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Ambassador of the United States to the United Nations
Seal of the United States Department of State
United States Ambassador flag
Incumbent Nikki Haley since January 27, 2017
United States Department of State
Style	Madam Ambassador Her Excellency
Member of	National Security Council
Reports to	U.S. President U.S. Secretary of State
Seat	United Nations New York City, New York, U.S.
Nominator	President of the United States
Appointer	The President with Senate advice and consent
Term length	At the pleasure of the President No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Edward Stettinius Jr.
Formation	December 21, 1945; 72 years ago (1945-12-21)
Salary	Executive Schedule, Level 4
Website	usun.state.gov

The United States Ambassador to the United Nations is the leader of the U.S. delegation, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. The position is more formally known as the "Permanent 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"; it is also known as the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

The U.S. Permanent Representative, currently Nikki Haley, is charged with representing the United States on the U.N. Security Council and during almost all plenary meetings of the General Assembly, except in the rare situation in which a more senior 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 or she must be nominated by the U.S. President and confirmed by the Senate.

Many prominent U.S. politicians and diplomats have held the post, including Adlai Stevenson II, George H. W. Bush, Jeane Kirkpatrick, and Madeleine Albright. The Ambassador serves at the pleasure of the President, and is therefore appointed by the President.

Nikki Haley was nominated for this position by President Donald Trump^[1] and was confirmed by the Senate. She assumed office upon presenting her credentials to the UN Secretary-General on January 27, 2017, but tendered her resignation to President Trump on October 9, 2018, to be effective on December 31.

In the last decade all ambassadors have been women.

Cabinet status

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., a leading moderate Republican who lost his seat in the United States Senate to John F. Kennedy in the 1952 elections, was appointed ambassador to the United Nations in 1953 by Dwight D. Eisenhower in gratitude for the defeated senator's role in the new president's defeat of conservative leader Robert A. Taft for the 1952 Republican nomination and subsequent service as his campaign manager in the general election; Eisenhower raised the ambassadorship to cabinet rank in order to give Lodge direct access to him without having to go through the State Department.^[2]

The Ambassadorship continued to hold this status through the Ford, Carter, and Reagan administrations but was removed from cabinet rank by George H. W. Bush, who had previously held the position himself. It was restored under the Clinton administration. It was not a cabinet-level position under the George W. Bush administration (from 2001 to 2009),^[3][4] but was once again elevated under the Obama administration, and retained as such by the Trump administration.^[5]

Former UN Ambassador (and current National Security Advisor) John R. Bolton has publicly opposed the granting of cabinet-level status to the office, stating "One, it overstates the role and importance the U.N. should have in U.S. foreign policy, second, you shouldn't have two secretaries in the same department".

In December 2018, it was reported by several news organizations that along with the nomination of Heather Nauert to replace Nikki Haley, the Trump administration would once again downgrade the position to non-Cabinet rank.^[6]

List of Ambassadors

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

#	Ambassador		Years served	U.S. President
1		Edward Stettinius Jr.	January 17, 1946 – June 3, 1946	Harry Truman
—		Herschel Johnson	June 3, 1946 – January 14, 1947 Acting
2		Warren Austin	January 14, 1947 – January 22, 1953
				Dwight D. Eisenhower
3		Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.	January 26, 1953[7] – September 3, 1960
4		James Jeremiah Wadsworth	September 8, 1960 – January 21, 1961
				John Kennedy
5		Adlai Stevenson	January 23, 1961 – July 14, 1965
				Lyndon B. Johnson
6		Arthur Goldberg	July 28, 1965 – June 24, 1968
7		George W. Ball	June 26, 1968 – September 25, 1968
8		James Russell Wiggins	October 7, 1968 – January 20, 1969
9		Charles Yost	January 23, 1969 – February 25, 1971	Richard Nixon
10		George H. W. Bush	March 1, 1971 – January 18, 1973
11		John A. Scali	February 20, 1973 – June 29, 1975
				Gerald Ford
12		Daniel Patrick Moynihan	June 30, 1975 – February 2, 1976
13		William Scranton	March 15, 1976 – January 19, 1977
14		Andrew Young	January 30, 1977 – September 23, 1979	Jimmy Carter
15		Donald McHenry	September 23, 1979 – January 20, 1981
16		Jeane Kirkpatrick	February 4, 1981 – April 1, 1985	Ronald Reagan
17		Vernon A. Walters	May 22, 1985 – March 15, 1989
				George H. W. Bush
18		Thomas R. Pickering	March 20, 1989 – May 7, 1992
19		Edward J. Perkins	May 12, 1992 – January 27, 1993
				Bill Clinton
20		Madeleine Albright	January 27, 1993 – January 21, 1997
21		Bill Richardson	February 18, 1997 – August 18, 1998
—		Peter Burleigh	August 18, 1998 – September 7, 1999 Acting
22		Richard Holbrooke	September 7, 1999 – January 20, 2001
—		James B. Cunningham	January 20, 2001 – September 19, 2001 Acting	George W. Bush
23		John Negroponte	September 19, 2001 – June 23, 2004
24		John Danforth	July 23, 2004 – January 20, 2005
—		Anne W. Patterson	January 20, 2005 – August 2, 2005 Acting
25		John R. Bolton	August 2, 2005 – December 31, 2006 Recess appointment, not confirmed by the U.S. Senate
—		Alejandro Daniel Wolff	December 31, 2006 – April 30, 2007 Acting
26		Zalmay Khalilzad	April 30, 2007 – January 22, 2009
				Barack Obama
27		Susan Rice	January 26, 2009 – June 30, 2013
—		Rosemary DiCarlo	June 30, 2013 – August 5, 2013 Acting
28		Samantha Power	August 5, 2013 – January 20, 2017
–		Michele J. Sison	January 20, 2017 – January 27, 2017 Acting	Donald Trump
29		Nikki Haley	January 27, 2017 – present

Living former U.S. Ambassadors to the United Nations

As of December 2018, there are twelve living former U.S. Ambassadors to the United Nation (with all Ambassadors that have served since 2001 still living), the oldest being Edward J. Perkins (served 1992–1993, born 1928). The most recent Ambassador to die was George H. W. Bush (served 1971–1973, born 1924), on November 30, 2018.

• Living former U.S. Ambassadors to the United Nations


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  Andrew Young
  served 1977–1979, born March 13, 1932 (age 86)
  

  
  

  
  


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  Donald McHenry
  served 1979–1981, born October 13, 1936 (age 82)
  

  
  

  
  


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  Thomas R. Pickering
  served 1989–1992, born November 5, 1931 (age 87)
  

  
  

  
  


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  Edward J. Perkins
  served 1992–1993, born June 8, 1928 (age 90)
  

  
  

  
  


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  Madeleine Albright
  served 1993–1997, born May 15, 1937 (age 81)
  

  
  

  
  


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  Bill Richardson
  served 1997–1998, born November 15, 1947 (age 71)
  

  
  

  
  


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  John Negroponte
  served 2001–2004, born July 21, 1939 (age 79)
  

  
  

  
  


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  John Danforth
  served 2004–2005, born September 5, 1936 (age 82)
  

  
  

  
  


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  John R. Bolton
  served 2005–2006, born November 20, 1948 (age 70)
  

  
  

  
  


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  Zalmay Khalilzad
  served 2007–2009, born March 22, 1951 (age 67)
  

  
  

  
  


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  Susan Rice
  served 2009–2013, born November 17, 1964 (age 54)
  

  
  

  
  


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  Samantha Power
  served 2013–2017, born September 21, 1970 (age 48)
  

  
  

  
  

See also

• Diplomatic Security Service


• Residence of the United States Ambassador to the United Nations

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External links

• Official website