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United States Ambassador to the United Nations, full title, Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations (also known as the U.S. Permanent Representative, or "Perm Rep", to the United Nations):
# |
Name |
Years served |
UN Secretary(ies)-General |
U.S. President(s) |
1 |
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. |
1945–1946 |
Sir Gladwyn Jebb, Trygve Lie |
Harry S. Truman |
2 |
Herschel V. Johnson
(acting) |
1946–1947 |
Trygve Lie |
Harry S. Truman |
3 |
Warren R. Austin |
1947–1953 |
Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjöld |
Harry S. Truman |
4 |
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. |
1953–1960 |
Dag Hammarskjöld |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
5 |
James J. Wadsworth |
1960–1961 |
Dag Hammarskjöld |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
6 |
Adlai Stevenson |
1961–1965 |
Dag Hammarskjöld, U Thant |
John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson |
7 |
Arthur J. Goldberg |
1965–1968 |
U Thant |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
8 |
George W. Ball |
1968 |
U Thant |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
9 |
James Russell Wiggins |
1968–1969 |
U Thant |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
10 |
Charles W. Yost |
1969–1971 |
U Thant |
Richard Nixon |
11 |
George H. W. Bush |
1971–1973 |
U Thant, Kurt Waldheim |
Richard Nixon |
12 |
John A. Scali |
1973–1975 |
Kurt Waldheim |
Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford |
13 |
Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
1975–1976 |
Kurt Waldheim |
Gerald Ford |
14 |
William Scranton |
1976–1977 |
Kurt Waldheim |
Gerald Ford |
15 |
Andrew Young |
1977–1979 |
Kurt Waldheim |
Jimmy Carter |
16 |
Donald McHenry |
1979–1981 |
Kurt Waldheim |
Jimmy Carter |
17 |
Jeane Kirkpatrick |
1981–1985 |
Kurt Waldheim, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar |
Ronald Reagan |
18 |
Vernon A. Walters |
1985–1989 |
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar |
Ronald Reagan |
19 |
Thomas R. Pickering |
1989–1992 |
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Boutros Boutros-Ghali |
George H. W. Bush |
20 |
Edward J. Perkins |
1992–1993 |
Boutros Boutros-Ghali |
George H. W. Bush |
21 |
Madeleine Albright |
1993–1997 |
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Kofi Annan |
Bill Clinton |
22 |
Bill Richardson |
1997–1998 |
Kofi Annan |
Bill Clinton |
23 |
Albert Peter Burleigh
(acting) |
1998–1999 |
Kofi Annan |
Bill Clinton |
24 |
Richard Holbrooke |
1999–2001 |
Kofi Annan |
Bill Clinton |
25 |
James B. Cunningham
(acting) |
2001 |
Kofi Annan |
George W. Bush |
26 |
John D. Negroponte |
2001–2004 |
Kofi Annan |
George W. Bush |
27 |
John Danforth |
2004–2005 |
Kofi Annan |
George W. Bush |
28 |
Anne W. Patterson
(acting) |
2005 |
Kofi Annan |
George W. Bush |
29 |
John R. Bolton |
2005–Present
(recess appointment
to expire January 2007) |
Kofi Annan |
George W. Bush |
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