Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations explained

Post:Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
Flag:Flag of India.svg
Flagsize:110px
Insigniacaption:Emblem of India
Flagcaption:Flag of India
Insignia:Emblem_of_India.svg
Insigniasize:75px
Incumbent:Parvathaneni Harish
Incumbentsince:1 September 2024
Style:His/Her Excellency[1]
Appointer:President of India
Formation:1947

The permanent representative of India to the United Nations is India's foremost diplomatic representative to the United Nations. The permanent representative (UN ambassador)[2] is the head of the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations in New York City.

The permanent representative of India to the UN is Parvathaneni Harish, who took charge of the post from September 1, 2024 .

List

This is a list of Indian permanent representative to the United Nations.[3] [4]

NamePortraitEntered officeLeft officeNotes
Feroz Khan Noon19451946
19461948Permanent liaison officer to the UN
B. N. RauMarch 19481952
Rajeshwar Dayal1952August 1954
Arthur S. LallSeptember 1954December 1959
Chandra Shekhar JhaJanuary 19591962
B. N. ChakrvarthyAugust 1962July 1965
G. ParthasarathyAugust 1965December 1968Also served as the President of the United Nations Security Council (September 1967)
Samar SenJanuary 1969July 1974Also served as the President of the United Nations Security Council (December 1972)
Rikhi JaipalJuly 1974May 1979Also served as the President of the United Nations Security Council (October 1977)
Brajesh MishraJune 1979March 1981
Natarajan KrishnanApril 1981September 1986Also served as the President of the United Nations Security Council (February 1985)
Chinmaya Rajaninath GharekhanOctober 1986December 1992
Mohammad Hamid AnsariJanuary 1993January 1995Also served as Vice President of India from 2007 to 2017
Prakash ShahFebruary 1995July 1997
Kamalesh SharmaAugust 1997May 2002Served as the 5th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations (2008–2016)
Vijay K. NambiarMay 2002May 2004
Nirupam SenSeptember 2004March 2009
Hardeep Singh PuriMay 2009February 2013
Asoke Kumar MukerjiApril 2013December 2015
January 2016April 2020
T. S. TirumurtiMay 2020[5] June 2022Also served as the President of the United Nations Security Council (August 2021)
August 2022[6] 31 May 2024
Parvathaneni HarishSeptember 2024[7] Incumbent

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About us. 2013-08-21.
  2. "History of Ambassadors", United States Mission to the United Nations, March 2011, webpage: USUN-a .
  3. Web site: Permanent Representatives of India to the United Nations. 2014-08-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225044/https://www.pminewyork.org/pages.php?id=962. 2016-03-03. dead.
  4. Book: Mukerji, Asoke. India and The United Nations. Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations. 2015. New York. 368–374.
  5. Web site: Shri T. S. Tirumurti appointed as the next Ambassador/Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations at New York. 31 July 2020.
  6. News: Ruchira Kamboj appointed Permanent Representative to UN . 2 July 2022 . The Indian Express . 22 June 2022 . en.
  7. News: Bureau . The Hindu . 2024-08-14 . Parvathaneni Harish appointed as India’s Permanent Representative to U.N. . 2024-08-15 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.