United States Ambassador to the United Nations

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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)
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. 1945 - 1946 Trygve Lie Harry S. Truman
Herschel V. Johnson
(acting) 1946 - 1947 Trygve Lie Harry S. Truman
Warren R. Austin 1947 - 1953 Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjöld Harry S. Truman
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 1953 - 1960 Dag Hammarskjöld Dwight Eisenhower
James J. Wadsworth 1960 - 1961 Dag Hammarskjöld Dwight Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson 1961 - 1965 Dag Hammarskjöld, U Thant John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
Arthur J. Goldberg 1965 - 1968 U Thant Lyndon Johnson
George W. Ball 1968 U Thant Lyndon Johnson
James Russell Wiggins 1968 - 1969 U Thant Lyndon Johnson
Charles W. Yost 1969 - 1971 U Thant Richard Nixon
George H. W. Bush 1971 - 1973 U Thant, Kurt Waldheim Richard Nixon
John A. Scali 1973 - 1975 Kurt Waldheim Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 1975 - 1976 Kurt Waldheim Gerald Ford
William Scranton 1976 - 1977 Kurt Waldheim Gerald Ford
Andrew Young 1977 - 1979 Kurt Waldheim Jimmy Carter
Donald McHenry 1979 - 1981 Kurt Waldheim Jimmy Carter
Jeane Kirkpatrick 1981 - 1985 Kurt Waldheim Ronald Reagan
Vernon A. Walters 1985 - 1989 Kurt Waldheim, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Ronald Reagan
Thomas R. Pickering 1989 - 1992 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Boutros Boutros-Ghali George H. W. Bush
Edward J. Perkins 1992 - 1993 Boutros Boutros-Ghali George H. W. Bush
Madeleine Albright 1993 - 1997 Boutros Boutros-Ghali Bill Clinton
Bill Richardson 1997 - 1998 Kofi Annan Bill Clinton
Albert Peter Burleigh
(acting) 1998 - 1999 Kofi Annan Bill Clinton
Richard Holbrooke 1999 - 2001 Kofi Annan Bill Clinton
James B. Cunningham
(acting) 2001 Kofi Annan George W. Bush
John D. Negroponte 2001 - 2004 Kofi Annan George W. Bush
John Danforth 2004 - 2005 Kofi Annan George W. Bush
Anne W. Patterson
(acting) 2005 Kofi Annan George W. Bush
John R. Bolton 2005 - Present
(recess appointment
to expire January 2007) Kofi Annan George W. Bush

Name	Years served	UN Secretary(ies)-General	U.S. President(s)
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.	1945 - 1946	Trygve Lie	Harry S. Truman
Herschel V. Johnson (acting)	1946 - 1947	Trygve Lie	Harry S. Truman
Warren R. Austin	1947 - 1953	Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjöld	Harry S. Truman
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.	1953 - 1960	Dag Hammarskjöld	Dwight Eisenhower
James J. Wadsworth	1960 - 1961	Dag Hammarskjöld	Dwight Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson	1961 - 1965	Dag Hammarskjöld, U Thant	John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
Arthur J. Goldberg	1965 - 1968	U Thant	Lyndon Johnson
George W. Ball	1968	U Thant	Lyndon Johnson
James Russell Wiggins	1968 - 1969	U Thant	Lyndon Johnson
Charles W. Yost	1969 - 1971	U Thant	Richard Nixon
George H. W. Bush	1971 - 1973	U Thant, Kurt Waldheim	Richard Nixon
John A. Scali	1973 - 1975	Kurt Waldheim	Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
Daniel Patrick Moynihan	1975 - 1976	Kurt Waldheim	Gerald Ford
William Scranton	1976 - 1977	Kurt Waldheim	Gerald Ford
Andrew Young	1977 - 1979	Kurt Waldheim	Jimmy Carter
Donald McHenry	1979 - 1981	Kurt Waldheim	Jimmy Carter
Jeane Kirkpatrick	1981 - 1985	Kurt Waldheim	Ronald Reagan
Vernon A. Walters	1985 - 1989	Kurt Waldheim, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Ronald Reagan
Thomas R. Pickering	1989 - 1992	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Boutros Boutros-Ghali	George H. W. Bush
Edward J. Perkins	1992 - 1993	Boutros Boutros-Ghali	George H. W. Bush
Madeleine Albright	1993 - 1997	Boutros Boutros-Ghali	Bill Clinton
Bill Richardson	1997 - 1998	Kofi Annan	Bill Clinton
Albert Peter Burleigh (acting)	1998 - 1999	Kofi Annan	Bill Clinton
Richard Holbrooke	1999 - 2001	Kofi Annan	Bill Clinton
James B. Cunningham (acting)	2001	Kofi Annan	George W. Bush
John D. Negroponte	2001 - 2004	Kofi Annan	George W. Bush
John Danforth	2004 - 2005	Kofi Annan	George W. Bush
Anne W. Patterson (acting)	2005	Kofi Annan	George W. Bush
John R. Bolton	2005 - Present (recess appointment to expire January 2007)	Kofi Annan	George W. Bush

External link

[U.S. Department of State's listing of U.S. ambassadors to the United Nations]

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