The permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations is the leader of Russia's diplomatic mission to the United Nations. Vasily Nebenzya is charged with representing Russia in the United Nations Security Council and the formal meetings of the United Nations General Assembly except the rare occasion when the most senior officials of Russia are present (such as the president of Russia or the minister of foreign affairs). The ambassador must be nominated by the president and confirmed by the Federation Council.
The position of Russian/Soviet permanent representative to the United Nations is the highest position among all the Russian ambassadors. They serve in various organizations and countries at the pleasure of the president.
Vasily Nebenzya was nominated to the position by President Vladimir Putin and was confirmed by the Federation Council. He has been serving since July 27, 2017.
List of permanent representatives Soviet Union
# Photo Name Date appointed Date presentedcredentials Date until U.N. Secretary-General Leader 1 Andrey Gromyko 10 April 1946 May 1948 Trygve Lie Joseph Stalin 2 Yakov Malik May 1948 October 1952 3 Valerian Zorin October 1952 March 1953 Dag Hammarskjöld 4 Andrey Vyshinsky March 1953 22 November 1954 Georgy MalenkovNikita Khrushchev 5 Arkady Sobolev 1955 12 April 1955 1960 6 Valerian Zorin 1960 1963 U Thant 7 Nikolai Fedorenko 1963 7 January 1963 1968Leonid Brezhnev 8 Yakov Malik 1968 November 1976 Kurt Waldheim 9 Oleg Troyanovsky November 1976 6 January 1977 March 1986 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Yury AndropovKonstantin ChernenkoMikhail Gorbachev 10 Yuri Dubinin March 1986 20 March 1986 May 1986 11 Alexander Belonogov 1986 1990 12 Yuli Vorontsov 1990 22 May 1990 1991
Russian Federation
# Photo Name Date appointed Date presentedcredentials Date until U.N. Secretary-General President 12 Yuli Vorontsov 26 December 1991 — 7 July 1994 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Boris Yeltsin Boutros Boutros-Ghali 13 Sergey Lavrov 7 July 1994 22 September 1994 12 July 2004 Kofi Annan Vladimir Putin 14 Andrey Denisov 12 July 2004 3 August 2004 8 April 2006 15 Vitaly Churkin 8 April 2006 1 May 2006 20 February 2017 Ban Ki-moon Dmitry Medvedev António Guterres Vladimir Putin — Pyotr Ilichov 20 February 2017 — 26 July 2017 16 Vasily Nebenzya 27 July 2017 28 July 2017 Incumbent
See also Permanent Mission of Russia to the United Nations Russia and the United Nations Soviet Union and the United Nations Consulate General of Russia, New York City Embassy of Russia, Washington, D.C. List of diplomatic missions of Russia List of ambassadors of Russia to the United States Russia–United States relations Soviet Union–United States relations
References
External links Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations