the Republic of China until shortly after the fall of mainland China to the Chinese Communists.Dr...
May 1947		Alfonso López Pumarejo Alfonso López Pumarejo Alfonso López Pumarejo was a two-time Colombian president and political figure, as a member of the Colombian Liberal Party. He served as president of Colombia for the first time between 1934 and 1938 and again between 1942 and 1945....
June 1947		Alexandre Parodi Alexandre Parodi Alexandre Parodi was a diplomat and the first ambassador of the France to the United Nations.-External links:**...
July 1947		Oscar Lange
August 1947	Syria	Faris al-Khoury
September 1947	Soviet Union	Andrei A. Gromyko
October 1947		Sir Alexander Cadogan
November 1947	United States	Warren R. Austin
December 1947		J. D. L. Hood
January 1948		Fernand van Langenhove
February 1948	Canada	A. G. L. McNaughton Andrew McNaughton General Andrew George Latta McNaughton, CH, CB, CMG, DSO, CD, PC was a Canadian army officer, politician and diplomat.- Early life :...
March 1948		Tingfu F. Tsiang
April 1948		Alfonso López Pumarejo Alfonso López Pumarejo Alfonso López Pumarejo was a two-time Colombian president and political figure, as a member of the Colombian Liberal Party. He served as president of Colombia for the first time between 1934 and 1938 and again between 1942 and 1945....
May 1948		Alexandre Parodi Alexandre Parodi Alexandre Parodi was a diplomat and the first ambassador of the France to the United Nations.-External links:**...
June 1948	Syria	Faris al-Khoury
July 1948	Ukrainian SSR	Dmitri Z. Manuilsky
August 1948	Soviet Union	Yakov A. Malik
September 1948		Sir Alexander Cadogan
October 1948	United States	Warren R. Austin
November 1948		Juan Atilio Bramuglia Juan Atilio Bramuglia Juan Atilio Bramuglia was an Argentine labor lawyer who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs during the administration of President Juan Perón.-Early life and career:...
December 1948		Fernand van Langenhove
January 1949	Canada	A. G. L. McNaughton Andrew McNaughton General Andrew George Latta McNaughton, CH, CB, CMG, DSO, CD, PC was a Canadian army officer, politician and diplomat.- Early life :...
February 1949		Tingfu F. Tsiang
March 1949		Alberto Inocente Álvarez Alberto Inocente Álvarez Alberto Inocente Álvarez Cabrera was a Cuban lawyer, diplomat, and politician.Alvarez graduated from the University of Havana School of Law in 1930 and then studied accounting at New York University....
April 1949	Kingdom of Egypt	Mahmoud Fawzi Bey
May 1949		Jean Chauvel
June 1949		Arne Sunde Arne Sunde Arne Toralf Sunde was a Norwegian politician, Olympic shooter and army officer. He is best known for his participation in the 1940 Norwegian Campaign, his participation in Nygaardsvold's Cabinet during its 1940–1945 exile in London and three years as an United Nations ambassador...
July 1949	Ukrainian SSR	Dmitri Z. Manuilsky
August 1949	Soviet Union	Semyon K. Tsarapkin
September 1949		Sir Alexander Cadogan
October 1949	United States	Warren R. Austin
November 1949		José Arce José Arce José Arce was an Argentine physician, politician and diplomat. He held the position of the President of the United Nations General Assembly during the Second special session - between 16 April 1948 and 21 September 1948....
December 1949	Canada	A. G. L. McNaughton Andrew McNaughton General Andrew George Latta McNaughton, CH, CB, CMG, DSO, CD, PC was a Canadian army officer, politician and diplomat.- Early life :...

1950–1954

Dates	State	Name
January 1950		Tingfu F. Tsiang
February 1950		Carlos Blanco Sanchez
March 1950		Homero Viteri Lafronte
April 1950	Kingdom of Egypt	Mahmoud Fawzi Bey
May 1950		Jean Chauvel
June 1950		Sir Benegal Narsing Rau Benegal Narsing Rau Sir Benegal Narsing Rau, CIE or B.N. Rau was an Indian bureaucrat, jurist, diplomat and statesman known for his key role in drafting the Constitution of India. He was also India's representative to the United Nations Security Council from 1950 to 1952. He was the brother of former Governor of...
July 1950		Arne Sunde Arne Sunde Arne Toralf Sunde was a Norwegian politician, Olympic shooter and army officer. He is best known for his participation in the 1940 Norwegian Campaign, his participation in Nygaardsvold's Cabinet during its 1940–1945 exile in London and three years as an United Nations ambassador...
August 1950	Soviet Union	Yakov A. Malik
September 1950		Sir Gladwyn Jebb
October 1950	United States	Warren R. Austin
November 1950		Aleš Bebler
December 1950		Tingfu F. Tsiang
January 1951		Antonio Quevedo
February 1951		François Lacoste
March 1951		Sir Benegal Narsing Rau Benegal Narsing Rau Sir Benegal Narsing Rau, CIE or B.N. Rau was an Indian bureaucrat, jurist, diplomat and statesman known for his key role in drafting the Constitution of India. He was also India's representative to the United Nations Security Council from 1950 to 1952. He was the brother of former Governor of...
April 1951		D. J. von Balluseck
May 1951		Selim Sarper Selim Sarper Selim Sarper was a Turkish politician. A graduate of Robert College of Istanbul, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey. He was also Turkey's ambassador to the United Nations....  and Ilhan Savut
June 1951	Soviet Union	Yakov A. Malik
July 1951		Sir Gladwyn Jebb
August 1951	United States	Warren R. Austin
September 1951		Aleš Bebler
October 1951	Brazil	João Carlos Muniz
November 1951		Tingfu F. Tsiang
December 1951		Antonio Quevedo
January 1952		Jean Chauvel
February 1952	Greece	Alexis Kyrou
March 1952		D. J. von Balluseck
April 1952		Ahmed S. Bokhari
May 1952		Selim Sarper Selim Sarper Selim Sarper was a Turkish politician. A graduate of Robert College of Istanbul, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey. He was also Turkey's ambassador to the United Nations....
June 1952	Soviet Union	Yakov A. Malik
July 1952		Sir Gladwyn Jebb
August 1952	United States	Warren R. Austin
September 1952	Brazil	João Carlos Muniz
October 1952		H. Santa Cruz
November 1952		Tingfu F. Tsiang
December 1952		Henri Hoppenot Henri Hoppenot Henri Hoppenot was a French diplomat, was commissioner-general in Indochina between 1955 and 1956, and was the last person to hold this post. He also served as the French president of the United Nations Security Council between 1952 and 1955.In August 1914, he started in the Press Office of the...
January 1953	Greece	Alexis Kyrou
February 1953	Lebanon	Charles Malik
March 1953		Ahmed S. Bokhari
April 1953	Soviet Union	Andrei Y. Vyshinsky
May 1953		Sir Gladwyn Jebb
June 1953	United States	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. was a Republican United States Senator from Massachusetts and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, South Vietnam, West Germany, and the Holy See . He was the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 Presidential election.-Early life:Lodge was born in Nahant,...
July 1953		R. Ortega Masson
August 1953		Tingfu F. Tsiang
September 1953		Francisco Urrutia
October 1953		William Borberg
November 1953		Henri Hoppenot Henri Hoppenot Henri Hoppenot was a French diplomat, was commissioner-general in Indochina between 1955 and 1956, and was the last person to hold this post. He also served as the French president of the United Nations Security Council between 1952 and 1955.In August 1914, he started in the Press Office of the...
December 1953	Greece	Alexis Kyrou
January 1954	Lebanon	Charles Malik
February 1954		Sir Leslie Munro Leslie Munro Sir Leslie Knox Munro, KCMG, KCVO was a New Zealand lawyer, journalist, and politician of international standing.-Law and media:...
March 1954		Selim Sarper Selim Sarper Selim Sarper was a Turkish politician. A graduate of Robert College of Istanbul, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey. He was also Turkey's ambassador to the United Nations....
April 1954	Soviet Union	Andrei Y. Vyshinsky
May 1954		Sir Pierson Dixon Pierson Dixon Sir Pierson John Dixon GCMG, CB was an English diplomat.Bob Dixon was the son of Pierson John Dixon and he was educated at Bedford School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was the Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary between 1943 and 1948...
June 1954	United States	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. was a Republican United States Senator from Massachusetts and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, South Vietnam, West Germany, and the Holy See . He was the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 Presidential election.-Early life:Lodge was born in Nahant,...
July 1954	Brazil	Ernesto Leme
August 1954		Tingfu F. Tsiang
September 1954		Francisco Urrutia
October 1954		William Borberg
November 1954		Henri Hoppenot Henri Hoppenot Henri Hoppenot was a French diplomat, was commissioner-general in Indochina between 1955 and 1956, and was the last person to hold this post. He also served as the French president of the United Nations Security Council between 1952 and 1955.In August 1914, he started in the Press Office of the...
December 1954	Lebanon	Charles Malik

1955–1959

Dates	State	Name
January 1955		Sir Leslie Munro Leslie Munro Sir Leslie Knox Munro, KCMG, KCVO was a New Zealand lawyer, journalist, and politician of international standing.-Law and media:...
February 1955		Victor Belaunde
March 1955		Selim Sarper Selim Sarper Selim Sarper was a Turkish politician. A graduate of Robert College of Istanbul, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey. He was also Turkey's ambassador to the United Nations....
April 1955	Soviet Union	Arkady A. Sobolev
May 1955		Sir Pierson Dixon Pierson Dixon Sir Pierson John Dixon GCMG, CB was an English diplomat.Bob Dixon was the son of Pierson John Dixon and he was educated at Bedford School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was the Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary between 1943 and 1948...
June 1955	United States	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. was a Republican United States Senator from Massachusetts and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, South Vietnam, West Germany, and the Holy See . He was the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 Presidential election.-Early life:Lodge was born in Nahant,...
July 1955		Fernand van Langenhove
August 1955	Brazil	Cyro de Freitas Valle
September 1955		Tingfu F. Tsiang
October 1955		Henri Hoppenot Henri Hoppenot Henri Hoppenot was a French diplomat, was commissioner-general in Indochina between 1955 and 1956, and was the last person to hold this post. He also served as the French president of the United Nations Security Council between 1952 and 1955.In August 1914, he started in the Press Office of the...
November 1955	Iran	Nasrollah Entezam Nasrollah Entezam Nasrollah Entezam was an Iranian diplomat. He held the position of the President of the United Nations General Assembly during the fifth session, in 1950.Mr...
December 1955		Sir Leslie Munro Leslie Munro Sir Leslie Knox Munro, KCMG, KCVO was a New Zealand lawyer, journalist, and politician of international standing.-Law and media:...
January 1956		Victor Belaunde
February 1956	Soviet Union	Arkady A. Sobolev
March 1956		Sir Pierson Dixon Pierson Dixon Sir Pierson John Dixon GCMG, CB was an English diplomat.Bob Dixon was the son of Pierson John Dixon and he was educated at Bedford School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was the Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary between 1943 and 1948...
April 1956	United States	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. was a Republican United States Senator from Massachusetts and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, South Vietnam, West Germany, and the Holy See . He was the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 Presidential election.-Early life:Lodge was born in Nahant,...
May 1956		Joza Brilej
June 1956		E. Ronald Walker
July 1956		Josef Nisot
August 1956		Tingfu F. Tsiang
September 1956		Emilio Núñez Portuondo Emilio Núñez Portuondo Emilio Núñez Portuondo was a Cuban politician, lawyer, and diplomat. He was Prime Minister of Cuba in 1958....
October 1956		Christian Pineau Christian Pineau Christian Pineau was a noted French Resistance fighter.He was born in Chaumont-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, France and died in Paris.His father-in-law was the writer Jean Giraudoux, who was married to Pineau's mother... , Bernard Cornut-Gentille Bernard Cornut-Gentille Bernard Cornut-Gentille was a French administrator and politician.Born in Brest, Finistère, Cornut-Gentille studied at the École Libre des Sciences Politiques. In 1943 he was appointed as the Subprefect of Reims, but resigned to assist the Free French delegate Émile Bollaert... , and Louis de Guiringaud Louis de Guiringaud Louis de Guiringaud was a French politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Raymond Barre between 1976 and 1978...
November 1956	Iran	Nasrollah Entezam Nasrollah Entezam Nasrollah Entezam was an Iranian diplomat. He held the position of the President of the United Nations General Assembly during the fifth session, in 1950.Mr...
December 1956		Victor Belaunde
January 1957	Philippines	Carlos P. Romulo Carlos P. Rómulo Carlos Peña Rómulo was a Filipino diplomat, politician, soldier, journalist and author. He was a reporter at 16, a newspaper editor by the age of 20, and a publisher at 32...
February 1957		Gunnar V. Jarring
March 1957	Soviet Union	Arkady A. Sobolev
April 1957		Sir Pierson Dixon Pierson Dixon Sir Pierson John Dixon GCMG, CB was an English diplomat.Bob Dixon was the son of Pierson John Dixon and he was educated at Bedford School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was the Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary between 1943 and 1948...
May 1957	United States	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. was a Republican United States Senator from Massachusetts and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, South Vietnam, West Germany, and the Holy See . He was the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 Presidential election.-Early life:Lodge was born in Nahant,...
June 1957		E. Ronald Walker
July 1957		Tingfu F. Tsiang
August 1957		Francisco Urrutia
September 1957		Emilio Núñez Portuondo Emilio Núñez Portuondo Emilio Núñez Portuondo was a Cuban politician, lawyer, and diplomat. He was Prime Minister of Cuba in 1958....
October 1957		Guillaume Georges-Picot
November 1957	Kingdom of Iraq	Hashim Jawad
December 1957	Philippines	Carlos P. Romulo Carlos P. Rómulo Carlos Peña Rómulo was a Filipino diplomat, politician, soldier, journalist and author. He was a reporter at 16, a newspaper editor by the age of 20, and a publisher at 32...
January 1958		Gunnar V. Jarring
February 1958	Soviet Union	Arkady A. Sobolev
March 1958		Sir Pierson Dixon Pierson Dixon Sir Pierson John Dixon GCMG, CB was an English diplomat.Bob Dixon was the son of Pierson John Dixon and he was educated at Bedford School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was the Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary between 1943 and 1948...
April 1958	United States	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. was a Republican United States Senator from Massachusetts and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, South Vietnam, West Germany, and the Holy See . He was the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 Presidential election.-Early life:Lodge was born in Nahant,...
May 1958	Canada	C. S. A. Ritchie
June 1958		Tingfu F. Tsiang
July 1958		Alfonso Araujo
August 1958		Guillaume Georges-Picot
September 1958	Kingdom of Iraq	Hashim Jawad
October 1958		Koto Matsudaira
November 1958		Jorge E. Illueca
December 1958		Gunnar V. Jarring
January 1959	Tunisia	Mongi Slim Mongi Slim Mongi Slim was a twice jailed Tunisian diplomat who became the first African to become the President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1961. He received a degree from the faculty of law of the University of Paris....
February 1959	Soviet Union	Arkady A. Sobolev
March 1959		Sir Pierson Dixon Pierson Dixon Sir Pierson John Dixon GCMG, CB was an English diplomat.Bob Dixon was the son of Pierson John Dixon and he was educated at Bedford School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was the Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary between 1943 and 1948...
April 1959	United States	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. was a Republican United States Senator from Massachusetts and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, South Vietnam, West Germany, and the Holy See . He was the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 Presidential election.-Early life:Lodge was born in Nahant,...
May 1959		Mario Amadeo Mario Amadeo Mario Amadeo was an Argentine conservative nationalist politician, diplomat and writer who served as a minister in the government of Eduardo Lonardi...
June 1959	Canada	C. S. A. Ritchie
July 1959		Tingfu F. Tsiang
August 1959		Armand Berard
September 1959		Egidio Ortono
October 1959		Koto Matsudaira
November 1959		Jorge E. Illueca
December 1959	Tunisia	Mongi Slim Mongi Slim Mongi Slim was a twice jailed Tunisian diplomat who became the first African to become the President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1961. He received a degree from the faculty of law of the University of Paris....

1960–1964

Dates	State	Name
January 1960	Soviet Union	Arkady A. Sobolev
February 1960		Sir Pierson Dixon Pierson Dixon Sir Pierson John Dixon GCMG, CB was an English diplomat.Bob Dixon was the son of Pierson John Dixon and he was educated at Bedford School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was the Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary between 1943 and 1948...
March 1960	United States	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. was a Republican United States Senator from Massachusetts and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, South Vietnam, West Germany, and the Holy See . He was the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 Presidential election.-Early life:Lodge was born in Nahant,...
April 1960		Mario Amadeo Mario Amadeo Mario Amadeo was an Argentine conservative nationalist politician, diplomat and writer who served as a minister in the government of Eduardo Lonardi...
May 1960		Sir Claude Corea Claude Corea Sir George Claude Stanley Corea was a Sri Lankan politician and diplomat.-Family background:He was born on 29 January 1894 to a well known Ceylonese political family hailing from the Western seaboard town of Chilaw. His father was Alfred Winzer Corea who was an officer in government police and his...
June 1960		Tingfu F. Tsiang
July 1960		Jose A. Correa
August 1960		Armand Berard
September 1960		Egidio Ortono
October 1960		Bohdan Lewandowski
November 1960	Tunisia	Mongi Slim Mongi Slim Mongi Slim was a twice jailed Tunisian diplomat who became the first African to become the President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1961. He received a degree from the faculty of law of the University of Paris....
December 1960	Soviet Union	Valerian A. Zorin
January 1961	United Arab Republic	Omar Loutfi
February 1961		Sir Patrick Dean Patrick Dean Sir Patrick Henry Dean, GCMG, was Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations from 1960 to 1964 and British Ambassador to the United States from 1965 to 1969....
March 1961		Adlai E. Stevenson
April 1961		T. B. Subasinghe
May 1961		Daniel Schweitzer
June 1961		Tingfu F. Tsiang and Y. C. Hsueh
July 1961		Leopoldo Benites Vinueza
August 1961		Armand Berard
September 1961	Liberia	Nathan Barnes Nathan Barnes Nathan Barnes was a rugby league footballer of the '90s and '00s. He played for the Penrith Panthers from 1992 to 1993, the Newcastle Knights from 1994 to 1995, the Parramatta Eels from 1996 to 1999 and finally the Canberra Raiders in 2000.-References:...
October 1961		Turgut Menemencioglu
November 1961	Soviet Union	Valerian A. Zorin
December 1961	United Arab Republic	Omar Loutfi
January 1962		Sir Patrick Dean Patrick Dean Sir Patrick Henry Dean, GCMG, was Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations from 1960 to 1964 and British Ambassador to the United States from 1965 to 1969....
February 1962		Adlai E. Stevenson and Francis T. P. Plimpton
March 1962		Carlos Sosa-Rodriguez
April 1962		Daniel Schweitzer
May 1962		Tingfu F. Tsiang
June 1962		Armand Berard
July 1962		Alex Quaison-Sackey Alex Quaison-Sackey Dr. Alex Quaison-Sackey was a Ghanaian diplomat who served during the first and third republics. He was the first black African to serve as president of the United Nations General Assembly. -Early life and education:...
August 1962		Frederick H. Boland
September 1962		Mihail Haseganu
October 1962	Soviet Union	Platon Morozov and Valerian A. Zorin
November 1962	United Arab Republic	Mahmoud Riad Mahmoud Riad Mahmoud Riad ‎ was an Egyptian diplomat. He was Egyptian ambassador to United Nations from 1962 to 1964, Egyptian foreign minister from 1964 to 1972, and Secretary-General of the Arab League from 1972 to 1979....
December 1962		Sir Patrick Dean Patrick Dean Sir Patrick Henry Dean, GCMG, was Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations from 1960 to 1964 and British Ambassador to the United States from 1965 to 1969....
January 1963		Adlai E. Stevenson
February 1963		Carlos Sosa-Rodriguez
March 1963	Brazil	Geraldo de Carvalho Silos
April 1963		Liu Chieh Liu Chieh Liu Chieh was a diplomat of the Republic of China. He represented the Republic of China at the United Nations from 1962 to 1971, and was the last Permanent Representative of the Republic of China at the UN....
May 1963		Roger Seydoux
June 1963		Alex Quaison-Sackey Alex Quaison-Sackey Dr. Alex Quaison-Sackey was a Ghanaian diplomat who served during the first and third republics. He was the first black African to serve as president of the United Nations General Assembly. -Early life and education:...
July 1963		Ahmed Taibi Benhima
August 1963		Sievert A. Nielsen
September 1963	Philippines	Jacinto Castel Borja
October 1963	Soviet Union	Nikolai T. Fedorenko
November 1963		Sir Patrick Dean Patrick Dean Sir Patrick Henry Dean, GCMG, was Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations from 1960 to 1964 and British Ambassador to the United States from 1965 to 1969....
December 1963		Adlai E. Stevenson, Charles W. Yost, and Francis T. P. Plimpton
January 1964		Renan Castrillo Justiniano
February 1964	Brazil	Geraldo de Carvalho Silos
March 1964		Liu Chieh Liu Chieh Liu Chieh was a diplomat of the Republic of China. He represented the Republic of China at the United Nations from 1962 to 1971, and was the last Permanent Representative of the Republic of China at the UN....
April 1964	Czechoslovakia	Jiří Hájek Jirí Hájek Jiří Hájek was a Czech politician and diplomat. Together with Václav Havel, Zdeněk Mlynář, and Pavel Kohout, Hájek was one of the founding members and architects of Charta 77.-Early political career:...
May 1964		Roger Seydoux
June 1964	Côte d'Ivoire	Arsene A. Usher
July 1964		Ahmed Taibi Benhima
August 1964		Sievert A. Nielsen
September 1964	Soviet Union	Platon D. Morozov
October 1964		Sir Patrick Dean Patrick Dean Sir Patrick Henry Dean, GCMG, was Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations from 1960 to 1964 and British Ambassador to the United States from 1965 to 1969....
November 1964		Adlai E. Stevenson
December 1964		Fernando Ortiz Sanz

1965–1969

Dates	State	Name
January 1965		Liu Chieh Liu Chieh Liu Chieh was a diplomat of the Republic of China. He represented the Republic of China at the United Nations from 1962 to 1971, and was the last Permanent Representative of the Republic of China at the UN....
February 1965		Roger Seydoux
March 1965	Côte d'Ivoire	Arsene Usher
April 1965		Abdul Monem Rifa'i
May 1965		Radhakrishna Ramani
June 1965		J. G. de Beus
July 1965	Soviet Union	Platon Morozov
August 1965		Sir Roger Jackling
September 1965		Arthur J. Goldberg
October 1965		Hector Paysse Reyes
November 1965		Fernando Ortiz Sanz
December 1965		Liu Chieh Liu Chieh Liu Chieh was a diplomat of the Republic of China. He represented the Republic of China at the United Nations from 1962 to 1971, and was the last Permanent Representative of the Republic of China at the UN....
January 1966		Roger Seydoux
February 1966		Akira Matsui
March 1966		Muhammed El-Farra
April 1966		Moussa Leo Keita
May 1966		J. G. de Beus
June 1966		Frank H. Corner
July 1966		S. O. Adebo
August 1966		Apollo K. Kironde
September 1966	Soviet Union	Nikolai T. Fedorenko
October 1966		Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Baron Caradon, GCMG KCVO OBE PC was a British colonial administrator and diplomat who oversaw moves to independence in various colonies and was UK representative to the United Nations....  and Sir Roger Jackling
November 1966		Arthur J. Goldberg
December 1966		Pedro P. Berro
January 1967		Mr. —— Quijano
February 1967	Brazil	José Sette Câmara
March 1967	Bulgaria	Milko Tarabanov
April 1967		George Ignatieff George Ignatieff George Pavlovich Ignatieff, CC was a noted Russian-Canadian diplomat. His career spanned nearly five decades in World War II and the postwar period.-Early life and education:...
May 1967		Liu Chieh Liu Chieh Liu Chieh was a diplomat of the Republic of China. He represented the Republic of China at the United Nations from 1962 to 1971, and was the last Permanent Representative of the Republic of China at the UN....
June 1967		Hans R. Tabor
July 1967	Ethiopia	Endelkachew Makonnen Endelkachew Makonnen Lij Endalkachew Makonnen was an Ethiopian politician. Born in Addis Ababa, his father, Ras Betwoded Makonnen Endelkachew served as Prime Minister of Ethiopia in the 1950s. Endalkachew Makonnen was a member of the aristocratic Addisge clan that were very influential in the later part of the...
August 1967		Roger Seydoux
September 1967		Gopalaswami Parthasarathi
October 1967		Senjin Tsuruoka
November 1967		Mamadou Boubacar Kante
December 1967		S. O. Adebo
January 1968		Agha Shahi Agha Shahi Agha Shahi NI was a Pakistani diplomat and Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1977 to 1982, during the regime of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. He served as the President of the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad till his death.-Diplomatic career:Shahi gained M.Sc...
February 1968		Miguel Solano Lopez
March 1968		Ousmane Diop Socé
April 1968	Soviet Union	Yakov A. Malik
May 1968		Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Baron Caradon, GCMG KCVO OBE PC was a British colonial administrator and diplomat who oversaw moves to independence in various colonies and was UK representative to the United Nations....
June 1968		Arthur J. Goldberg
July 1968		Tewfik Bouattoura
August 1968	Brazil	João Augusto de Araújo Castro João Augusto de Araújo Castro Joao Augusto de Araujo Castro was a Brazilian lawyer and diplomat, serving as Brazilian Ambassador to the US and UN, and Minister of Foreign Affairs during the government of Joao Goulart....
September 1968		George Ignatieff George Ignatieff George Pavlovich Ignatieff, CC was a noted Russian-Canadian diplomat. His career spanned nearly five decades in World War II and the postwar period.-Early life and education:...
October 1968		Liu Chieh Liu Chieh Liu Chieh was a diplomat of the Republic of China. He represented the Republic of China at the United Nations from 1962 to 1971, and was the last Permanent Representative of the Republic of China at the UN....
November 1968		Otto L. Borch
December 1968	Ethiopia	Endelkachew Makonnen Endelkachew Makonnen Lij Endalkachew Makonnen was an Ethiopian politician. Born in Addis Ababa, his father, Ras Betwoded Makonnen Endelkachew served as Prime Minister of Ethiopia in the 1950s. Endalkachew Makonnen was a member of the aristocratic Addisge clan that were very influential in the later part of the...
January 1969		Max Jakobson Max Jakobson Max Jakobson is a retired Finnish Jewish diplomat and journalist.Jakobson began his career as a journalist. He worked at the BBC. From 1953 to 1974 he was employed by the Finnish foreign ministry, eventually acting as Finland's ambassador to the United Nations and Sweden...
February 1969		Armand Berard
March 1969		Karoly Csatorday
April 1969		Padma Bahadur Khatri
May 1969		Agha Shahi Agha Shahi Agha Shahi NI was a Pakistani diplomat and Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1977 to 1982, during the regime of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. He served as the President of the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad till his death.-Diplomatic career:Shahi gained M.Sc...
June 1969		Miguel Solano Lopez
July 1969		Ibrahima Boye
August 1969	Spain	Jaime de Pinies Jaime de Piniés Jaime de Piniés was a Spanish diplomat who served for one year as the President of the United Nations General Assembly. Before he held that position he served as Spain's Permanent Representative to the United Nations for approximately fourteen non-consecutive years...
September 1969	Soviet Union	Yakov A. Malik
October 1969		Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Baron Caradon, GCMG KCVO OBE PC was a British colonial administrator and diplomat who oversaw moves to independence in various colonies and was UK representative to the United Nations....
November 1969		Charles W. Yost
December 1969	Zambia	Vernon Johnson Mwaanga

1970–1974

Dates	State	Name
January 1970		Terence Nsanze
February 1970		Liu Chieh Liu Chieh Liu Chieh was a diplomat of the Republic of China. He represented the Republic of China at the United Nations from 1962 to 1971, and was the last Permanent Representative of the Republic of China at the UN....
March 1970		Joaquin Vallejo Arbelaez Joaquín Vallejo Arbeláez Joaquín Vallejo Arbeláez was a Colombian civil engineer, businessman and writer who served as 12th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, and held various ministries during the Military Junta and the National Front in Colombia...
April 1970		Max Jakobson Max Jakobson Max Jakobson is a retired Finnish Jewish diplomat and journalist.Jakobson began his career as a journalist. He worked at the BBC. From 1953 to 1974 he was employed by the Finnish foreign ministry, eventually acting as Finland's ambassador to the United Nations and Sweden...
May 1970		Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet
June 1970		Padma Bahadur Khatri
July 1970		Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa
August 1970		Eugeniusz Kulaga
September 1970		Davidson Nicol
October 1970	Spain	Jaime de Pinies Jaime de Piniés Jaime de Piniés was a Spanish diplomat who served for one year as the President of the United Nations General Assembly. Before he held that position he served as Spain's Permanent Representative to the United Nations for approximately fourteen non-consecutive years...
November 1970	Syria Syria Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....	George Tomeh George Tomeh George J. Tomeh is an author, diplomat, and spokesman of the Arab cause in the United States.Education=Dr.Tomeh obtained a master of arts degree from the American University of Beirut and a doctorate from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.-Diplomat:Since 1945, Dr.Tomeh represented the...
December 1970	Soviet Union	Yakov A. Malik
January 1971		Sir Colin Crowe Colin Crowe Sir Colin Tradescant Crowe, KCMG was a British diplomat. He served as the United Kingdom's chargé d'affaires to the United Arab Republic , High Commissioner to Canada and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York .Colin Crowe was born September 7 , 1913 in Yokohama, Japan, he was...
February 1971		Charles W. Yost
March 1971		Carlos Ortiz de Rozas
April 1971		Edouard Longerstaey
May 1971		Terence Nsanze
June 1971		Liu Chieh Liu Chieh Liu Chieh was a diplomat of the Republic of China. He represented the Republic of China at the United Nations from 1962 to 1971, and was the last Permanent Representative of the Republic of China at the UN....
July 1971		Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet
August 1971		Piero Vinci
September 1971		Toru Nakagawa
October 1971		Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa
November 1971		Eugeniusz Kulaga
December 1971		Ismail Byne Taylor-Kamara
January 1972		Abdulrahim Abby Farah and Umar Arteh Ghalib Umar Arteh Ghalib Umar Arteh Ghalib or Omer Carte Qalib is a prominent Somali politician and a former Prime Minister of Somalia from January 24, 1991 to May 1993.-Biography:...
February 1972		Mansour Khalid, Rahmatalla Abdalla, and Mohammed Fakhreddine
March 1972	Soviet Union	Yakov A. Malik
April 1972		Sir Colin Crowe Colin Crowe Sir Colin Tradescant Crowe, KCMG was a British diplomat. He served as the United Kingdom's chargé d'affaires to the United Arab Republic , High Commissioner to Canada and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York .Colin Crowe was born September 7 , 1913 in Yokohama, Japan, he was...
May 1972		George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
June 1972		Lazar Mojsov Lazar Mojsov Dr. Lazar Mojsov was a Macedonian journalist, politician and diplomat from SFR Yugoslavia.Mojsov received his doctoral degree from the University of Belgrade's Law School. He fought for the anti-fascist partisans in World War II and continued to rise through the ranks of the Communist Party after...
July 1972		Carlos Ortiz de Rozas
August 1972		Edouard Longerstaey
September 1972		Huang Hua
October 1972		Louis de Guiringaud Louis de Guiringaud Louis de Guiringaud was a French politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Raymond Barre between 1976 and 1978...
November 1972		Jeanne Martin Cisse
December 1972		Samar Sen Samar Sen Samar Sen was a Bengali poet and journalist. He hailed from an illustrious family, many of whose scions have enriched the intellectual world of Bengal. His grandfather, Dinesh Chandra Sen, was a well-known writer and a doyen of the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad...
January 1973		Chaidir Anwar Sani
February 1973		Joseph Odero-Jowi
March 1973		Aquilano E. Boyd, Omar Torrijos Herrera, and Juan Antonio Tack
April 1973		Javier Perez de Cuellar Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Javier Pérez de Cuéllar y de la Guerra is a Peruvian diplomat who served as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1, 1982 to December 31, 1991. He studied in Colegio San Agustín of Lima, and then at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. In 1995, he ran unsuccessfully...
May 1973		Ramatalla Abdulla
June 1973	Soviet Union	Yakov A. Malik
July 1973		Kenneth Jamieson and Sir Colin Crowe Colin Crowe Sir Colin Tradescant Crowe, KCMG was a British diplomat. He served as the United Kingdom's chargé d'affaires to the United Arab Republic , High Commissioner to Canada and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York .Colin Crowe was born September 7 , 1913 in Yokohama, Japan, he was...
August 1973		John A. Scali John A. Scali John Alfred Scali was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1973 to 1975.Scali was an ABC News reporter who became an intermediary in the Cuban Missile Crisis and later a part of the Nixon Administration...
September 1973		Lazar Mojsov Lazar Mojsov Dr. Lazar Mojsov was a Macedonian journalist, politician and diplomat from SFR Yugoslavia.Mojsov received his doctoral degree from the University of Belgrade's Law School. He fought for the anti-fascist partisans in World War II and continued to rise through the ranks of the Communist Party after...
October 1973		Sir Laurence McIntyre
November 1973		Peter Jankowitsch Peter Jankowitsch Peter Jankowitsch is a former Austrian diplomat and politician.He was born in Vienna, Austria. A law graduate, he is a member of the Austrian Social Democratic Party . From 1983 to 1986, 1987 to 1990 and 1992 to 1993 he was a member of the Nationalrat, from 1986 to 1987 Federal Minister of Foreign...
December 1973		Huang Hua
January 1974		Gonzalo J. Facio
February 1974		Louis de Guiringaud Louis de Guiringaud Louis de Guiringaud was a French politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Raymond Barre between 1976 and 1978...
March 1974		Chaidir Anwar Sani
April 1974	Iraq	Talib Shabib Talib Shabib Talib El-Shibib was an Iraqi politician. Born in Babylon, he studied engineering at Imperial College in London.Shibib was elected to the leadership of Ba'ath party, and was one of a triumvirate who planned the later coup against President Abdul Karim Qassim. He became foreign minister under the...
May 1974		Charles Gatere Maina
June 1974		Moulaye El Hassen
July 1974		Javier Perez de Cuellar Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Javier Pérez de Cuéllar y de la Guerra is a Peruvian diplomat who served as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1, 1982 to December 31, 1991. He studied in Colegio San Agustín of Lima, and then at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. In 1995, he ran unsuccessfully...
August 1974	Soviet Union	Yakov A. Malik
September 1974		Ivor Richard
October 1974	Cameroon	Michel Njine
November 1974		John A. Scali John A. Scali John Alfred Scali was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1973 to 1975.Scali was an ABC News reporter who became an intermediary in the Cuban Missile Crisis and later a part of the Nixon Administration...
December 1974		Sir Laurence McIntyre

1975–1979

Dates	State	Name
January 1975	Byelorussian SSR	Guerodot G. Tchernouchtchenko
February 1975		Huang Hua
March 1975		Gonzalo J. Facio and Fernando Salazar
April 1975		Louis de Guiringaud Louis de Guiringaud Louis de Guiringaud was a French politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Raymond Barre between 1976 and 1978...
May 1975		Shridath S. Ramphal
June 1975	Iraq	Abdul Karim Al-Shaikhly
July 1975		Eugenio Plaja
August 1975		Shizuo Saito
September 1975		Moulaye El Hassen
October 1975		Olof Rydbeck Olof Rydbeck Olof Rydbeck , a Swedish Ambassador, head of Swedish Broadcasting Corporation, Sweden's ambassador to the UN, and Commissioner-General of UNRWA.-Early life:...
November 1975	Soviet Union	Yakov A. Malik
1–15, 17–31 December 1975		Ivor Richard
16 December 1975	Cameroon	Ferdinand Léopold Oyono
January 1976		Salim A. Salim
February 1976		Daniel Patrick Moynihan Daniel Patrick Moynihan Daniel Patrick "Pat" Moynihan was an American politician and sociologist. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected to the United States Senate for New York in 1976, and was re-elected three times . He declined to run for re-election in 2000...
March 1976	Benin	Thomas S. Boya
April 1976		Huang Hua
May 1976		Louis de Guiringaud Louis de Guiringaud Louis de Guiringaud was a French politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Raymond Barre between 1976 and 1978...
June 1976		Rashleigh E. Jackson and Frederick R. Wills
July 1976		Piero Vinci
August 1976		Isao Abe
September 1976	Libya Libya Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....	Mansour El-Kekhia Mansour El-Kekhia Mansour Rashid Kikhia , is a former Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs , Libyan Ambassador to the United Nations, Permanent Libyan Representative to the United Nations, and later an opposition figure to Libya's strongman Muammar al-Gaddafi, and human rights activist.-Disappearance in Egypt:In...
October 1976		Iqbal A. Akhund
November 1976		Jorge E. Illueca
December 1976	Romania	Ion Datcu
January 1977	Soviet Union	Oleg A. Troyanovsky
February 1977		James Murray
March 1977		Andrew Young Andrew Young Andrew Jackson Young is an American politician, diplomat, activist and pastor from Georgia. He has served as Mayor of Atlanta, a Congressman from the 5th district, and United States Ambassador to the United Nations...
April 1977	Venezuela	Simón Alberto Consalvi Simón Alberto Consalvi Simón Alberto Consalvi , is a Venezuelan politician, journalist, diplomat and historian. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela on two occasions , Minister of Interior and Justice , Secretary of the Presidency , and also held several Ambassadorships...
May 1977	Benin	Thomas S. Boya
June 1977		William H. Barton
July 1977		Chen Chu
August 1977		Jacques Leprette
September 1977	West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....	Rudiger von Wechmar Rüdiger von Wechmar Baron Rüdiger von Wechmar was a German diplomat. He was West German ambassador to the UN in the 1970s. During the thirty-fifth ordinary and the eighth emergency special sessions, from 1980 to 1981, he was President of the United Nations General Assembly.Von Wechmar was born in Berlin the son of...
October 1977		Rikhi Jaipal
November 1977	Libya	Mansour El-Kekhia Mansour El-Kekhia Mansour Rashid Kikhia , is a former Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs , Libyan Ambassador to the United Nations, Permanent Libyan Representative to the United Nations, and later an opposition figure to Libya's strongman Muammar al-Gaddafi, and human rights activist.-Disappearance in Egypt:In...
December 1977		Radha Krishna Ramphul and Sir Harold E. Walter
January 1978		Joseph N. Garba and Leslie O. Harriman
February 1978	Soviet Union	Oleg A. Troyanovsky
March 1978		Ivor Richard
April 1978		Andrew Young Andrew Young Andrew Jackson Young is an American politician, diplomat, activist and pastor from Georgia. He has served as Mayor of Atlanta, a Congressman from the 5th district, and United States Ambassador to the United Nations...
May 1978	Venezuela	Ruben Carpio Castillo
June 1978		Mario Rolon Anaya
July 1978		William H. Barton
August 1978		Chen Chu
September 1978	Czechoslovakia	Ilya Hulinsky
October 1978		Jacques Leprette
November 1978		Leon N'Gong
December 1978	West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....	Rudiger von Wechmar Rüdiger von Wechmar Baron Rüdiger von Wechmar was a German diplomat. He was West German ambassador to the UN in the 1970s. During the thirty-fifth ordinary and the eighth emergency special sessions, from 1980 to 1981, he was President of the United Nations General Assembly.Von Wechmar was born in Berlin the son of...
January 1979		Donald O. Mills
February 1979		Abdalla Y. Bishara
March 1979		Leslie O. Harriman
April 1979		Ole Algard Ole Ålgård -Early life:He was born in Gjesdal as a son of farmer and petty officer Gabriel Aalgaard and Berta Serine Egeland . He finished his secondary education at Stavanger Cathedral School in and graduated with the cand.jur. degree from the University of Oslo in 1946...
May 1979		Vasco Futscher Pereira
June 1979	Soviet Union	Oleg A. Troyanovsky
July 1979		Ivor Richard
August 1979		Andrew Young Andrew Young Andrew Jackson Young is an American politician, diplomat, activist and pastor from Georgia. He has served as Mayor of Atlanta, a Congressman from the 5th district, and United States Ambassador to the United Nations...
September 1979	Zambia	Paul J. F. Lusaka Paul J. F. Lusaka Paul John Firmino Lusaka was a Zambian politician and diplomat who became President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1984.-Biography:...
October 1979		Khwaja Mohammed Kaiser
November 1979		Sergio Palacios de Vizzio
December 1979		Chen Chu

1980–1984

Dates	State	Name
January 1980		Jacques Leprette
February 1980		Peter Florin Peter Florin Peter Florin, born in Cologne on October 2, 1921, is a former East German politician and diplomat.-Early life:Peter's father, Wilhelm Florin, was a leading figure in the pre-war Communist Party of Germany....
March 1980		Donald O. Mills
April 1980		Porfirio Munoz Ledo Porfirio Muñoz Ledo Porfirio Alejandro Muñoz Ledo y Lazo de la Vega is a Mexican politician. He is one of the founders of the Party of the Democratic Revolution ....
May 1980		Ide Oumarou Ide Oumarou Ide Oumarou was a Nigerien diplomat, government minister, and journalist. He served as ambassador to the United Nations between 1980 and 1983. He then served as the foreign minister between 1983 and 1985 and was secretary-general of the Organisation of African Unity between 1985 and 1988. He was...
June 1980		Ole Algard Ole Ålgård -Early life:He was born in Gjesdal as a son of farmer and petty officer Gabriel Aalgaard and Berta Serine Egeland . He finished his secondary education at Stavanger Cathedral School in and graduated with the cand.jur. degree from the University of Oslo in 1946...
July 1980	Philippines	Carlos P. Romulo Carlos P. Rómulo Carlos Peña Rómulo was a Filipino diplomat, politician, soldier, journalist and author. He was a reporter at 16, a newspaper editor by the age of 20, and a publisher at 32...
August 1980		Vasco Futscher Pereira
September 1980	Tunisia	Taieb Slim
October 1980		Oleg A. Troyanovsky
November 1980		Sir Anthony Parsons
December 1980		Donald F. McHenry
January 1981		Ling Qing
February 1981		Jacques Leprette
March 1981		Peter Florin Peter Florin Peter Florin, born in Cologne on October 2, 1921, is a former East German politician and diplomat.-Early life:Peter's father, Wilhelm Florin, was a leading figure in the pre-war Communist Party of Germany....
April 1981		Noel Dorr
May 1981		Masahiro Nisibori
June 1981		Porfirio Munoz Ledo Porfirio Muñoz Ledo Porfirio Alejandro Muñoz Ledo y Lazo de la Vega is a Mexican politician. He is one of the founders of the Party of the Democratic Revolution ....
July 1981		Ide Oumarou Ide Oumarou Ide Oumarou was a Nigerien diplomat, government minister, and journalist. He served as ambassador to the United Nations between 1980 and 1983. He then served as the foreign minister between 1983 and 1985 and was secretary-general of the Organisation of African Unity between 1985 and 1988. He was...
August 1981		Jorge E. Illueca
September 1981	Philippines	Carlos P. Romulo Carlos P. Rómulo Carlos Peña Rómulo was a Filipino diplomat, politician, soldier, journalist and author. He was a reporter at 16, a newspaper editor by the age of 20, and a publisher at 32...
October 1981		Jaime de Pinies Jaime de Piniés Jaime de Piniés was a Spanish diplomat who served for one year as the President of the United Nations General Assembly. Before he held that position he served as Spain's Permanent Representative to the United Nations for approximately fourteen non-consecutive years...
November 1981	Tunisia	Taieb Slim
December 1981		Olara Otunnu Olara Otunnu Dr.Olara A. Otunnu is a Lawyer and the President of the Uganda Peoples Congressand a Presidential Aspirant for the 2011 General elections in Uganda...
January 1982		Oleg A. Troyanovsky
February 1982		Sir Anthony Parsons
March 1982		Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
April 1982		Gérard Kamanda wa Kamanda Gérard Kamanda wa Kamanda Gerard Kamanda wa Kamanda was a candidate in the 2006 election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He previously worked as an advisor to Mobutu Sese Seko and during the 1990s, Kamanda served in a variety of positions, including prime minister , deputy prime minister, and foreign minister...
May 1982		Ling Qing
June 1982		Luc de la Barre de Nanteuil
July 1982		Noel G. Sinclair
August 1982		Noel Dorr
September 1982		Masahiro Nisibori
October 1982		Hazem Nuseibeh
November 1982		Carlos Ozores Typaldos
December 1982		Wlodzimierz Natorf
January 1983		Atsu-Koffi Amega
February 1983		Oleg A. Troyanovsky
March 1983		Sir John Adam Thomson
April 1983		Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
May 1983		Umba di Lutete and Gérard Kamanda wa Kamanda Gérard Kamanda wa Kamanda Gerard Kamanda wa Kamanda was a candidate in the 2006 election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He previously worked as an advisor to Mobutu Sese Seko and during the 1990s, Kamanda served in a variety of positions, including prime minister , deputy prime minister, and foreign minister...
June 1983		Elleck Kufu Kunesu Mashingaidze
July 1983		Ling Qing
August 1983		Luc de la Barre de Nanteuil
September 1983		Noel G. Sinclair
October 1983		Abdullah Salah
November 1983		Victor J. Gauci
December 1983		Max van der Stoel Max van der Stoel Max van der Stoel, KCMG was a Dutch politician and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. He served as the first High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe....
January 1984		Francisco Javier Chamorro Mora
February 1984		S. Shah Nawaz
March 1984		Javier Arias Stella Javier Arias Stella Javier Arias Stella is a Peruvian pathologist who discovered the "Arias-Stella's phenomenon" , which is named after him.-Education:...
April 1984	Ukraine Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...	Vladimir A. Kravets
May 1984		Oleg A. Troyanovsky
June 1984		Sir John Adam Thomson
July 1984		Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
August 1984		Leandre Bassole
September 1984		Elleck Kufu Kunesu Mashingaidze
October 1984		Basile Laerte Guissou and Leandre Bassole
November 1984		Ling Qing
December 1984		Ahmed Tawfik Khalil

1985–1989

Dates	State	Name
January 1985		Claude de Kemoularia Claude de Kemoularia Claude de Kemoularia is a French citizen of Georgian descent whose career has been in the fields of banking and diplomacy. He served as Dag Hammarskjöld's personal assistant from 1957 to 1961. In the mid-1960s, he was a special advisor to Prince Rainier of Monaco. From the late 1960s to 1982, he...
February 1985		Natarajan Krishnan
March 1985		Blaise Rabetafika
April 1985		Javier Arias Stella Javier Arias Stella Javier Arias Stella is a Peruvian pathologist who discovered the "Arias-Stella's phenomenon" , which is named after him.-Education:...
May 1985		Birabhongse Kasemsri and Siddhi Savetsila Siddhi Savetsila Air Chief Marshal Siddhi Savetsila is a retired Thai military officer and a member of the Privy Council of King Bhumibol Adulyadej....
June 1985		Errol Mahabir and D. H. N. Alleyne
July 1985	Ukraine Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...	Hennadiy Udovenko Hennadiy Udovenko Hennadiy Yosypovych Udovenko is a Ukrainian politician and diplomat. He has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, has been the 52nd President of the United Nations General Assembly and Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine . He is from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast...
August 1985		Oleg A. Troyanovsky
September 1985		Sir John Adam Thomson and Sir Geoffrey Howe Geoffrey Howe Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, QC, PC is a former British Conservative politician. He was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary, and finally Leader of the House of Commons...
October 1985		Herbert S. Okun Herbert S. Okun Herbert Stuart Okun was a United States Ambassador to East Germany and the Deputy U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations...  and Vernon A. Walters Vernon A. Walters Vernon A. Walters was a United States Army officer and a diplomat. Most notably, he served from 1972 to 1976 as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, from 1985 to 1989 as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations and from 1989 to 1991 as Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany...
November 1985		Richard Arthur Woolcott
December 1985		Leandre Bassole
January 1986		Luye Li
February 1986	People's Republic of the Congo People's Republic of the Congo The People's Republic of the Congo was a self-declared Marxist-Leninist socialist state that was established in 1970 in the Republic of the Congo...	Martin Adouki
March 1986		Ole Bierring
April 1986		Claude de Kemoularia Claude de Kemoularia Claude de Kemoularia is a French citizen of Georgian descent whose career has been in the fields of banking and diplomacy. He served as Dag Hammarskjöld's personal assistant from 1957 to 1961. In the mid-1960s, he was a special advisor to Prince Rainier of Monaco. From the late 1960s to 1982, he...
May 1986		James Victor Gbeho
June 1986		Blaise Rabetafika
July 1986		Birabhongse Kasemsri
August 1986		D. H. N. Alleyne
September 1986		Aleksandr M. Belongov
October 1986		Mohammed Hussein Al Shaali Mohammed Hussein Al Shaali Mohammed Hussein Al Shaali is the former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates.Al Shaali was born in 1950. He obtained his Bachelor degree in management and economy from Beirut Arab University before joining the Foreign Ministry, where he served as Director of Arab World...
November 1986		Sir John Adam Thomson
December 1986		Vernon A. Walters Vernon A. Walters Vernon A. Walters was a United States Army officer and a diplomat. Most notably, he served from 1972 to 1976 as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, from 1985 to 1989 as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations and from 1989 to 1991 as Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany...
January 1987	Venezuela	Andres Aguilar
February 1987	Zambia	Peter D. Zuze
March 1987		Marcelo E. R. Delpech
April 1987	Bulgaria	Boris Tsvetkov
May 1987		Jiahua Huang
June 1987	People's Republic of the Congo People's Republic of the Congo The People's Republic of the Congo was a self-declared Marxist-Leninist socialist state that was established in 1970 in the Republic of the Congo...	Martin Adouki
July 1987		Jean-Bertrand Raimond and Pierre-Louis Blanc
August 1987	West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....	Hans Werner Lautenschlager
September 1987		James Victor Gbeho
October 1987		Maurizio Bucci
November 1987		Kiyoaki Kikuchi
December 1987		Aleksandr M. Belongov
January 1988		Sir Crispin Tickell Crispin Tickell Sir Crispin Tickell, GCMG, KCVO, MA , DSc , FRSGS , FRIBA , FZS, FRI , FCIWEM is a British diplomat, environmentalist, and academic.-Background:...
February 1988		Herbert S. Okun Herbert S. Okun Herbert Stuart Okun was a United States Ambassador to East Germany and the Deputy U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations...  and Vernon A. Walters Vernon A. Walters Vernon A. Walters was a United States Army officer and a diplomat. Most notably, he served from 1972 to 1976 as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, from 1985 to 1989 as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations and from 1989 to 1991 as Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany...
March 1988		Dragoslav Pejic
April 1988	Zambia	Peter D. Zuze
May 1988		Hocine Djoudi
June 1988		Marcelo E. R. Delpech
July 1988	Brazil	Paulo Nogueira Batista
August 1988		Li Luye
September 1988		Pierre-Louis Blanc
October 1988	West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....	Count York von Wartenburg
November 1988		Mario Scialoja Mario Scialoja Mario Scialoja, Retired Italian Diplomat, born in Rome on July 29, 1930. Last post Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1994 to 1996. He converted to Islam at the end of 1988, when he was Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations in New York, with the rank of Ambassador...  and Mr. G. Migliuolo
December 1988		Mr. H. Kagami
January 1989		Ismail Razali
February 1989		J. P. Rana
March 1989		A. C. Diallo
April 1989		Aleksandr M. Belongov
May 1989		Sir Crispin Tickell Crispin Tickell Sir Crispin Tickell, GCMG, KCVO, MA , DSc , FRSGS , FRIBA , FZS, FRI , FCIWEM is a British diplomat, environmentalist, and academic.-Background:...
June 1989		Thomas R. Pickering Thomas R. Pickering Thomas Reeve "Tom" Pickering , is a retired United States ambassador. Among his many diplomatic appointments, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992.-Early life:...
July 1989		Dragoslav Pejic
August 1989		Hocine Djoudi
September 1989	Brazil	Paulo Nogueira Batista
October 1989		L. Yves Fortier
November 1989		Li Luye
December 1989		Enrique Penalosa

1990–1994

Dates	State	Name
January 1990		Amara Essy Amara Essy Amara Essy is a diplomat from Côte d'Ivoire .Essy was born in Bouake. He was the Permanent Representative of Côte d'Ivoire to the United Nations from 1981 to 1990, and in January 1990 he was President of the United Nations Security Council...
February 1990		Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada is a Cuban statesman. He served as Cuba's Permanent Representative to the United Nations for nearly 30 years and later served as the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs, from 1992 to 1993...
March 1990	South Yemen	Abdullah Saleh al-Ashtal Abdullah Saleh al-Ashtal Abdullah Saleh al-Ashtal was a Yemeni diplomat who was a Permanent Representative at the United Nations in New York City for nearly 30 years....
April 1990	Ethiopian Empire	Tesfaye Tadessa
May 1990		Klaus Tornudd
June 1990		Pierre-Louis Blanc
July 1990		Ismail Razali
August 1990		Aurel-Dragos Munteanu
September 1990		Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov was a Russian diplomat, President of International Centre of the Roerichs . In the mid 1970s he was Chargé d'Affaires at the Soviet embassy in Washington, under Ambassador Dobrynin. He served as the Soviet Union's ambassador to Afghanistan in the late 1980s...  and Edouard A. Shevardnadze
October 1990		Sir David Hannay
November 1990		Thomas R. Pickering Thomas R. Pickering Thomas Reeve "Tom" Pickering , is a retired United States ambassador. Among his many diplomatic appointments, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992.-Early life:...  and James A. Baker
December 1990		Abdullah Saleh al-Ashtal Abdullah Saleh al-Ashtal Abdullah Saleh al-Ashtal was a Yemeni diplomat who was a Permanent Representative at the United Nations in New York City for nearly 30 years....
January 1991		Bagbeni Adeito Nzengeya
February 1991		Simbarashe S. Mumbengegwi
March 1991		Peter Hohenfellner
April 1991		Paul Noterdaeme
May 1991		Li Daoyu Li Daoyu Li Daoyu is a diplomat of the People's Republic of China.-Biography:A descendant of Li Hongzhang, Li graduated from Hujiang University in Shanghai in 1952, and entered the foreign ministry of PRC. From 1952 to 1983, he was an official of the international section of the Ministry and was promoted...
June 1991		Jean-Jacques Bechio
July 1991		Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada is a Cuban statesman. He served as Cuba's Permanent Representative to the United Nations for nearly 30 years and later served as the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs, from 1992 to 1993...
August 1991		Jose Ayala Lasso Jose Ayala Lasso José Ayala Lasso is a retired Ecuadorian lawyer and diplomat, currently residing in Quito. He served as Foreign Minister of Ecuador on three occasions.- Career :...
September 1991		Jean-Bernard Merimee and Roland Dumas Roland Dumas Roland Dumas is a lawyer and French Socialist politician who served notably as Foreign Minister under President François Mitterrand from 1984 to 1986 and from 1988 to 1993...
October 1991		Chinmaya Rajaninath Gharekhan
November 1991		Aurel-Dragos Munteanu
1–21 December 1991		Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov was a Russian diplomat, President of International Centre of the Roerichs . In the mid 1970s he was Chargé d'Affaires at the Soviet embassy in Washington, under Ambassador Dobrynin. He served as the Soviet Union's ambassador to Afghanistan in the late 1980s...
21–31 December 1991		Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov was a Russian diplomat, President of International Centre of the Roerichs . In the mid 1970s he was Chargé d'Affaires at the Soviet embassy in Washington, under Ambassador Dobrynin. He served as the Soviet Union's ambassador to Afghanistan in the late 1980s...
January 1992		Sir David Hannay and John Major John Major Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...
February 1992		Thomas R. Pickering Thomas R. Pickering Thomas Reeve "Tom" Pickering , is a retired United States ambassador. Among his many diplomatic appointments, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992.-Early life:...
March 1992	Venezuela	Diego Arria Diego Arria Diego Arria Salicetti is a Venezuelan politician, diplomat, former Venezuelan Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations and President of the Security Council . He was Governor of the Federal District of Caracas in the mid-1970s...
April 1992		Simbarashe S. Mumbengegwi and Stanislaus Garikai Chigwedere
May 1992		Peter Hohenfellner
June 1992		Paul Noterdaeme
July 1992	Cape Verde	José Luís de Jesus José Luís de Jesus José Luís de Jesus is a former Cape Verdean politician. He was foreign minister of the country from 1998-1999.-References:...
August 1992		Li Daoyu Li Daoyu Li Daoyu is a diplomat of the People's Republic of China.-Biography:A descendant of Li Hongzhang, Li graduated from Hujiang University in Shanghai in 1952, and entered the foreign ministry of PRC. From 1952 to 1983, he was an official of the international section of the Ministry and was promoted...
September 1992		José Ayala Lasso Jose Ayala Lasso José Ayala Lasso is a retired Ecuadorian lawyer and diplomat, currently residing in Quito. He served as Foreign Minister of Ecuador on three occasions.- Career :...
October 1992		Jean-Bernard Merimee
November 1992		Andre Erdos
December 1992		Chinmaya Rajaninath Gharekhan
January 1993		Yoshio Hatano
February 1993		Ahmed Snoussi
March 1993		Terence Christopher O'Brien and Donald Charles McKinnon
April 1993		Jamsheed K. A. Marker
May 1993		Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov was a Russian diplomat, President of International Centre of the Roerichs . In the mid 1970s he was Chargé d'Affaires at the Soviet embassy in Washington, under Ambassador Dobrynin. He served as the Soviet Union's ambassador to Afghanistan in the late 1980s...
June 1993		Juan Antonio Yanez-Barnuevo
July 1993		Sir David Hannay and Mr. —— Richardson
August 1993		Madeleine K. Albright
September 1993	Venezuela	Adalfo Raul Taylhardat
October 1993		Ronaldo Sardenberg
November 1993		José Luís de Jesus José Luís de Jesus José Luís de Jesus is a former Cape Verdean politician. He was foreign minister of the country from 1998-1999.-References:...
December 1993		Li Zhaoxing Li Zhaoxing Li Zhaoxing is a former foreign minister of the People's Republic of China. He held that office from 2003 to 2007.He graduated from Peking University in 1964...
January 1994		Karel Kovanda
February 1994		Roble Olhaye Roble Olhaye Roble Olhaye is the Permanent Representative to the United Nations for the Republic of Djibouti. He has been Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Ambassador of Djibouti to the United States since 1988. In 1989, Olhaye was appointed as non-resident Ambassador to Canada. He is married...
March 1994		Jean-Bernard Merimee
April 1994		Colin Keating and Donald Charles McKinnon
May 1994		Ibrahim A. Gambari and Baba Gana Kingibe Baba Gana Kingibe Baba Gana Kingibe is a Nigerian politician and political appointee havening held many high-level Nigerian governmental posts. He hails from Borno State in the northeastern part of Nigeria, and is of Kanuri extraction.Amb...
June 1994	Oman	Salim Bin Mohammed Al-Kussaiby
July 1994		Jamsheed K. A. Marker
August 1994		Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov was a Russian diplomat, President of International Centre of the Roerichs . In the mid 1970s he was Chargé d'Affaires at the Soviet embassy in Washington, under Ambassador Dobrynin. He served as the Soviet Union's ambassador to Afghanistan in the late 1980s...
September 1994		Juan Antonio Yanez-Barnuevo and Solana Madariaga
October 1994		Sir David Hannay
November 1994		Madeleine K. Albright
December 1994	Rwanda	Manzi Bakuramutsa

1995–1999

Dates	State	Name
January 1995		Emilio J. Cardenas
February 1995		Legwaila Joseph Legwaila and Mompati Merafhe Mompati Merafhe Lt. Gen. Mompati Sebogodi Merafhe is a Botswana politician, currently serving as Vice-President. He is a retired Lieutenant-General and was Botswana's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 2008.-Biography:...
March 1995		Li Zhaoxing Li Zhaoxing Li Zhaoxing is a former foreign minister of the People's Republic of China. He held that office from 2003 to 2007.He graduated from Peking University in 1964...  and Xuexian Wang
April 1995		Karel Kovanda and Alexander Vondra
May 1995		Jean-Bernard Merimee
June 1995		Detlev Graf zu Rantzau
July 1995		Gerardo Martinez Blanco and Delmer Urbizo Panting
August 1995		Nugroho Wisnumurti Nugroho Wisnumurti Nugroho Wisnumurti — born 23 March 1940 in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia — was Indonesia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland from 2000 to 2004.-Education:...
September 1995		Francesco Paolo Fulci Francesco Paolo Fulci Francesco Paolo Fulci is a retired Italian diplomat, currently serving as President of "Ferrero International" Group.-Career:...  and Susanna Agnelli Susanna Agnelli Susanna Agnelli, Contessa Rattazzi, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian politician, businesswoman and writer...
October 1995		Ibrahim A. Gambari
November 1995	Oman	Salim bin Mohammed Al-Khussaiby
December 1995		Sergey V. Lavrov
January 1996		Sir John Weston
February 1996		Madeleine K. Albright
March 1996		Joseph Legwaila Joseph Legwaila Joseph Manson John Legwaila is a diplomat and politician from Botswana. Legwaila studied politics, history and international relations at the University of Alberta in Canada and taught there for a time. He was Vice-President of the UN General Assembly for three sessions in total...
April 1996		Juan Somavia Juan Somavía Juan Somavía is the current Director-General of the International Labour Organization .He was elected to serve as the ninth Director-General of the ILO by the Governing Body on 23 March 1998.-Term as Director-General:...
May 1996		Huasun Qin
June 1996		Nabil Elaraby Nabil Elaraby Nabil Elaraby is an Egyptian diplomat, currently the Secretary-General of the Arab League having been elected on 15 May 2011. Previously, he was Foreign Minister of Egypt in Essam Sharaf's government from March-June 2011.-Early life and education:Elaraby holds a J.S.D. and an LL.M...
July 1996		Alain Dejammet
August 1996		Antonius Eitel
September 1996		Alfredo Lopes Cabral Alfredo Lopes Cabral Alfredo Lopes Cabral is a Guinea-Bissauan diplomat and United Nations official.From 1983 to 1986, Cabral was the Ambassador of Guinea-Bissau to Algeria, Tunisia and the Middle East. From 1986 to 1990 he was the Permanent Representative of Guinea-Bissau to the United Nations. He was also...
October 1996		Delmer Urbizo Panting and Gerardo Martinez Blanco
November 1996		Nugroho Wisnumurti Nugroho Wisnumurti Nugroho Wisnumurti — born 23 March 1940 in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia — was Indonesia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland from 2000 to 2004.-Education:...
December 1996		Francesco Paolo Fulci Francesco Paolo Fulci Francesco Paolo Fulci is a retired Italian diplomat, currently serving as President of "Ferrero International" Group.-Career:...
January 1997		Hisashi Owada Hisashi Owada is a former Japanese diplomat and a judge on the International Court of Justice, and currently serves as its President, having been elected to this post in 2009.-Early life:Hisashi Owada was born in Shibata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. After earning a B.A...
February 1997		Njuguna M. Mahugu
March 1997		Zbigniew M. Wlosowicz
April 1997		Antonio V. M. Monteiro
May 1997		Park Soo Gil and Chong Ha Yoo
June 1997		Sergey V. Lavrov
July 1997		Peter Osvald and Lena Hjelm-Wallen Lena Hjelm-Wallén Lena Birgitta Hjelm-Wallén is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. 1968 became Hjelm-Wallén a member of the Swedish Parliament and she held several cabinet positions. Starting in 1974 as the youngest minister to that date...
August 1997		Sir John Weston
September 1997		William B. Richardson and Madeleine K. Albright
October 1997		Juan Somavia Juan Somavía Juan Somavía is the current Director-General of the International Labour Organization .He was elected to serve as the ninth Director-General of the ILO by the Governing Body on 23 March 1998.-Term as Director-General:...
November 1997		Huasun Qin
December 1997		Fernando Berrocal Soto
January 1998		Alain Dejammet
February 1998		Casimir Oyé-Mba Casimir Oyé-Mba Casimir Marie Ange Oyé-Mba is a Gabonese politician. After serving as Governor of the Bank of Central African States from 1978 to 1990, Oyé-Mba was Prime Minister of Gabon from 3 May 1990 to 2 November 1994...  and Denis Dangue Réwaka Denis Dangue Réwaka Denis Dangue Réwaka is a Gabonese diplomat who was the Permanent Representative of Gabon to the United Nations from 1988 to 2008.Dangue Réwaka became Second Counsellor at Gabon's Embassy to Belgium in January 1970. He was subsequently Gabon's Ambassador to the Philippines for a time before becoming...
March 1998		Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe was the foreign minister of The Gambia from 1998 to 2001.-References:...  and Abdoulie Momodou Sallah
April 1998		Hisashi Owada Hisashi Owada is a former Japanese diplomat and a judge on the International Court of Justice, and currently serves as its President, having been elected to this post in 2009.-Early life:Hisashi Owada was born in Shibata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. After earning a B.A...
May 1998		Njuguna Mahugu and Bonaya Adhi Godana
June 1998		Antonio V. M. Monteiro and Jaime Gama Jaime Gama Jaime José de Matos da Gama, GCC, GCIH, GCL, GCMG , is a Portuguese politician.-Background:...
July 1998		Sergey V. Lavrov
August 1998		Danilo Türk Danilo Türk - Early life :Türk was born in a lower middle class family in Maribor, Slovenia . His father died when he was a child. He attended the prestigious II. Gymnasium High school in Maribor. In 1971 he enrolled to the University of Ljubljana where he studied law...
September 1998		Lena Hjelm-Wallen Lena Hjelm-Wallén Lena Birgitta Hjelm-Wallén is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. 1968 became Hjelm-Wallén a member of the Swedish Parliament and she held several cabinet positions. Starting in 1974 as the youngest minister to that date...  and Hans Dalgren
October 1998		Sir Jeremy Greenstock Jeremy Greenstock Sir Jeremy Q. Greenstock, GCMG is a retired British diplomat, active from 1969-2004.-Life and career:Greenstock was born in Harrow on the Hill, north-west London, the son of Ruth Margaret and John Wilfred Greenstock. He was educated at the Harrow School and Worcester College, University of...
November 1998		A. Peter Burleigh
December 1998		Jassim Mohammed Buallay
January 1999		Celso Amorim Celso Amorim Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim is a Brazilian diplomat who has been Minister of Defence since August 2011. Amorim was the Minister of Foreign Relations from 1993 to 1995 under President Itamar Franco and again from 2003 to 2011 under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.Before his appointment by Lula,...
February 1999		Robert R. Fowler and Lloyd Axworthy Lloyd Axworthy Lloyd Norman Axworthy, PC, OC, OM is a prominent Canadian politician, statesman and University President from Manitoba. He is best known for having served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien...
March 1999		Qin Huasun
April 1999		Alain Dejammet
May 1999		Denis Dangue Réwaka Denis Dangue Réwaka Denis Dangue Réwaka is a Gabonese diplomat who was the Permanent Representative of Gabon to the United Nations from 1988 to 2008.Dangue Réwaka became Second Counsellor at Gabon's Embassy to Belgium in January 1970. He was subsequently Gabon's Ambassador to the Philippines for a time before becoming...
June 1999		Baboucarr-Blaise I. Jagne
July 1999		Sayed Hamid Albar and Agam Hasmy
August 1999		Martin Andjaba Martin Andjaba Martin Andjaba is a Namibian diplomat who has been his country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since 4 September 1996. Prior to this, he had served as the Namibian government's Chief of Protocol since 1990 where he was replaced by Patrick Nandago...  and Theo-Ben Gurirab Theo-Ben Gurirab Theo-Ben Gurirab is a Namibian politician who has been the Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia since 2005; previously he was Prime Minister of Namibia from August 27, 2002 to March 19, 2005.-Political career:...
September 1999		A. Peter van Walsum and Jozias van Aartsen Jozias van Aartsen Jozias Johannes van Aartsen is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy . He is the Mayor of the Hague since March 27, 2008....
October 1999		Sergey V. Lavrov
November 1999		Danilo Türk Danilo Türk - Early life :Türk was born in a lower middle class family in Maribor, Slovenia . His father died when he was a child. He attended the prestigious II. Gymnasium High school in Maribor. In 1971 he enrolled to the University of Ljubljana where he studied law...  and Boris Frlec
December 1999		Sir Jeremy Greenstock Jeremy Greenstock Sir Jeremy Q. Greenstock, GCMG is a retired British diplomat, active from 1969-2004.-Life and career:Greenstock was born in Harrow on the Hill, north-west London, the son of Ruth Margaret and John Wilfred Greenstock. He was educated at the Harrow School and Worcester College, University of...  and Peter Hain Peter Hain Peter Gerald Hain is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for the Welsh constituency of Neath since 1991, and has served in the Cabinets of both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, firstly as Leader of the House of Commons under Blair and both Secretary of State for...

2000–2004

Dates	State	Name
January 2000		Al Gore Al Gore Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election.... , Richard Holbrooke Richard Holbrooke Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke was an American diplomat, magazine editor, author, professor, Peace Corps official, and investment banker.... , and Madeleine K. Albright
February 2000		Arnaldo Manuel Listre and Adalberto Rodriguez Giavarini
March 2000		Anwarul Karim Chowdhury Anwarul Karim Chowdhury Anwarul Karim Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi diplomat most noted for his work on development in the poorest nations, global peace and championing the rights of women and children. In a speech he gave in 2005, Mr...  and Abdus Samad Azad Abdus Samad Azad Abdus Samad Azad was a diplomat and politician from Bangladesh. Azad was elected to Bangladesh's parliament five times from 1970 to 2001. He was also elected Member of Lower Assembly in the Parliament of then East Pakistan...
April 2000		Lloyd Axworthy Lloyd Axworthy Lloyd Norman Axworthy, PC, OC, OM is a prominent Canadian politician, statesman and University President from Manitoba. He is best known for having served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien...  and Robert R. Fowler
May 2000		Wang Yingfan Wang Yingfan Wang Yingfan is a Chinese diplomat and served as Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations from 2000 to 2003.-Biography:...
June 2000		Jean-David Levitte Jean-David Levitte Jean-David Levitte is a French diplomat, formerly the French ambassador to the United States, and currently diplomatic advisor and sherpa to President Nicolas Sarkozy. He has also been named head of the future National Security Council....
July 2000		Patricia Durrant and Paul Robertson
August 2000		Agam Hasmy
September 2000		Moctar Ouane Moctar Ouane Moctar Ouane is a Malian diplomat and politician. He served in the government of Mali as Minister of Foreign Affairs from May 2004 to April 2011.-Diplomatic career:...  and Alpha Oumar Konare Alpha Oumar Konaré Alpha Oumar Konaré was the President of Mali for two five-year terms , and was Chairperson of the African Union Commission from 2003 to 2008.-Scholarly career:...
October 2000		Martin Andjaba Martin Andjaba Martin Andjaba is a Namibian diplomat who has been his country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since 4 September 1996. Prior to this, he had served as the Namibian government's Chief of Protocol since 1990 where he was replaced by Patrick Nandago...  and Theo-Ben Gurirab Theo-Ben Gurirab Theo-Ben Gurirab is a Namibian politician who has been the Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia since 2005; previously he was Prime Minister of Namibia from August 27, 2002 to March 19, 2005.-Political career:...
November 2000		A. Peter van Walsum, Jozias van Aartsen Jozias van Aartsen Jozias Johannes van Aartsen is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy . He is the Mayor of the Hague since March 27, 2008.... , and Eveline Herfkens Eveline Herfkens Eva Leonie "Eveline" Herfkens is a former Dutch politician.She was a member of the Dutch parliament from 1981–1990 and Minister of Development Cooperation from 1998–2002.-Career:...
December 2000		Sergey V. Lavrov
January 2001		Kishore Mahbubani Kishore Mahbubani Kishore Mahbubani is a notable academic and is currently Professor in the Practice of Public Policy and the Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. From 1971 to 2004 he served in the Singaporean Foreign Services, ending up as Singapore's Permanent...  and Shunmugam Jayakumar
February 2001		Said Ben Mustapha and Habib Ben Yahia Habib Ben Yahia Habib Ben Yahia Habib Ben Yahia Habib Ben Yahia (born 1938 in metouia is a politician from Tunisia. From 1991 he served his first term as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia until January 1997 when he became defense minister. He served in that position until he became foreign minister for the...
March 2001		Valeriy Kuchinski, Vlodymyr Yel'chenko, and Anatoliy Zlenko Anatoliy Zlenko Anatoly Maximovich Zlenko is a Ukrainian diplomat. He was formerly the foreign minister of Ukraine.-References:...
April 2001		Sir Jeremy Greenstock Jeremy Greenstock Sir Jeremy Q. Greenstock, GCMG is a retired British diplomat, active from 1969-2004.-Life and career:Greenstock was born in Harrow on the Hill, north-west London, the son of Ruth Margaret and John Wilfred Greenstock. He was educated at the Harrow School and Worcester College, University of...
May 2001		James B. Cunningham James B. Cunningham Ambassador James Blair Cunningham is an American diplomat. Having served as the acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations , and Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations , Cunningham served as the Consul General of the United States of...
June 2001		Anwarul Karim Chowdhury Anwarul Karim Chowdhury Anwarul Karim Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi diplomat most noted for his work on development in the poorest nations, global peace and championing the rights of women and children. In a speech he gave in 2005, Mr...  and Abdus Samad Azad Abdus Samad Azad Abdus Samad Azad was a diplomat and politician from Bangladesh. Azad was elected to Bangladesh's parliament five times from 1970 to 2001. He was also elected Member of Lower Assembly in the Parliament of then East Pakistan...
July 2001		Wang Yingfan Wang Yingfan Wang Yingfan is a Chinese diplomat and served as Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations from 2000 to 2003.-Biography:...
August 2001		Guillermo Fernández de Soto Guillermo Fernández de Soto Guillermo Roque Fernández de Soto Valderrama is a Colombian lawyer and diplomat, who has served as Secretary General of the Andean Community of Nations, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, and Ambassador of Colombia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands....  and Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento is a Colombian lawyer and politician who as the 2nd Attorney General of Colombia brought charges and stood against the administration of Ernesto Samper Pizano during the Proceso 8000. He also served as the 24th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations...
September 2001		Jean-David Levitte Jean-David Levitte Jean-David Levitte is a French diplomat, formerly the French ambassador to the United States, and currently diplomatic advisor and sherpa to President Nicolas Sarkozy. He has also been named head of the future National Security Council....
October 2001		Richard Ryan Richard Ryan (diplomat) Richard Ryan is an Irish poet and diplomat.Born and educated in Dublin, he was an English professor and visiting poet at the University of St.Thomas, Minnesota, USA from 1970 to 1971, and published two volumes of poetry in the early 1970s. In 1974 he joined the Irish diplomatic service...  and Brian Cowen Brian Cowen Brian Cowen is a former Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 7 May 2008 to 9 March 2011. He was head of a coalition government led by Fianna Fáil which until 23 January 2011 had the support of the Green Party and independent TDs.Cowen was also leader of Fianna Fáil from 7 May...
November 2001		Patricia Durrant, Mr. —— Patterson, and Keith D. Knight
December 2001		Moctar Ouane Moctar Ouane Moctar Ouane is a Malian diplomat and politician. He served in the government of Mali as Minister of Foreign Affairs from May 2004 to April 2011.-Diplomatic career:...
January 2002		Jagdish Koonjul and Anil Kumarsingh Gayan Anil Kumarsingh Gayan Anil Kumarsingh Gayan was the foreign minister of Mauritius from 1983 until 1986 and from September 2000 until a cabinet reshuffle in December 2003. He is the descendant of laborers who came to Mauritius from India when the island was a British colony. He is part of a newly established political...
February 2002		Adolfo Aguilar Zinser Adolfo Aguilar Zínser Adolfo Aguilar Zínser was a Mexican scholar, diplomat and politician who served as a National Security Advisor to President Vicente Fox and as a UN Security Council Ambassador in the midst of the US invasion of Iraq....
March 2002		Ole Peter Kolby Ole Peter Kolby Ole Peter Kolby is a Norwegian diplomat.He was born in Oslo and is a cand.jur. by education. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1966...  and Jan Petersen Jan Petersen Jan Petersen is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1981, and was re-elected on six occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1973–1977. From 2001 to 2005, when the second cabinet...
April 2002		Sergey V. Lavrov
May 2002		Kishore Mahbubani Kishore Mahbubani Kishore Mahbubani is a notable academic and is currently Professor in the Practice of Public Policy and the Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. From 1971 to 2004 he served in the Singaporean Foreign Services, ending up as Singapore's Permanent...  and Shunmugam Jayakumar
June 2002		Mikhail Wehbe Mikhail Wehbe Mikhail Wehbe is a Syrian diplomat and former Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations.-Education:...  and Farouk Al-Sharaa Farouk al-Sharaa Farouk al-Sharaa , also known as Farouq al-Sharaa is a Syrian politician and diplomat. He is one of the most prominent officials in the Syrian government and served as foreign minister of Syria from 1984 until 2006 when he became Vice President of Syria. Sharaa still holds the...
July 2002		Sir Jeremy Greenstock Jeremy Greenstock Sir Jeremy Q. Greenstock, GCMG is a retired British diplomat, active from 1969-2004.-Life and career:Greenstock was born in Harrow on the Hill, north-west London, the son of Ruth Margaret and John Wilfred Greenstock. He was educated at the Harrow School and Worcester College, University of...  and Baroness Valerie Amos
August 2002		John D. Negroponte and James B. Cunningham James B. Cunningham Ambassador James Blair Cunningham is an American diplomat. Having served as the acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations , and Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations , Cunningham served as the Consul General of the United States of...
September 2002		Solomon Passy Solomon Passy Solomon Isaac Passy is a Bulgarian politician, foreign minister of Bulgaria from July 2001 until August 2005, and the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE in 2004. Dr. Passy is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy.- Summary :Solomon Passy was born in Plovdiv. He... , Stefan Tafrov Stefan Tafrov Stefan Tafrov is a Bulgarian politician, born on 11 February 1958, in Sofia. He was the Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the UN between 2001 and 2006, being replaced by Ivan T. Piperkov. In December 2003, as part of the standard presidency rotation, he took up the presidency of the UN... , Georgi Parvanov Georgi Parvanov Georgi Sedefchov Parvanov is a President of Bulgaria, whose second and last mandate expires on January 22, 2012; he was elected after defeating his predecessor Petar Stoyanov in the second round of the presidential elections in November 2001 and he came into office on January 22, 2002... , and Rayko Raytchev
October 2002		Martin Belinga-Eboutou
November 2002		Zhang Yishan and Wang Yingfan Wang Yingfan Wang Yingfan is a Chinese diplomat and served as Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations from 2000 to 2003.-Biography:...
December 2002		Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento is a Colombian lawyer and politician who as the 2nd Attorney General of Colombia brought charges and stood against the administration of Ernesto Samper Pizano during the Proceso 8000. He also served as the 24th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations...  and Carolina Barco Isakson
January 2003		Jean-Marc de la Sabliere Jean-Marc de La Sablière Jean-Marc de La Sablière has been the Ambassador of France in Italy since 7 September 2007. Prior to this, he was the Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations from 2002 to 2007....  and Dominique Galouzeau de Villepin
February 2003		Gunter Pleuger Gunter Pleuger Gunter Pleuger is a German diplomat and politician.He studied in politics and law in Bonn, and subsequently Cologne....  and Joschka Fischer Joschka Fischer Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens. He served as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005...
March 2003		Francis Lonseny Fall and Mamady Traore
April 2003		Adolfo Aguilar Zinser Adolfo Aguilar Zínser Adolfo Aguilar Zínser was a Mexican scholar, diplomat and politician who served as a National Security Advisor to President Vicente Fox and as a UN Security Council Ambassador in the midst of the US invasion of Iraq....  and Luis Ernesto Derbez Bautista
May 2003		Munir Akram Munir Akram Munir Akram, HQA was Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations from 2002 to 2008. Following a regime change in 2008, Ambassador Akram stepped down to pursue a career in the private sector...  and Khurshid M. Kasuri
June 2003		Sergey V. Lavrov
July 2003		Inocencio F. Arias, Ana Menendez, and Ana Palacio Ana Palacio Ana Isabel de Palacio y del Valle-Lersundi in Madrid, daughter of Luis María de Palacio y de Palacio, 4th Marqués de Matonte, and wife Luisa Mariana del Valle-Lersundi y del Valle, was Spain's Minister for Foreign Affairs in the People's Party government of José María Aznar from July 2002-March...
August 2003		Mikhail Wehbe Mikhail Wehbe Mikhail Wehbe is a Syrian diplomat and former Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations.-Education:...  and Faisal Meqdad Faisal Meqdad Faisal Meqdad is the Syrian deputy-foreign minister and former permanent envoy to the United Nations.-References:...
September 2003		Sir Emyr Jones Parry Emyr Jones Parry Sir Emyr Jones Parry, GCMG, FInstP is a retired British diplomat. He is a former British Permanent Representative to the United Nations and former UK Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council .-Education:...  and Jack Straw Jack Straw Jack Straw , British politician.Jack Straw may also refer to:* Jack Straw , English* "Jack Straw" , 1971 song by the Grateful Dead* Jack Straw by W...
October 2003		John D. Negroponte and James B. Cunningham James B. Cunningham Ambassador James Blair Cunningham is an American diplomat. Having served as the acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations , and Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations , Cunningham served as the Consul General of the United States of...
November 2003		Ismael Gaspar Martins
December 2003		Stefan Tafrov Stefan Tafrov Stefan Tafrov is a Bulgarian politician, born on 11 February 1958, in Sofia. He was the Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the UN between 2001 and 2006, being replaced by Ivan T. Piperkov. In December 2003, as part of the standard presidency rotation, he took up the presidency of the UN...  and Solomon Passy Solomon Passy Solomon Isaac Passy is a Bulgarian politician, foreign minister of Bulgaria from July 2001 until August 2005, and the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE in 2004. Dr. Passy is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy.- Summary :Solomon Passy was born in Plovdiv. He...
January 2004		Heraldo Muñoz Heraldo Muñoz Heraldo Muñoz Valenzuela is a Chilean politician and diplomat, the former Chilean Ambassador to the United Nations, and currently Assistant Secretary General, Assistant Administrator, and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme.Muñoz was...  and María Soledad Alvear Valenzuela
February 2004		Wang Guangya Wang Guangya Wang Guangya , born March 1950 in Jiangsu Province People's Republic of China, is a Chinese diplomat who is currently Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. A career diplomat, Wang was previously Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs...
March 2004		Jean-Marc de la Sabliere Jean-Marc de La Sablière Jean-Marc de La Sablière has been the Ambassador of France in Italy since 7 September 2007. Prior to this, he was the Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations from 2002 to 2007....  and Pierre-André Wiltzer
April 2004		Gunter Pleuger Gunter Pleuger Gunter Pleuger is a German diplomat and politician.He studied in politics and law in Bonn, and subsequently Cologne....  and Kerstin Müller Kerstin Müller Kerstin Müller is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
May 2004		Munir Akram Munir Akram Munir Akram, HQA was Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations from 2002 to 2008. Following a regime change in 2008, Ambassador Akram stepped down to pursue a career in the private sector...  and Khurshid M. Kasuri
June 2004		Lauro L. Baja and Delia Doming-Albert
July 2004		Mihnea Motoc Mihnea Motoc -Work history:* 2008 - current, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Romania to the European Union* 2003 – 2008, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations... , Adrian Năstase Adrian Nastase Adrian Năstase is a Romanian politician who was the Prime Minister of Romania from December 2000 to December 2004.He competed as the Social Democratic Party candidate in the 2004 presidential election, but was defeated by centre-right Justice and Truth Alliance candidate Traian Băsescu.He was... , and Mircea Geoană Mircea Geoana Dan Mircea Geoană is a Romanian politician, who served as president of the upper chamber of the Romanian Parliament, the Senate from December 20, 2008 until he was revoked by the senators on November 23, 2011. From 21 April 2005 until 21 February 2010 he was the head of the Partidul Social...
August 2004		Andrey Denisov
September 2004		Juan Antonio Yanez-Barnuevo and Miguel Angel Moratinos Cuyaube
October 2004		Sir Emyr Jones Parry Emyr Jones Parry Sir Emyr Jones Parry, GCMG, FInstP is a retired British diplomat. He is a former British Permanent Representative to the United Nations and former UK Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council .-Education:... , Bill Rammell Bill Rammell William Ernest Rammell is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Harlow from 1997 to 2010, and has served as the Minister of State for the Armed Forces at the Ministry of Defence... , and Adam Thomson
November 2004		John C. Danforth and Anne W. Patterson Anne W. Patterson Anne Woods Patterson is an American diplomat and career Foreign Service Officer. She currently serves as the United States Ambassador to Egypt. She previously served as acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations in 2005 and as United States Ambassador to Pakistan from July 2007 to...
December 2004		Abdallah Baali Abdallah Baali Abdallah Baali is an Algerian diplomat.He has been the Ambassador of Algeria to Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and Brunei Darussalam from 1992 to 1996, to the United Nations from 1996-2005 and to the United States of America since 2008.He was Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United...  and Abdelaziz Belkhadem Abdelaziz Belkhadem Abdelaziz Belkhadem is an Algerian politician who is the Minister of State, Personal Representative of the Head of State. He previously served as Prime Minister of Algeria from 2006 to 2008. He is the Secretary-General of the National Liberation Front .Belkhadem was born in Aflou, Laghouat...

2005–2009

Dates	State	Name
January 2005		César Mayoral César Mayoral César Fernando Mayoral, born December 21, 1947, is the current Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations. He became the Permanent Representative in December 2003 and presented his credentials to the United Nations Secretary-General on January 16, 2004.Between 2000 and 2003,...  and Rafael Antonio Bielsa
February 2005		Joel W. Adechi and Rogatien Biaou Rogatien Biaou Rogatien Biaou is a Beninese politician and diplomat. Biaou was the Foreign Minister of Benin from June 12, 2003 to February 16, 2006. He was fired after President Mathieu Kérékou discovered Biaou's sale of land surrounding the Embassy of Benin in Washington to a U.S. company in 2002 was...
March 2005		Ronaldo Sardenberg
April 2005		Wang Guangya Wang Guangya Wang Guangya , born March 1950 in Jiangsu Province People's Republic of China, is a Chinese diplomat who is currently Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. A career diplomat, Wang was previously Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs...  and Zhang Yishan
May 2005		Ellen Margrethe Løj Ellen Margrethe Løj Ellen Margrethe Løj was the Ambassador to the United Nations for Denmark from 2001 until 2007. She also served as Denmark's ambassador to the Czech Republic before she was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General as Special Representative for Liberia in October 2007.- Career :Løj began... , Lars Faaborg-Andersen, and Per Stig Møller Per Stig Møller Per Stig Møller was Culture Minister of Denmark. He has been a member of Folketinget for the Conservative People's Party since 1984, and was Minister for the Environment from December 18, 1990 to January 24, 1993 as part of the Cabinet of Poul Schlüter IV and Foreign Minister from November 27,...
June 2005		Jean-Marc de La Sablière Jean-Marc de La Sablière Jean-Marc de La Sablière has been the Ambassador of France in Italy since 7 September 2007. Prior to this, he was the Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations from 2002 to 2007.... , Michel Duclos, and Brigitte Collet
July 2005		Adamantios Vassilakis Adamantios Vassilakis Adamantios Vassilakis , is a distinguished Greek diplomat and negotiator.Adamantios Vassilakis is a graduate of the Commercial High School of Chios, Greece, and holds a Licence in Political and Diplomatic Sciences from the Free University of Brussels....
August 2005		Kenzo Oshima Kenzo Oshima is the Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations. He is the former United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. He is the recipient of a law degree from University of Tokyo....
September 2005		Lauro L. Baja, Jr. Lauro L. Baja, Jr. Lauro L. Baja, Jr. was the Permanent Representative to the United Nations for the Republic of the Philippines, and a former Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs. He presented his credentials to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 21 May 2003, replacing former Ambassador Alfonso T. Yuchengco...  and Bayani Mercado
October 2005		Mihnea Motoc Mihnea Motoc -Work history:* 2008 - current, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Romania to the European Union* 2003 – 2008, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations...  and Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu Mihai Razvan Ungureanu Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu is a Romanian historian, diplomat and politician. He was the foreign minister of Romania from December 28, 2004 to March 12, 2007...
November 2005		Andrey Denisov
December 2005		Sir Emyr Jones Parry Emyr Jones Parry Sir Emyr Jones Parry, GCMG, FInstP is a retired British diplomat. He is a former British Permanent Representative to the United Nations and former UK Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council .-Education:...
January 2006		Augustine P. Mahiga Augustine P. Mahiga Augustine Philip Mahiga is a Tanzanian diplomat. He is the current United Nations Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Political Office for Somalia.-Biography:...
February 2006		John R. Bolton John R. Bolton John Robert Bolton is an American lawyer and diplomat who has served in several Republican presidential administrations. He served as the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 2005 until December 2006 on a recess appointment...
March 2006		César Mayoral César Mayoral César Fernando Mayoral, born December 21, 1947, is the current Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations. He became the Permanent Representative in December 2003 and presented his credentials to the United Nations Secretary-General on January 16, 2004.Between 2000 and 2003,...
April 2006		Wang Guangya Wang Guangya Wang Guangya , born March 1950 in Jiangsu Province People's Republic of China, is a Chinese diplomat who is currently Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. A career diplomat, Wang was previously Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs...
May 2006		Basile Ikouébé Basile Ikouébé Basile Ikouébé is a Congolese diplomat who has served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of Foreign Affairs and La Francophonie since 2007. Previously, Ikouébé was Congo-Brazzaville's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1998 to 2007...  and Pascal Gayama
June 2006		Ellen Margrethe Løj Ellen Margrethe Løj Ellen Margrethe Løj was the Ambassador to the United Nations for Denmark from 2001 until 2007. She also served as Denmark's ambassador to the Czech Republic before she was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General as Special Representative for Liberia in October 2007.- Career :Løj began...
July 2006		Jean-Marc de La Sablière Jean-Marc de La Sablière Jean-Marc de La Sablière has been the Ambassador of France in Italy since 7 September 2007. Prior to this, he was the Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations from 2002 to 2007....
August 2006		Nana Effah-Apenteng Nana Effah-Apenteng Nana Effah-Apenteng was the Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations between May 2000 and 2007.-Education:Effah-Apenteng attended the University of Ghana at Legon where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Political science in 1968. He went on to achieve a Master’s degree in African...
September 2006		Adamantios Vassilakis Adamantios Vassilakis Adamantios Vassilakis , is a distinguished Greek diplomat and negotiator.Adamantios Vassilakis is a graduate of the Commercial High School of Chios, Greece, and holds a Licence in Political and Diplomatic Sciences from the Free University of Brussels....
October 2006		Kenzo Oshima Kenzo Oshima is the Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations. He is the former United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. He is the recipient of a law degree from University of Tokyo....
November 2006		Jorge Voto-Bernales
December 2006		Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser is a Qatari diplomat and the current permanent representative of Qatar to the United Nations, appointed on 11 September 1998. Prior to his current office at the United Nations, Al-Nasser had served as the ambassador to Jordan since 1993. He has worked for his country's...  and Mutlaq Majed al-Qahtani
January 2007		Vitaly Churkin
February 2007		Peter Burian Peter Burian Ambassador Peter Burian is the Slovak Ambassador to the United States of America.Born in Hlohovec, Peter Burian graduated in Oriental Studies at St. Petersburg University in the USSR and entered the service of the Czechoslovak foreign ministry in 1983...
March 2007		Dumisano S. Kumalo
April 2007		Sir Emyr Jones Parry Emyr Jones Parry Sir Emyr Jones Parry, GCMG, FInstP is a retired British diplomat. He is a former British Permanent Representative to the United Nations and former UK Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council .-Education:...  and Karen Pierce
May 2007		Zalmay Khalilzad Zalmay Khalilzad Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad is a counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and president of Khalilzad Associates, an international business consulting firm based in Washington, DC. He was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush...  and Alejandro Wolff
June 2007		Johan Verbeke
July 2007		Wang Guangya Wang Guangya Wang Guangya , born March 1950 in Jiangsu Province People's Republic of China, is a Chinese diplomat who is currently Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. A career diplomat, Wang was previously Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs...
August 2007		Pascal Gayama
September 2007		Jean-Maurice Ripert and Bernard Kouchner Bernard Kouchner Bernard Kouchner is a French politician, diplomat, and doctor. He is co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières and Médecins du Monde...
October 2007		Leslie K. Christian
November 2007		Marty Natalegawa Marty Natalegawa Raden Mohammad Marty Muliana Natalegawa, more commonly known as Marty Natalegawa, is an Indonesian diplomat and the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet...
December 2007		Marcello Spatafora Marcello Spatafora Marcello Spatafora is an Italian diplomat, former Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations.-Career:Marcello Spatafora was born in Innsbruck, Austria...
January 2008	Libya	Giadalla Ettalhi
February 2008		Ricardo Alberto Arias Ricardo Alberto Arias Ricardo Alberto Arias was the Panamanian Ambassador to the United Nations, serving from 2004 to 2009...
March 2008		Vitaly Churkin
April 2008		Dumisani S. Kumalo
May 2008		Karen Pierce
June 2008		Zalmay Khalilzad Zalmay Khalilzad Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad is a counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and president of Khalilzad Associates, an international business consulting firm based in Washington, DC. He was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush...  and Alejandro Wolff
July 2008		Lê Lương Minh Lê Luong Minh Lê Lương Minh is a Vietnamese politician and diplomat.Since February 17, 2004, he has been Vietnam's ambassador to the UN in New York City. He held this office from 1995 to 1997 for the UN institutions in Geneva and as a deputy in New York City from 1997 to 1999...
August 2008		Jan Grauls Jan Grauls Baron Jan Grauls, born 12 February 1948, is the Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Belgium. He is married and has three daughters and one son. He began his appointment June 2008.-Education:...
September 2008		Michel Kafando Michel Kafando Michel Kafando is a Burkinabé diplomat. He has been the Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso to the United Nations since 1998; previously he served in the Burkinabé government as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1983.-Background:Kafando was born in Ouagadougou... , Blaise Compaoré Blaise Compaoré Blaise Compaoré has been the President of Burkina Faso since 1987 following a coup d'état that ousted then-President Thomas Sankara. In 2011, a mutiny by soldiers over unpaid housing allowances forced him to flee the capital for his hometown...  and Bédouma Alain Yoda
October 2008		Zhang Yesui Zhang Yesui Zhang Yesui is a Chinese diplomat and currently the Chinese Ambassador to the United States. He has previously served as Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations and Vice-Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs.-Biography:...  and Liu Zhenmin
November 2008		Jorge Urbina Jorge Urbina Jorge Urbina, born on 2 May 1946, is the Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Costa Rica. He assumed the position in October 2006... , Óscar Arias Sánchez, Saul Weisleder, and Jorge Ballestero
December 2008		Neven Jurica Neven Jurica Neven Jurica is a Croatian politician who worked in Croatian diplomacy between 1992 and 2009. Between February 2008 and September 2009 he was the Permanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations.-Biography:... , Stjepan Mesić Stjepan Mesić Stjepan "Stipe" Mesić is a Croatian politician and former President of Croatia. Before his ten-year presidential term between 2000 and 2010 he held the posts of Speaker of the Croatian Parliament , Prime Minister of Croatia , the last President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia , Secretary General... , and Ivo Sanader Ivo Sanader Ivo Sanader |Split]]) is a Croatian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Croatia from 2003 to 2009.Sanader obtained his education in comparative literature in Austria, where he also later worked in the 1980s. He worked as a journalist, in marketing, publishing and also as a private...
January 2009		Jean-Maurice Ripert, and Bernard Kouchner Bernard Kouchner Bernard Kouchner is a French politician, diplomat, and doctor. He is co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières and Médecins du Monde...
February 2009		Yukio Takasu Yukio Takasu is the Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Japan. He was responsible for Japan’s policy toward Western Europe...
March 2009	Libya	Ibrahim Dabbashi and Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham Abdel Rahman Shalgham Abdel Rahman Shalgam is a Libyan politician. He was Foreign Minister of Libya from 2000 to 2009.From 1984 to 1995, before taking the office of Foreign Minister, Abdel Rahman Shalgham was Secretary of Libya's People's Bureau to Rome, Italy.From 1998 to 2000 he was appointed Secretary of Foreign...
April 2009		Claude Heller Claude Heller Claude Heller Rouassant is the current Ambassador for Mexico to the United Nations and the Security Council. He has been Mexico's Ambassador to France, Cuba, Austria and Switzerland...  and Patricia Espinosa Cantellano
May 2009		Vitaly Churkin and Sergey V. Lavrov
June 2009		Baki İlkin Baki Ilkin Baki İlkin is a Turkish diplomat and ambassador who served as the Representative of the Republic of Turkey to the United Nations...  and Ahmet Davutoğlu Ahmet Davutoglu Professor Ahmet Davutoğlu is a Turkish political scientist, an academic and an ambassador. On May 1, 2009, he was named Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey after being the chief advisor to the Prime Minister of Republic of Turkey.-Life and career:...
July 2009		Ruhakana Rugunda Ruhakana Rugunda Ruhakana Rugunda is the current Minister of Information & Communication Technology in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 27 May 2011. He replaced Aggrey Awori, who was dropped from the Cabinet...  and Sam Kutesa Sam Kutesa Sam Kahamba Kutesa is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. He is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Ugandan Cabinet, a position he has held since 13 January 2005. He is also the elected Member of Parliament for "Mawogola County", Sembabule District...
August 2009		John Sawers John Sawers Sir Robert John Sawers, KCMG is a British diplomat and senior civil servant. He is the current Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service...
September 2009		Susan Rice, Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in... , and Hillary Clinton
October 2009		Lê Lương Minh Lê Luong Minh Lê Lương Minh is a Vietnamese politician and diplomat.Since February 17, 2004, he has been Vietnam's ambassador to the UN in New York City. He held this office from 1995 to 1997 for the UN institutions in Geneva and as a deputy in New York City from 1997 to 1999...
November 2009		Thomas Mayr-Harting Thomas Mayr-Harting Thomas Mayr-Harting is an Austrian diplomat. He is the current EU Head of Delegation to the United Nations. Before taking up this appointment he served as Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations in New York between December 2008 and October 2011...
December 2009		Michel Kafando Michel Kafando Michel Kafando is a Burkinabé diplomat. He has been the Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso to the United Nations since 1998; previously he served in the Burkinabé government as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1983.-Background:Kafando was born in Ouagadougou...

2010–2014

Dates	State	Name
January 2010		Zhang Yesui Zhang Yesui Zhang Yesui is a Chinese diplomat and currently the Chinese Ambassador to the United States. He has previously served as Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations and Vice-Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs.-Biography:...
February 2010		Gérard Araud Gerard Araud Gérard Araud is the Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations. Before that he was Director General for Political and Security Affairs of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, also known as Quai d’Orsay....
March 2010		Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet Franck Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet is a Gabonese diplomat and political figure. He was Gabon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 2008 to January 2009...
April 2010		Yukio Takasu Yukio Takasu is the Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Japan. He was responsible for Japan’s policy toward Western Europe...
May 2010		Nawaf Salam Nawaf Salam Nawaf Salam is a Lebanese diplomat, academic, and jurist. He is currently serving as Lebanon's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.-Background and education:...
June 2010		Claude Heller Claude Heller Claude Heller Rouassant is the current Ambassador for Mexico to the United Nations and the Security Council. He has been Mexico's Ambassador to France, Cuba, Austria and Switzerland...
July 2010		Joy Ogwu Joy Ogwu Joy Uche Angela Ogwu is a former Foreign Minister of Nigeria and has been the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations in New York since 2008. She was the second woman to hold the post in the history of Nigeria. Prior to her ministerial career, Dr...
August 2010		Vitaly Churkin
September 2010		Ertuğrul Apakan, Abdullah Gül Abdullah Gül Dr. Abdullah Gül, GCB is the 11th and current President of the Republic of Turkey, serving in that office since 28 August 2007. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister from 2002-03, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2003-07.... , and Ahmet Davutoğlu Ahmet Davutoglu Professor Ahmet Davutoğlu is a Turkish political scientist, an academic and an ambassador. On May 1, 2009, he was named Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey after being the chief advisor to the Prime Minister of Republic of Turkey.-Life and career:...
October 2010		Ruhakana Rugunda Ruhakana Rugunda Ruhakana Rugunda is the current Minister of Information & Communication Technology in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 27 May 2011. He replaced Aggrey Awori, who was dropped from the Cabinet...
November 2010		Mark Lyall Grant
December 2010		Susan Rice and Brooke Anderson
January 2011		Ivan Barbalić Ivan Barbalić Ivan Barbalić is a Bosnian and Herzegovinian diplomat serving as a Permanent Representative to the United Nations accredited as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Chief of the Permanent Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Office of the United Nations...
February 2011		Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti is the Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations, as of 25 July 2007. Viotti was the President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of February 2011...
March 2011		Li Baodong Li Baodong Li Baodong is a Chinese diplomat and has been the Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations since 2010.-Biography:...
April 2011		Juan Manuel Santos Juan Manuel Santos Juan Manuel Santos Calderón is a Colombian politician who has been the President of Colombia since 7 August 2010. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Trade, Minister of Finance, and Minister of National Defense.-Career:...  and Néstor Osorio
May 2011		Gérard Araud Gerard Araud Gérard Araud is the Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations. Before that he was Director General for Political and Security Affairs of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, also known as Quai d’Orsay....
June 2011		Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet Franck Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet is a Gabonese diplomat and political figure. He was Gabon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 2008 to January 2009...
July 2011		Peter Wittig Peter Wittig Peter Wittig is a German diplomat and has been Germany's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since December 2009....  and Guido Westerwelle Guido Westerwelle Guido Westerwelle [] is a German liberal politician, who, since 28 October 2009, has been serving as the Foreign Minister in the second cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel, and who was Vice Chancellor of Germany from 2009 to 2011. He is the first openly gay person to hold either of those positions...
August 2011		Hardeep Singh Puri Hardeep Singh Puri Hardeep Singh Puri is a 1973 batch Indian Foreign Service officer who is the current Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations. He is also presently the chairman of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee...
September 2011		Nawaf Salam Nawaf Salam Nawaf Salam is a Lebanese diplomat, academic, and jurist. He is currently serving as Lebanon's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.-Background and education:...  and Najib Mikati Najib Mikati Najib Azmi Mikati is a Lebanese politician, billionaire and is the current Prime Minister of Lebanon since 13 June 2011. From April 2005 to July 2005 he was Prime Minister of Lebanon in a caretaker government...
October 2011		Joy Ogwu Joy Ogwu Joy Uche Angela Ogwu is a former Foreign Minister of Nigeria and has been the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations in New York since 2008. She was the second woman to hold the post in the history of Nigeria. Prior to her ministerial career, Dr...
November 2011		José Filipe Moraes Cabral José Filipe Moraes Cabral José Filipe Moraes Cabral is a Portuguese diplomat. He has been the Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations in New York since 2008....
December 2011	(scheduled)

See also

• United Nations Security Council Resolution 14
  United Nations Security Council Resolution 14
  United Nations Security Council Resolution 14, adopted on December 16, 1946, changed the rules of procedure so that the terms of the rotating presidency of the Council would correspond with the calendar year...
  
  
• President of the United Nations General Assembly
  President of the United Nations General Assembly
  The President of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted for by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly on a yearly basis.- Election :...
  
  

External links

• UN Security Council Presidency, official website
• Presidents of the Security Council in ..., United Nations Documentation, un.org