United States Ambassador to the United Nations

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The 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) is the leader of the United States' delegation to the United Nations. As such, he/she is charged with representing the United States on the UN Security Council, as well as being the representative of the United States in all plenary meetings of the General Assembly except in the rare situation in which a superior officer of the United States (such as the U.S. Secretary of State or the President of the United States) is present. Like all United States ambassadors, he/she must be nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

Currently, the permanent Ambassador is Zalmay Khalilzad, having succeeded acting Ambassador Alejandro Daniel Wolff. The previous interim permanent Ambassador, John R. Bolton (selected by recess appointment) resigned in the face of poor confirmation prospects after the 2006 elections returned a Democratic majority.

The following is a list of those who have held the office:

# US Ambassador to UN Years served U.N. Secretary/Secretaries-General U.S. President(s)
1 Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. 1945–1946 Sir Gladwyn Jebb, Trygve Lie Harry S. Truman
— Herschel V. Johnson
(acting)		 1946–1947 Trygve Lie Harry S. Truman
2 Warren R. Austin 1947–1953 Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjöld Harry S. Truman
3 Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 1953–1960 Dag Hammarskjöld Dwight D. Eisenhower
4 James J. Wadsworth 1960–1961 Dag Hammarskjöld Dwight D. Eisenhower
5 Adlai Stevenson 1961–1965 Dag Hammarskjöld, U Thant John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
6 Arthur J. Goldberg 1965–1968 U Thant Lyndon B. Johnson
7 George W. Ball 1968 U Thant Lyndon B. Johnson
8 James Russell Wiggins 1968–1969 U Thant Lyndon B. Johnson
9 Charles W. Yost 1969–1971 U Thant Richard Nixon
10 George H. W. Bush 1971–1973 U Thant, Kurt Waldheim Richard Nixon
11 John A. Scali 1973–1975 Kurt Waldheim Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
12 Daniel Patrick Moynihan 1975–1976 Kurt Waldheim Gerald Ford
13 William Scranton 1976–1977 Kurt Waldheim Gerald Ford
14 Andrew Young 1977–1979 Kurt Waldheim Jimmy Carter
15 Donald McHenry 1979–1981 Kurt Waldheim Jimmy Carter
16 Jeane Kirkpatrick 1981–1985 Kurt Waldheim, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Ronald Reagan
17 Vernon A. Walters 1985–1989 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Ronald Reagan
18 Thomas R. Pickering 1989–1992 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Boutros Boutros-Ghali George H. W. Bush
19 Edward J. Perkins 1992–1993 Boutros Boutros-Ghali George H. W. Bush
20 Madeleine Albright 1993–1997 Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Kofi Annan Bill Clinton
21 Bill Richardson 1997–1998 Kofi Annan Bill Clinton
— Albert Peter Burleigh
(acting)		 1998–1999 Kofi Annan Bill Clinton
22 Richard Holbrooke 1999–2001 Kofi Annan Bill Clinton
— James B. Cunningham
(acting)		 2001 Kofi Annan George W. Bush
23 John D. Negroponte 2001–2004 Kofi Annan George W. Bush
24 John Danforth 2004–2005 Kofi Annan George W. Bush
— Anne W. Patterson (Acting) 2005 Kofi Annan George W. Bush
25 John R. Bolton 2005–2006 Kofi Annan George W. Bush
— Alejandro Daniel Wolff (Acting) 2006–2007 Kofi Annan, Ban Ki-moon George W. Bush
26 Zalmay Khalilzad 2007–Present Ban Ki-Moon George W. Bush

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