# Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations

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.

## Permanent Representatives of the Soviet Union to the United Nations

| # | Name | Date appointed | Date presented credentials | 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 | Trygve Lie | Joseph Stalin |
| 3 | Valerian Zorin | October 1952 | | March 1953 | Trygve Lie | Joseph Stalin |
| 3 | Valerian Zorin | October 1952 | | March 1953 | Dag Hammarskjöld | Joseph Stalin |
| 4 | Andrey Vyshinsky | March 1953 | | 22 November 1954 (Died in office) | Dag Hammarskjöld | Georgy Malenkov |
| 4 | Andrey Vyshinsky | March 1953 | | 22 November 1954 (Died in office) | Dag Hammarskjöld | Nikita Khrushchev |
| 5 | Arkady Sobolev | 1955 | 12 April 1955 | 1960 | Dag Hammarskjöld | Nikita Khrushchev |
| 6 | Valerian Zorin | 1960 | | 1963 | Dag Hammarskjöld | Nikita Khrushchev |
| 6 | Valerian Zorin | 1960 | | 1963 | U Thant | Nikita Khrushchev |
| 7 | Nikolai Fedorenko | 1963 | 7 January 1963 | 1968 | U Thant | Nikita Khrushchev |
| 7 | Nikolai Fedorenko | 1963 | 7 January 1963 | 1968 | U Thant | Leonid Brezhnev |
| 8 | Yakov Malik | 1968 | | November 1976 | U Thant | Leonid Brezhnev |
| 8 | Yakov Malik | 1968 | | November 1976 | Kurt Waldheim | Leonid Brezhnev |
| 9 | Oleg Troyanovsky | November 1976 | 6 January 1977 | March 1986 | Kurt Waldheim | Leonid Brezhnev |
| 9 | Oleg Troyanovsky | November 1976 | 6 January 1977 | March 1986 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Yury Andropov |
| 9 | Oleg Troyanovsky | November 1976 | 6 January 1977 | March 1986 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Konstantin Chernenko |
| 9 | Oleg Troyanovsky | November 1976 | 6 January 1977 | March 1986 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| 10 | Yuri Dubinin | March 1986 | 20 March 1986 | May 1986 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| 11 | Alexander Belonogov | 1986 | | 1990 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| 12 | Yuli Vorontsov | 1990 | 22 May 1990 | 1991 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Mikhail Gorbachev |

## Permanent Representatives of the Russian Federation to the United Nations

| # | Name | Date appointed | Date presented credentials | Date until | U.N. Secretary-General | President |
| 12 | Yuli Vorontsov | 26 December 1991 | — | 7 July 1994 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Boris Yeltsin |
| 12 | Yuli Vorontsov | 26 December 1991 | — | 7 July 1994 | Boutros Boutros-Ghali | Boris Yeltsin |
| 13 | Sergey Lavrov | 7 July 1994 | 22 September 1994 | 12 July 2004 | Boutros Boutros-Ghali | Boris Yeltsin |
| 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 | Kofi Annan | Vladimir Putin |
| 15 | Vitaly Churkin | 8 April 2006 | 1 May 2006 | 20 February 2017 (Died in office) | Kofi Annan | Vladimir Putin |
| 15 | Vitaly Churkin | 8 April 2006 | 1 May 2006 | 20 February 2017 (Died in office) | Ban Ki-moon | Dmitry Medvedev |
| 15 | Vitaly Churkin | 8 April 2006 | 1 May 2006 | 20 February 2017 (Died in office) | António Guterres | Vladimir Putin |
| — | Pyotr Ilichov (acting) | 20 February 2017 | — | 26 July 2017 | António Guterres | Vladimir Putin |
| 16 | Vasily Nebenzya | 27 July 2017 | 28 July 2017 | Incumbent | António Guterres | Vladimir Putin |